Month: September 2023

By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press The United States is sanctioning more than 150 businesses and individuals as it tries to crack down on evasion and deny Russia access to technology, money and financial channels that fuel Moscow’s war in Ukraine. The latest sanctions package announced Thursday is one of the biggest imposed by the State

ALGONA, Iowa (AP) — A northern Iowa police officer was shot Wednesday night, prompting a manhunt that ended with an arrest in Minnesota. The Iowa State Patrol says the officer was shot around 8 p.m. in Algona, a town of about 5,300 residents. The officer’s name and details about the officer’s condition weren’t immediately released.

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The BBC is reporting that a Russian pilot deliberately fired missiles at a Royal Air Force surveillance plane in international airspace over the Black Sea last year. Russia previously attributed the incident to a “technical malfunction.” The broadcaster said intercepted communications suggested the pilot of a Russian

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices increases accelerated in August, a sign that inflation remains stubbornly persistent despite a series of sharp interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. The Labor Department said Thursday that its producer price index — which measures inflation before it hits consumers — increased

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pope Francis will discuss how to address the world’s pressing issues with former President Bill Clinton to open this year’s Clinton Global Initiative, organizers announced Thursday. The pontiff will discuss broad issues — including climate change, the refugee crisis, the welfare of children — during

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week ticked up modestly after falling to the lowest level in seven months the week before. U.S. applications for jobless claims rose by 3,000 to 220,000 for the week ending Sept. 9, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Jobless claim applications

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers stepped up their buying modestly as inflation on many items eased, but they still face a host of economic challenges over the next few months. Retail sales rose 0.6% in August, compared with a revised 0.5% increase in July, according to the report issued

PARIS (AP) — France is sending military forces to distribute water on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte. The cluster of islands is facing an unprecedented water crisis prompted by its most severe drought in decades. The defense ministry said Thursday that troops with the French Foreign Legion and French navy based in the

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Referee Yoshimi Yamashita will return to Qatar to make more soccer history at the men’s Asian Cup in January after she worked in the country last year at the men’s World Cup. The Asian Football Confederation has picked Yamashita and Katherine Jacewicz of Australia among the referees. The assistants selected

SYDNEY (AP) — A Chevron Corp. liquefied natural gas plant has reported a production outage as workers escalated a strike action against its Australian operations that threaten global supply. The U.S. energy giant said in a statement Thursday that it is working to resume full production at its Wheatstone facility “following a fault which has

By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Sometimes hosts offering to rent their vacation home, RV or car through peer-to-peer sharing sites don’t show up at the time they promised to exchange keys. If you can’t get in contact with them, you might have been “ghosted,” leaving you stranded. Some companies will offer to refund your money

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia has executed two soldiers who were convicted of treason as the kingdom conducted its war on Yemen’s Houthi rebels. A brief statement on the state-run Saudi Press Agency on Thursday identified the two as a lieutenant colonel who was a pilot and a chief sergeant. It did

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Warning messages have sounded on cellphones and alarms have blared across Germany as part of a nationwide test of the emergency alert system, but the sirens stayed quiet in Berlin. Germany conducted its latest “warning day” after an embarrassing flop in 2020, when the country held its

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — The storied Italian lagoon city of Venice has escaped inclusion on UNESCO’s list of world heritage sites in danger during a meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Saudia Arabia on Thursday. Member states commended efforts to preserve both the storied and fragile city and its

MADRID (AP) — Spain has recorded its third hottest summer since official records began 62 years ago. Authorities said Thursday that summer temperatures peaked at 46.8 degrees Celsius (116 degrees Fahrenheit) as the country’s severe drought dragged on. Spanish weather agency AEMET said the average summer temperature was 1.3 degrees Celsius (2.34 degrees Fahrenheit) above

By SAM METZ and MOHAMED BOUKDIRE Associated Press AMIZMIZ, Morocco (AP) — The building where Naima Ait Brahim Ouali lived in a third-story apartment with her five children was one of many that were destroyed by the earthquake that killed nearly 3,000 people in Morocco last week. A house cleaner, she and her daughter fell

MADRID (AP) — The players in Spain’s women’s soccer league have called off a strike after reaching a deal to increase minimum wage. The first set of games was not played last weekend because of the strike. This weekend’s matches will now go ahead as scheduled. The deal will increase the minimum salary from $17,100

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Two major offshore wind power projects are taking steps forward in New Jersey. The owners of one, Community Offshore Wind, are bringing the federal government in on their environmental monitoring plans at an earlier stage than has ever been done. And federal regulators have determined

By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — An American researcher who spent 11 days stuck in a Turkish cave after falling ill said Thursday that he thought he would die there before a complex international rescue operation got him out. Mark Dickey, 40, appeared relaxed as he spoke to reporters at a hospital in