Month: October 2023

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Large sections of a much-loved tree near the Roman landmark of Hadrian’s Wall in northeastern England have been removed after the sycamore was cut down two weeks ago in an act of vandalism. A trust that works to protect England’s heritage and natural landscapes said it was

By STEPHEN MCGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Authorities in Romania found a crater on their territory near the border with Ukraine that they say was likely caused by a crashed drone that exploded on impact. Thursday’s predawn discovery has revived concerns about possible spillover of Russia’s war in Ukraine onto a NATO member

ATLANTA (AP) — Police say a woman is in custody after she allegedly stabbed three people at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. They said in a statement on Facebook that officers encountered a woman armed with a knife outside of a security checkpoint Wednesday afternoon. Police say she stabbed another woman and a police lieutenant who

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer The Grand National is implementing a series of significant changes that will take effect from next year in an effort to make the world’s most famous steeplechase safer for horses and jockeys. They include reducing the field from 40 horses to 34, softening the fences by using foam and

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Armenia is urging the United Nations’ top court to impose new interim orders on Azerbaijan. The leader of Armenia’s legal team said on Thursday that the orders should prevent what he called “ethnic cleansing” of the Nagorno-Karabakh region by Azerbaijan from becoming irreversible. Armenia is

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Commission has made a formal, legally binding request for information from Elon Musk’s social media platform X over its handling of hate speech, misinformation and violent terrorist content related to the Israel-Hamas war. It is the first step in what could become the EU’s

BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say a former member of communist East Germany’s secret police has been charged with murder over the killing of a Polish national at a border crossing in divided Berlin in 1974. The indictment against the 79-year-old man was filed at the state court in the German capital. It relates to an

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA has postponed Israel’s European Championship qualifying game against host Kosovo on Sunday. The decision by European soccer’s governing body following Hamas’ surprise attack adds to a fixture backlog. UEFA said in a statement Thursday that the game in Pristina cannot be played “because the Israeli authorities currently do not allow

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Dozens of activists in Norway are blocking the entrance to one of the main operators of a wind farm they say hinders the rights of the Sami Indigenous people to raise reindeer. At the center of the dispute are the 151 turbines located in the central Fosen district. The activists say

By The Associated Press President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Kyrgyzstan on a rare trip abroad for the Russian leader who was indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes in Ukraine. It’s the first time this year that Putin has traveled outside Russia and Russian-held territories of Ukraine. Earlier this year, he visited

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets slipped on Friday following a decline on Wall Street driven by mounting pressure from rising bond market yields. U.S. futures rose slightly, and oil prices gained. China’s consumer prices in September remained flat compared to the same period last year, the National Bureau of

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s commitment to transform long-marginalized rural and conflict areas and new peace efforts were the highlights of his first year in office, the U.N. special envoy for the South American country said. But Carlos Ruiz Massieu condemned the killing of nearly 400