Month: January 2024

By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s top opposition leader has suffered a major setback in his presidential bid…

BEIJING (AP) — A competitor in Chinese chess says he has sued the national association in China for mental distress after he was stripped of a…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic governor opposes keeping Republican Donald Trump off the ballot in…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s national elections commission on Friday registered the first two candidates who will compete with President Vladimir Putin…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation is on the rebound in Europe. The European Union’s statistics agency…

BERLIN (AP) — Police say four people have died after a fire broke out at a hospital in northern Germany and spread to several patients’ rooms.…

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An apparent arson fire aboard a passenger train in Bangladesh’s capital has killed four…

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s government has banned citizens from going to Russia and Ukraine for employment, saying many have been recruited…

BEAUMONT, Miss. (AP) — Authorities in Mississippi say a sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed during a traffic stop by a suspect who was killed by…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A group of farmers prevented Germany’s vice chancellor from disembarking a ferry hours after the…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press Transport safety officials are searching for the voice recorder from a Japan Airlines airliner that caught fire…

By AMIR VAHDAT, VAHID SALEMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press KERMAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian officials tried Friday to link Israel and the U.S. to an…

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — India’s foreign minister has concluded a two-day trip to Nepal during which he signed an agreement to increase the amount…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian navy commandos have boarded a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier that was the subject of a…

By HIRO KOMAE, AYAKA MCGILL and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press WAJIMA, Japan (AP) — The death toll from a major quake in western Japan has reached…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly declined Friday, after a mixed finish on Wall Street, although export-related…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Arusyak Martirosyan struggles to open the door of a stranger’s one-bedroom apartment…

By GERALD IMRAY, NQOBILE NTSHANGASE and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, a…