Month: September 2023

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian activists in the Gaza Strip have launched incendiary balloons into Israel, prompting Israel to strike the besieged territory. Friday’s developments come as a week of violence along the volatile border intensified. The balloons were launched by Palestinian protesters at the separation fence between Israel and Gaza.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian authorities have dropped spying allegations against an unidentified 25-year-old foreign student and are now holding him on suspicion of a “serious financial crime.” The student, from Malaysia, was arrested earlier this month for illegally eavesdropping by using various technical devices. A court ordered he be held in pre-trial custody for

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The husband of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has been diagnosed with lung cancer. In an announcement Thursday, the governor expressed optimism for her husband, Kevin Reynolds. She called her husband ‘my anchor throughout our 41 years of marriage.’ The 65-year-old Kevin Reynolds retired in 2017 after a career in soil

By HUIZHONG WU and JOHNSON LAI Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Chinese dissident known for regularly commemorating the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square has fled to Taiwan and is pleading for help in seeking asylum in the United States or Canada. In a video he shot and posted on

By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer The United Auto Workers union expanded its strike against major carmakers Friday, walking out of all 38 parts-distribution centers operated by General Motors and Jeep and Ram owner Stellantis in 20 states but sparing Ford from further shutdowns. President Joe Biden said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Norwegian court has ruled that a man wanted by Rwanda for his alleged role in the African nation’s 1994 genocide can be extradited. Norwegian police said Friday that the man in his 40s, who was not identified, can legally be extradited to Rwanda. He was arrested nearly a year ago

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Amazon Prime Video will include advertising during shows and movies starting early next year, joining other streaming services that have added different tiers of subscriptions. Members of Amazon Prime can pay $2.99 per month in the U.S. to keep their service ad-free, the company said Friday. Streaming services are

LONDON (AP) — European Union antitrust enforcers have slapped Intel with a fresh $400 million fine in a long-running legal fight that the chipmaker appeared to have won last year. The European Commission imposed the fine Friday after a court threw out an original 1.06 billion-euro penalty issued in 2009 over allegations that the company

By DAVID RISING Associated Press HANGZHOU, China (AP) — A long-standing border dispute between India and China has left three Indian martial arts competitors stranded at home and unable to make it to the Asian Games in Hangzhou while sparking a diplomatic row Friday between the two countries. The three women wushu athletes are from

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Parliament has approved landmark legislation that reserves one-third of the seats in its powerful lower house and in state legislatures for women to ensure more equal representation, ending a 27-year impasse over the bill amid a lack of consensus among political parties. But the wait

By TODD WALLACK AND CHRISTINE WILLMSEN, WBUR Deb Libby is running out of time to find a place to live. Libby, 56, moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, four years ago, in part to be closer to the doctors treating her for pancreatic cancer. But the landlord wants her out by the end of the month and

By AARON MORRISON AP Race and Ethnicity News Editor U.S. breaking pros who hope to compete in the Paris Olympics next year have a challenge. As ambassadors to the country where the hip-hop dance form originated, they want to preserve breaking’s focus on originality and its ties to Black and Latino culture. But as Olympians,

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Many baseball fans, especially older ones, originally fell in love with America’s pastime by listening to ballgames on AM radio. In fact, next month will mark the 100th anniversary of the first World Series broadcast to a national radio audience. But a century later, some

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Schools for millions of students in Nepal are closed as tens of thousands of teachers protest in the capital against an education reform bill in parliament. Teachers have been demonstrating in Kathmandu since Wednesday against the School Education Bill while teachers’ groups negotiate with government leaders

By DAVID RISING Associated Press HANGZHOU, China (AP) — In the first Asian Games since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, two teams of athletes are arriving in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, looking very different. One, sent from Afghanistan where women are now banned by the Taliban from participating in sports, consists of about

By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry says that ethnic Armenian separatists in Azerbaijan’s breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh are surrendering their arms to Russian peacekeepers. The moves come after Azerbaijan reclaimed control over the region that has for decades been at the center of a conflict with neighboring Armenia. The

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish police say two people have been killed and two wounded in a shooting at a crowded pub northwest of Stockholm. The shooting late Thursday night is the latest outburst of deadly violence in Sweden. Police said that a man in his 20s and another in his 70s died Friday of injuries

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Sudan’s army chief has warned that the war in the northeast African country could spread beyond its borders if it is not stopped. Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, urged world leaders to designate the rival paramilitary force as a terrorist