MADRID (AP) — Spanish police say they have confiscated 11 pieces of ancient gold jewelry that were taken out of Ukraine illegally in 2016. A statement says five people who were attempting to sell the pieces in Spain have been arrested. The jewelry was said to be worth 60 million euros, or $64 million, and
Continue Reading By ANDI JATMIKO and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top court rejected an effort to block presidential candidates who are over 70 or implicated in human rights abuses, clearing the legal path for a septuagenarian former general’s ultra-nationalist campaign. Lawyers belonging to a human rights advocacy group and other petitioners argued
Continue Reading By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Financial shocks, which can include unexpected events like a job loss, big medical bill or house repair, can be extremely challenging. To recover from a financial shock and be better prepared for a future one, experts recommend turning to or building up emergency savings accounts, cutting back other spending when
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer WAYNE, Mich. (AP) — Throughout its 5-week-old strikes against Detroit’s automakers, the United Auto Workers union has cast an emphatically combative stance, reflecting the style of its pugnacious leader, Shawn Fain. Armed with a list of what even Fain has called “audacious” pay and benefit demands, the UAW leader
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Chevron is buying Hess Corp. for $53 billion and it’s not even the biggest acquisition in the energy sector this month as major producers seize the initiative while oil prices surge. The Chevron-Hess deal comes less than two weeks after Exxon Mobil said that it would acquire Pioneer Natural
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Official results in Switzerland election show that the anti-immigration Swiss People’s Party has rebounded from searing losses four years ago to expand its hold as the largest parliamentary faction. Two environmentally-minded parties lost ground in the election despite record glacier melt in the Alpine country. The final
Continue Reading By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The decline of one of the rarest whales in the world appears to be slowing, but scientists warn the giant animals still face existential threats from warming oceans, ship collisions and entanglement in fishing gear. The population of the North Atlantic right whale, which lives off
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El Paso, TX (KVIA)- The ABC-7 First Alert continues for increased rain showers to kick off the week. The weather begins tonight as a weather system moves in; as a result, some thunderstorms will develop this afternoon, along with gusty outflows in areas west of El Paso. If traveling west, be cautious of reduced visibilities
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer WAYNE, Mich. (AP) — Throughout its 5-week-old strikes against Detroit’s automakers, the United Auto Workers union has cast an emphatically combative stance, reflecting the style of its pugnacious leader, Shawn Fain. Armed with a list of what even Fain has called “audacious” demands for better pay and benefits, the
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By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A prominent German leftist politician has launched plans to form a new party that some observers think could take votes away from the far-right Alternative for Germany. Sahra Wagenknecht presented her plan on Monday. The aim is to formally launch the party in January, in time for
Continue Reading By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s deputy prime minister and economy minister says he is leaving politics. Jakob Ellemann-Jensen stepped down on Monday as head of the center-right Liberal Party to spend more time with his family. He has acknowledged criticism within the party over dwindling support. The party is
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Emergency services on Spain’s Canary Islands say over 300 migrants have arrived in two boats, bringing to more than 1,600 the number of migrants who have reached the islands since Friday. The service said one boat carrying 229 migrants was escorted to El Hierro island early Monday while another with 85 was
Continue Reading By The Associated Press A Russian court has ordered a Russian-American journalist who was detained last week on charges of failing to register as a foreign agent to remain in custody until early December, her employer reported. Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Tatar-Bashkir service, appeared in a closed
Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the dozens of U.S. technology hubs President Joe Biden is announcing will help communities across the country become centers of innovation critical to its competitiveness. Biden is designating 31 technology hubs that reach 32 states and Puerto Rico. The tech hubs are designed
Continue Reading By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court has indicted the country’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of revealing official secrets after his 2022 ouster from office. Monday’s development was another dramatic move against Khan, who could now face a possible death sentence and will likely be unable to run
Continue Reading By JIM GOMEZ and SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States renewed a warning Monday that it would defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack under a 1951 treaty, after Chinese ships blocked and collided with two Filipino vessels off a contested shoal in the South China Sea. Philippine
Continue Reading By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas on Monday released two elderly Israeli women held hostage in Gaza as the United States expressed increasing concern that the escalating Israel-Hamas war will spark a wider conflict in the region, including attacks on American troops. The death toll
Continue Reading By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania’s government has signed a controversial port management deal with a Dubai-based company that had fueled protests in the African country and led to arrests of dozens of critics. The deal was signed on Sunday in the presence of Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan who has
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — For months after Ukraine’s Western allies limited sales of Russian oil to $60 per barrel, the price cap was still largely symbolic. Most of Moscow’s crude — its main moneymaker — cost less than that. But the cap was there in case oil prices rose
Continue Reading By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Former Venezuelan lawmaker María Corina Machado, a longtime critic of Venezuela’s government, has dominated the opposition’s presidential primary election, getting more than 1.4 million votes, according to the latest partial results. The organizers of Sunday’s election to choose the opposition’s candidate to challenge President Nicolás
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — NM State are firmly in the drivers seat of going to a bowl game but they want more. The Aggies right now are 5-3 on the season, usually that would mean they need one more win to become bowl eligible but because they’re playing 13 games this season, they
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shares were mixed Tuesday in Asia after Wall Street wobbled to a mixed close as yields on U.S. Treasury bonds fell back after creeping above 5%. Benchmarks fell in Tokyo, Seoul and Hong Kong but rose in Shanghai, Sydney and Taiwan. Rapidly rising yields in the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — It’s been 56 years since the Miners won a bowl game. The year was 1967, the opponent was Ole Miss and UTEP got a 14-7 dub. After more than a half a century drought it really felt like this could be the year that all changes. Instead the Miners most
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez returned to Manhattan federal court Monday to challenge a new criminal charge alleging that he conspired to act as an agent of the Egyptian government when he chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “Not guilty,” Menendez, 69, said when Judge Sidney H.
Continue Reading By DANIEL POLITI and DAVID BILLER Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s economy minister and the anti-establishment upstart he faces in a presidential runoff next month began competing Monday to shore up the moderate voters they need. Economy Minister Sergio Massa earned almost seven points more than chainsaw-wielding economist and freshman lawmaker Javier
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he is preparing to take bold economic measures, including an income tax cut for households hit by inflation and tax breaks for companies to promote investment. The package announced on Monday at the opening of a Parliament session is seen as
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Indigenous campaigners who wanted Australia to create an advisory body representing its most disadvantaged ethnic minority have said its rejection in a constitutional referendum was a “shameful act.” Many proponents of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament maintained a week of silence and flew Aboriginal flags at
Continue Reading By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Greg Schneider scans rows upon rows of liquid-filled glass jars containing coiled snake specimens, just a portion of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology’s reptile and amphibian collection believed to be the largest held by any research institution in the U.S. thanks to a
Continue Reading By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — With Election Day closing in, anti-abortion groups seeking to build opposition to a reproductive rights measure in Ohio are messaging heavily around a term for an abortion procedure that was once used later in pregnancy but that hasn’t been legal in the U.S. for over
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