Month: September 2023

By STEPHEN McGRATH and ANDREEA ALEXANDRU Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Defense officials in NATO member Romania say they have found new fragments of drones similar to those used by the Russian army near its border with war-torn Ukraine, in the third such finding in the past week. The defense ministry says two helicopters

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The California professor who testified that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had assaulted her while they were in high school has written a memoir. Christine Blasey’s Ford’s “One Way Back” is scheduled for publication next March. According to St. Martin’s Press, she will share “riveting

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A senior prosecutor in Greece has ordered an investigation into allegations that officials in the disaster-hit central area of the country failed to complete flood defense projects on time. Extensive flooding across central Greece from a powerful storm last week killed 15 people and has caused widespread damage to property, farms

BEIJING (AP) — China has announced that it’s upgrading its diplomatic ties with Venezuela to an “all weather” partnership. That’s a label reserved for a select few of Beijing’s diplomatic partners. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is on a state visit to China’s capital, his fifth as president. State broadcaster CCTV reported that he met with

By SAM METZ and MOSA’AB ELSHAMY Associated Press IMI N’TALA, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan rescuers have been joined by crews from Spain, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar as they dig through rubble for bodies still buried in devastated communities in the Atlas Mountains. Food and water has finally arrived in those

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian political factions have raged against dozens of Palestinian academics who criticized President Mahmoud Abbas’ recent remarks on the Holocaust. Politicians on Wednesday lambasted the open letter signed earlier this week by over a hundred Palestinian academics, activists and artists based around the world as “the statement of shame.” They

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI Associated Press MINSK MAZOWIECKI, Poland (AP) — South Korean premier is in Poland for talks on regional security amid war in neighboring Ukraine and also to discuss military and nuclear energy cooperation as the two countries continue to strengthen their ties. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and his Polish counterpart,

By ALEX ROSENBERG of NerdWallet Making more than the maximum income level for Medicaid isn’t necessarily a deal breaker. After a long pause during the COVID-19 public health emergency, states have resumed checking whether Medicaid beneficiaries’ income meets the eligibility requirements. People whose income has gone up in the past couple of years could be

By NICK KURCZEWSKI Edmunds The Nissan Ariya is an all-new electric SUV for the 2023 model year. It’s Nissan’s second EV and serves as a roomier and more powerful complement to the brand’s pioneering Leaf hatchback. However, it’s also going up against many recently introduced competitors, one of which is the Ford Mustang Mach-E. On

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is launching a major series of policy reviews to ensure that the EU can still function properly as it invites in new members in coming years. Von der Leyen says the 27-nation bloc must prepare to grow to more than 30 members. Ukraine, Moldova and

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Global energy giant BP is scurrying to find a new chief executive after CEO Bernard Looney became the latest corporate leader to step down amid questions about his personal conduct. Among the most crucial questions facing the board of one of Britain’s biggest and most recognizable companies

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Parliament has passed a law that sets out to lay the ghosts of decades of violence in Northern Ireland to rest. The legislation is opposed by all of Northern Ireland’s major political parties, Catholic and Protestant churches, human rights organizations and the United Nations. The Legacy

By MUHAMMAD HATTA Associated Press PALEMBANG, Indonesia (AP) — Firefighters in Indonesia are battling several peatland fires in three villages on Sumatra island. The fires started Tuesday afternoon near residential areas and along a highway. The firefighters are hampered because water sources were far away and several reservoirs are dry. Forest and peat fires are

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army says two land mines exploded along the Lebanon-Syria border wounding three Syrians trying to illegally cross into Lebanon. The army said Wednesday that the mines exploded on the Syrian side of the border and that the wounded were rushed by the Lebanese Red Cross to a hospital in northern