Month: March 2024

By STEPHEN McGRATH and ANDREEA ALEXANDRU Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania’s capital on Tuesday granted a request by…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Wednesday, encouraged by a record rally on Wall Street that was led by…

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An aid ship loaded with some 200 tons of food set…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government criticized senior doctors at a major hospital for…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when the faithful fast from dawn to dusk, began at…

BATAM, Indonesia (AP) — A Japanese man accused of helping to run a $90 million investment scam will be sent home after four years on the run,…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Ghibli, the Japanese studio that just won its second Oscar for feature animation for “The Boy and…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press ABOARD THE FRENCH FRIGATE NORMANDIE (AP) — The French navy frigate, bristling with weaponry and powering through…

By DAVID McHUGH and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russians are finding a few imported staples, like fruit, coffee and olive…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy focusing on sexual violence in conflict warned Israel on Monday that the…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice was recently back in the spotlight. This time, it wasn’t as…

By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Politicians across Haiti are scrambling for power after Prime…

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a three-story residential building has collapsed in central Pakistan, leaving nine people dead. Government…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Whenever bestselling author Robin Cook releases a new medical thriller, the head of the…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON The Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — For more than half a century, Ohio was…

By VANESSA GERA, AAMER MADHANI and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Perss WASHINGTON (AP) — Polish President Andrzej Duda used a joint White House…

By ZEKE MILLER, COLLEEN LONG and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Hur says politics played no part in his…

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clinched their parties’…

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Sixteen years ago, mass protests in Nepal forced then-King Gyanendra Shah to give up…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker has defeated two Republican challengers and will…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Fear coursed through the Muslim community in New Mexico’s largest city over…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices in the United States picked up last month, a sign that inflation…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Most electronic systems that take on some driving tasks for humans don’t adequately make sure…

By MOHAMMED JAHJOUH and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) — For Muslims around the world, Ramadan combines religious reflection…

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police say two backcountry skiers from New Zealand have died in an avalanche on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido. A…