Month: September 2023

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of demonstrators against a divisive plan to redevelop a beloved Tokyo park are forming a human chain outside the Japanese Education Ministry to demand a revision. The protest Sunday was a show of opposition against the plan demonstrators said would threaten thousands of trees. Sunday’s protest

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian state media say gunmen opened fire on a group of paramilitary forces in southern Iran, killing one of them and wounding another three. Saturday’s attack occurred on the anniversary of the death while in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini and the outbreak of nationwide protests. It was

CAIRO (AP) — An 18-story building in the center of Sudan’s capital is engulfed in flames as fighting between the miliary and a rival paramilitary force enters its sixth month. According to Sudanese media, the tower caught fire early Sunday during clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces. It’s unclear how the

By GARY FIELDS and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s decision siding with Black voters in an Alabama redistricting case gave Democrats and voting rights activist a surprising opportunity before the 2024 elections to have congressional maps redrawn in a handful of states. It’s been more than three months since

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged the swift return of “irregular” migrants and a crackdown on smugglers Sunday during a visit with Italy’s premier to a tiny fishing island overwhelmed with nearly 7,000 migrant arrivals in a single day this week. She told a news

JERICHO, West Bank (AP) — A U.N. committee has voted to list prehistoric ruins near the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine. The decision Sunday angered Israel, which controls the territory and does not recognize a Palestinian state. Jericho is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities on

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president said the international community “will unite more tightly” to cope with deepening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, as he plans to raise the issue with world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly this week. Worries about Russian-North Korean ties have

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A long stretch of hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies are reducing their loads as shipping costs soar. That comes as Midwest farmers are preparing to harvest crops and send tons of corn and soybeans downriver to New

By ROBERT F. BUKATY and DAVID SHARP Associated Press BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Atlantic storm Lee — which made landfall at near-hurricane strength, bringing destructive winds and torrential rains to New England and Maritime Canada — kept weakening Sunday after officials withdrew warnings and predicted the storm would disappear early this week. The U.S.

PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are asking for the public’s help and offering a $250,000 reward as investigators search for the assailant who shot and killed a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy as he sat in his patrol car at an intersection. Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, 30, died Saturday at a hospital. Sheriff Robert Luna says