Month: October 2024

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The tiny Mideast nation of Kuwait has banned the release of the video game “Call of Duty:…

AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Britain’s drug regulator approved the Alzheimer’s drug Kisunla on Wednesday, but the government won’t be…

AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The U.S. government is fining American Airlines $50 million for failing to provide wheelchair assistance to…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Forecasters say Hurricane Kristy has strengthened into a Category 4 storm and is expected to remain away from land as it churns…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s police have arrested three men on suspicion of killing two transgender women with daggers at their home in…

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French rescue vessels and a passenger ferry have pulled the bodies of three migrants from the English Channel. The…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A defense lawyer says a Pakistani court has granted bail to the wife of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a graft…

KAZAN, Russia (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is hosting China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi and other world leaders at a…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. said Wednesday that 3,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia and are training at several…

Associated Press The nascent industry for removing carbon dioxide directly from the air is calling on the U.S. government to adopt standards and…

Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that Israel needs to pursue an “enduring strategic…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Twenty-two members of an Islamic business group, including its CEO, have been charged for being part of an organized…

Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing factory workers voted Wednesday to reject the company’s latest contract offer and to continue a six-week…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Indigenous senator has intensified her criticism of King Charles III, again accusing the British monarch of…

Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Political tension in Bangladesh is growing after a leading student group called for the country’s…

BENGALURU, India (AP) — A seven-story building under construction has collapsed in southern India, killing at least five workers and trapping three…

Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s police are raising security around a popular tourist destination after receiving…

Associated Press AVIGNON, France (AP) — They are, on the face of it, the most ordinary of men. Yet they’re all on trial charged with rape.…

Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball has sold at auction for nearly $4.4 million, a record high price not just for a baseball, but for any ball in…

Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The Hong Kong government is barring most civil servants from using popular apps like WhatsApp, WeChat and Google…

Associated Press EL JOBO, Panama (AP) — A long, wooden boat puttered down the Indio River’s chocolate waters carrying Ana María Antonio and a…

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell Wednesday as more steam came out of Wall Street’s huge, record-breaking rally. The S&P…

Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — At the University of Pittsburgh, as freshmen students took their first steps on campus and swarms of…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the most important signs of how people will vote is how much education they have. Voters who attended…

Associated Press BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — It was love at first sight when Ellen Matis pulled up to this small Pennsylvania borough on a dreary winter…

Associated Press ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — When curators at the National Toy Hall of Fame learned last fall that the Fisher-Price Corn Popper had been…

Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Tens of thousands of devastated Swifties trading friendship bracelets, wearing sparkly dresses and singing songs in…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s retrial on sex crimes charges in Manhattan won’t start until next year and a new…

AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fernando Valenzuela, the Mexican-born phenom for the Los Angeles Dodgers who inspired “Fernandomania” while…

AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James gave his 20-year-old son a pep talk before they rose from the Lakers bench. Amid rising cheers,…

Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Detroit rapper Eminem stepped into the political arena Tuesday in his hometown, where he spoke briefly at a rally…

Associated Press PHNOM TAMAO, Cambodia (AP) — A tiny snout poked out to widen the crack of the slowly shattering eggshell. The Siamese crocodile…

Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Torrential rain set off by an approaching tropical storm swamped the eastern Philippines with…

Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a conviction against a former New Mexico county commissioner for…

STERLING, Va. (AP) — Officials say a former employee of a propane supplier has been charged in the death of a volunteer firefighter who died while…