Month: April 2024

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden has expelled a Chinese journalist, saying the reporter was a threat to national security. Swedish broadcaster SVT reported Monday that a 57-year-old woman was arrested by the Swedish security service in October and expelled by the government in Stockholm last week. She held a residence permit and was married to

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Monday declared gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy as grave violations of human dignity, putting them on par with abortion and euthanasia as practices that it said reject God’s plan for human life. The Vatican’s doctrine office issued “Infinite Dignity,” a 20-page declaration that has

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir “Gender Queer” continues its troubled run as the country’s most controversial book, topping the American Library Association’s “challenged books” list for a third straight year. Kobabe’s coming-of-age story was published in 2019, and received the library association’s Alex Award for best

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As South Koreans head to the polls to elect a new 300-member parliament on this week, many are choosing their livelihoods and other domestic concerns as the most important election issues. It’s in a stark contrast from past elections that were overshadowed

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine are trading fresh accusations over renewed threats to Europe’s largest nuclear plant that has been caught up in the war, with Moscow alleging Ukraine was behind drone attacks on the facility that were witnessed by U.N. inspectors and Kyiv accusing Russia of disinformation

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Stunned Palestinians found their home city unrecognizable Monday as they filtered in to salvage what they could from the vast destruction left by Israeli troops who withdrew from southern Gaza’s Khan Younis a day earlier after months of fighting and bombardment.

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Biden administration pledged on Monday to provide up to $6.6 billion so that a Taiwanese semiconductor giant can expand the facilities it is already building in Arizona and better ensure that the most-advanced microchips are produced domestically for the first time. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making an official visit to the United States this week. He will hold a summit with President Joe Biden that’s meant to achieve a major upgrading of their defense alliance. He will also join a first-ever summit of the U.S., Japanese

Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is visiting Beijing to display the strength of ties with close diplomatic partner China amid Moscow’s grinding war against Ukraine. The two continent-sized authoritarian states, increasingly in dispute with democracies, seek to gain influence in Africa, the Middle East and South America. China has backed

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Nicaragua called on the United Nations’ top court on Monday to halt German military aid to Israel, arguing that Berlin’s support enables acts of genocide and breaches of international humanitarian law in Gaza. The case at the International Court of Justice is against Germany, which

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s burgeoning production of electric cars and other green technologies has become a flashpoint in a new U.S.-China trade fight. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s five-day visit to China is highlighting the issue. China has sharply ramped up production of cheap electric vehicles, solar panels, and batteries,

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the Biden administration will push China to change an industrial policy that poses a threat to U.S. jobs. Yellen said this on Monday after four days of talks with Chinese officials. She also said during her visit to Beijing

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The new president of Toyota subsidiary Daihatsu says its parent company will oversee model certification to regain trust after a safety testing scandal. Masahiro Inoue said Toyota will take a leadership role in various areas, including product development and procurement. Inoue’s predecessor at Daihatsu resigned after

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Media outlets in Mozambique say that a makeshift ferry overcrowded with residents reportedly fleeing a feared cholera outbreak has capsized off the country’s northern coast, killing at least 98 people including children.  The ferry with an estimated 130 people aboard capsized Sunday after it departed the

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — In Mexico’s first presidential debate on Sunday ahead of June 2 elections, former Mexico City Mayor and frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum appeared comfortable with her polling lead, remaining calm amid ex-Senator Xóchitl Gálvez’s personal attacks. Jorge Álvarez Máynez, a candidate from the Citizen Movement party who is

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — A chilly, midday darkness fell across North America as a total solar eclipse raced across the continent. Monday’s spectacle was witnessed by millions of spectators in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. It was North America’s biggest eclipse crowd ever, thanks to the densely populated path.

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press A Boise police detective says security video captured most of an ambush at an Idaho hospital that left three corrections officers with gunshot wounds and allowed a white supremacist prison gang member to escape. A Boise Police Department detective testified Monday at a preliminary hearing for inmate Skylar Meade. Meade

By JILL COLVIN and MEG KINNARD Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said Monday he believes abortion limits should be left to the states, outlining his position in a video in which he declined to endorse a national ban after months of mixed messages and speculation. “Many people have asked me

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — As ranchera music filled the Phoenix recording studio at Radio Campesina, a station personality spoke in Spanish into the microphone. “Friends of Campesina, in these elections, truth and unity are more important than ever,” said morning show host Tony Arias. “Don’t let yourself be

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian shoe company has apologized and stopped selling some of its footwear after some Muslims said the logo resembled the Arabic writing for the word God. Vern’s Holdings said the logo stamped on the soles depicted the silhouette of a stiletto heel with an ankle spiral wrap. It acknowledged

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The future of Uber and Lyft in Minneapolis has garnered concern and debate in recent weeks after the City Council voted last month to require that ride-hailing companies pay drivers a higher rate while they are within city limits. Uber and Lyft say they will

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that more than 30 million borrowers would see “life-changing” relief from his new plan to ease their student loan debt burdens, a fresh attempt by the Democratic president to follow through on a campaign pledge that could buoy

By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has denounced Hong Kong’s new national security law as a tool to potentially silence dissent both at home and abroad, but so far the action from Washington has been notably muted, disappointing those fighting for the Chinese territory’s democracy and freedoms. Since the law’s swift

By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An attorney for two people who died of a rare lung cancer is urging a jury to hold BNSF Railway responsible for pollution in a small Montana town near the U.S.-Canada border. Thousands of people have been exposed to toxic asbestos in

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a sequel to the powerful documentary “Food, Inc.,” Dating expert Patti Stanger has a new TV show on The CW and “Dora the Explorer” gets a reboot on Paramount+. In music offerings, Linkin Park will release their first career-spanning greatest hits collection, titled “Papercuts

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asia stocks were mostly higher on Tuesday, with investors mainly focusing on a U.S. inflation report and what it means for interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. Oil prices advanced while U.S. futures were mixed. The yen weakened, coming close to a 34-year low. Japan’s

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Complete list of winners from the 2024 CMT Music Awards: Video of the year: Jelly Roll, “Need A Favor” Female video of the year: Lainey Wilson, “Watermelon Moonshine” Male video of the year: Jelly Roll, “Need A Favor” Group/duo video of the year: Dan + Shay, “Save Me the

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has successfully launched its second military spy satellite into orbit, days after North Korea reaffirmed its plan to launch multiple reconnaissance satellites this year. The Koreas each launched their first spy satellites last year amid heightened animosities. They said their satellites would boost

By DAVID BILLER and GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice is adding Elon Musk to an investigation over the dissemination of fake news and investigating him separately for alleged obstruction. Justice Alexandre de Moraes noted that Musk began a “disinformation campaign” regarding the top court’s