Month: November 2023

PARIS (AP) — An expert commission in France has called for removing all time limits on the prosecution of people suspected of raping or sexually assaulting children. The Independent Commission on Incest and Sexual Violence against Children also recommended defining sexual abuse of children as a separate offense when it happens within families. France’s statute

By KELVIN CHAN and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers Advertisers are fleeing social media platform X over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content, hate speech on the site in general or billionaire owner Elon Musk’s own posts endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory. IBM, NBCUniversal and its parent company Comcast said they

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Utah’s second congressional district will cast ballots Tuesday in an Thanksgiving-week special election to fill the last remaining vacant seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. The major party nominees are Republican Celeste Maloy and Democrat Kathleen Riebe. The winner will replace former Republican congressman

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Chinese court will hold hearings on claims for compensation for the Chinese relatives of people who died on a Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared in 2014 on a flight to Beijing, a representative of the families says. Jiang Hui, whose mother was on flight MH370, wrote on social media that

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s newly appointed Roman Catholic cardinal says he dreams of having bishops and faithfuls from different parts of greater China pray together one day. His comments came during a historic visit by the head of the Chinese Catholic church. A publication affiliated with Hong Kong’s

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese officials say Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to build a stable and constructive relationship, but they achieved only a vague agreement on easing a dispute over a Chinese ban on Japanese seafood. Kishida said after a 65-minute meeting with Xi

NEW BUFFALO, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say 11 people were injured when an Amtrak train heading to Chicago derailed in southwestern Michigan. The train derailed Thursday night after hitting an empty vehicle and a tow truck. The train went off the tracks but remained upright. The crash happened near New Buffalo, about 70 miles east

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Ron DeSantis has picked up 10 endorsements in South Carolina from former backers of Sen. Tim Scott’s presidential campaign. In a list shared Friday with The Associated Press before its public release, South Carolina state Reps. Bill Taylor and Tom Hartnett Jr. are now announcing their

By SARAH TETAUD Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar’s incumbent President Andry Rajoelina has taken a commanding lead in the island nation’s presidential election, which is being boycotted by the majority of candidates and is marked by low turnout. Preliminary results show the 49-year-old former DJ, who is seeking reelection, with 71% percent of

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Members of the United Auto Workers union were close to approving contract agreements with Stellantis and Ford on Friday with voting at both companies overwhelmingly in favor. Only a handful of facilities at each company have yet to cast ballots in voting that ends Saturday. On

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The Russian Justice Ministry says it has filed a lawsuit with the country’s Supreme Court to outlaw the LGBTQ “international public movement” as extremist. The court is scheduled to consider the lawsuit on Nov. 30, the ministry said. It wasn’t immediately clear what exactly the move

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir say government forces have killed five suspected militants in a gunbattle. Indian government forces launched a joint operation on Thursday based on a tip that rebels were hiding in a village in southern Kulgam district. Police say the siege led to a gunbattle that

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Grand Prix had a bumpy opening when the first practice of the $500 million Formula One race was halted nine minutes into the session Thursday night because Carlos Sainz Jr. ran over a water valve cover that badly damaged his Ferrari.

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — An explosion has rocked a university building in Armenia’s capital, killing one person and injuring three others. The Interior Ministry says the blast happened Friday in the basement of the chemistry department building at Yerevan State University. Health officials say one person died and three others were hospitalized with burns and

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Lawyers for the first person to be charged under Australia’s foreign interference laws have told a court that a hospital donation made through a federal government minister was not a covert attempt to curry favor on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party. Melbourne businessman and local community leader Di Sanh Duong

By RAHMAT MIRZA Associated Press ACEH UTARA, Indonesia (AP) — Some 240 Rohingya Muslims, including women and children, are afloat off the coast of Indonesia after two attempts to land were rejected by local residents. Officials said the boat most recently tried to land in Aceh Utara district, in Indonesia’s Aceh province, on Thursday afternoon,