Month: April 2024

MOSCOW (AP) — Officials from both countries say Russian forces are being withdrawn from Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region, where they have been stationed as peacekeepers since the end of a war in 2020. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday confirmed reports of the withdrawal but didn’t give further details. Hikmet Hajiyev, the head of foreign policy

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s parliament has voted in the first reading to approve a proposed law that would require media and non-commercial organizations to register as being under foreign influence if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad. Thousands gathered outside parliament to protest. Opponents say the proposal would obstruct Georgia’s

By TOM KRISHER, STAN CHOE and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is asking shareholders to restore a $56 billion pay package for CEO Elon Musk that was rejected by a Delaware judge this year, and to shift the company’s corporate home to Texas. The changes, to be voted on by stockholders

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The police chief in Albany, New York, says an officer was “ambushed” by a driver who shot him the leg as he approached a vehicle following an attempted traffic stop and returned fire, killing the man. Police Chief Eric Hawkins says the officer was hospitalized at Albany Medical Center and was

By RONITA CHOUDHURI-WADE of NerdWallet Renters can personalize their living spaces for greater comfort and style without jeopardizing their security deposits. Removable wallpaper, rugs and curtains offer temporary yet impactful ways to add color and design. Upgrading cabinet hardware and light fixtures provides a budget-friendly refresh and elevates the overall feel of a room. Tech

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Paris Games are 100 days away, and police have carried out a large-scale eviction at France’s biggest squat in the south of Paris. Authorities, including dozens of gendarmes, cleared out the makeshift camp at an abandoned bus company headquarters in Vitry-sur-Seine on Wednesday. It had become

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Visitors to Disney’s California parks could one day walk through the snow-covered hamlet of Arendelle from “Frozen” or the bustling, critter-filled metropolis of “Zootopia” under a park expansion plan approved by the Anaheim City Council. Disney would spend at least $1.9 billion over the next

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. population fund says in a new study that an African woman is roughly 130 times more likely to die from pregnancy and childbirth complications than a woman in Europe or North America. UNFPA’s latest “State of World Population” report, released Wednesday, also estimates that nearly 500 maternal deaths per day

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand and New Zealand have vowed to boost economic cooperation with an aim to triple two-way trade by 2045, as the New Zealand leader visited Thailand for the first time in 11 years. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon arrived in Bangkok on Tuesday and met with his Thai counterpart Srettha Thavisin

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish firefighters toiled Wednesday to extinguish the last pockets of a fire that gutted Copenhagen’s 400-year-old stock exchange building the previous day, as owners of the structure looked ahead to rebuilding the iconic landmark. Tuesday’s blaze, which destroyed half of the building and toppled its

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A survey has found Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is foremost in European Union citizens’ minds, with defense and security being key campaign issues ahead of June elections. At national level, the EU’s defense and security is mentioned first in nine countries, in contrast with sentiments five years

By JULIA FRANKEL and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday his country would be the one to decide whether and how to respond to Iran’s major air assault earlier this week, brushing off calls for restraint from close allies. Israel has vowed to respond to Iran’s unprecedented

By RAHIM FAIEZ ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban have suspended the activities of two TV stations in Afghanistan, alleging they failed to “consider national and Islamic values.” An official from the Information Ministry’s Media Violations Commission said a court will investigate files on the two Kabul-based stations. Noor TV and Barya TV cannot operate until

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — President Joe Biden suggested to cheering, unionized steelworkers on Wednesday that his administration would thwart the acquisition of U.S. Steel by a Japanese company, and he called for a tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel, seeking to use trade policy to win over working-class

By STEVE PEOPLES and VANESSA GERA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is set to meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda in New York as Trump’s criminal trial takes a one-day break. Their planned dinner Wednesday comes as European leaders prepare for the possibility Trump might win the White House in November. That

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — With 100 days to go until the Paris Olympics, it’s still not clear whether any athletes from Russia who are expected to qualify will actually go. The question is whether Moscow will accept the conditions that the International Olympic Committee set for Russia in the

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least 17 people, authorities said. At least 61 people, including three children, were wounded in the morning attack, Ukrainian emergency services

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Strikes called by Greece’s largest labor union have halted ferries, disrupted public transport services and left some state-run hospitals running on emergency staffing levels in Athens and elsewhere. The General Confederation of Greek Labor, GSEE, led the strikes to press for a return

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates was attempting to dry out from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded. The deluge flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the busy hub. State media said the rain surpassed anything documented since 1949. That’s

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. 7th Fleet says a Navy P-8A Poseidon has flown through the Taiwan Strait. The flight on Wednesday came a day after U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs held their first talks since November 2022. The 7th Fleet said in a statement that the patrol and

By The Associated Press Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would decide whether and how to respond to Iran’s major air assault earlier this week, brushing off calls for restraint from close allies. Israel has vowed to respond to Iran’s unprecedented attack, leaving the region bracing for further escalation after months of fighting in Gaza.

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German authorities conducted a large-scale raid against an international human smuggling gang early Wednesday, police said in a statement. More than 1,000 police officers searched dozens of homes, stores and offices across western and southern Germany and detained 10 suspects, including two lawyers. They’re accused of having

By MARK BAKER and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — A Muslim community leader in Australia says the father of a boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics saw no signs of his son’s extremism. The 16-year-old boy spoke in Arabic about the Prophet Muhammad after he stabbed a bishop and a priest during

BRUSSELS (AP) — A gathering of far-right politicians and supporters has resumed, a day after police shut the event down citing concerns about public order. Organizers won an overnight legal challenge against the move. A group of anti-fascists had threatened to disrupt proceedings. The Belgian and British leaders expressed concern that the shutdown would stifle