Month: May 2024

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s government approved a plan to build another nuclear reactor in a country that relies heavily on nuclear electricity generation. The government said Wednesday that a new reactor, with an expected output of 1,200 megawatts, is to be built at the Jaslovske Bohunice nuclear plant, where the utility Slovenske Elektrarne currently

BERLIN (AP) — A court in Germany has convicted a man of murder and sentenced him to life in prison for carrying out a fatal stabbing on a train last year. The state court in Itzehoe on Wednesday convicted the 34-year-old of murder and attempted murder. It found that he fatally stabbed two teenagers and

By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds Used Teslas aren’t as expensive as you might think, especially with the company’s recent price cuts on its new models. But if you’re not familiar with Teslas then you likely might not know the difference between the different models and trim levels, or know what kind of warranties they have and

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer The Premier League’s fourth and final representative for next season’s Champions League will be Aston Villa after fifth-place Tottenham’s 2-0 loss to Manchester City. Aston Villa’s players sprayed Champagne and received a congratulatory message from Prince William as they celebrated getting into Europe’s top competition to crown the club’s

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A massive search is underway in France for a gang that killed two prison officers and seriously injured three others to free an inmate they were escorting. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says “unprecedented” efforts are being deployed, with hundreds of officers mobilized. The violence has shocked

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The use of a voice-cloning technology marrying old audio clips to an actor’s narration is bringing an historic U.S. Supreme Court decision to life. A recreation allows listeners to ‘hear’ the oral arguments and reading of the decision in the 1954 Brown v. Board of

By CLAIRE SAVAGE and MORIAH BALINGIT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nannies, housekeepers, and home care workers are excluded from many federal workplace protections in the United States, and the private, home-based nature of the work means abuse tends to happen behind closed doors. Domestic workers, who make less than half of what a

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer The stars seemingly have aligned for the WNBA with Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese joining the ranks of A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi and others. The league is getting unparalleled attention. Now the challenge for the WNBA after opening its 28th season Tuesday night is translating the

By JAMEY KEATEN and ABDOULIE JOHN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s top criminal court on Wednesday convicted a former interior minister of Gambia for crimes against humanity and sentenced him to 20 years over his role in murder, torture and other repression committed by the West African country’s security forces under its longtime dictator.

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Natural gas producer CNX Resources says it plans to build a $1.5 billion facility at Pittsburgh’s airport to make hydrogen-based fuels. But, in its plan unveiled Wednesday, it says it will only build it if President Joe Biden’s administration allows coal mine methane to qualify for

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say a military helicopter crashed in Ghor province in western Afghanistan, killing at least one person. A defense ministry statement says that the crash on Wednesday by the MI-17 was caused by a technical problem. The helicopter was on a rescue mission after a vehicle carrying civilians plunged into a

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence and place safeguards around it, writing in a report released Wednesday that the

By JUWON PARK Associated Press SEOUL (AP) — South Korean young people are increasingly drawn to Buddhism due to social media-savvy influencers, including a monk who went viral on Instagram and a comedian who also DJs dressed like a Buddhist monk. Religious belief has been steadily declining in South Korea for years, especially among young

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A fire at a marina in Croatia has destroyed 22 boats and caused huge damage but no injuries. An investigation is underway to determine what caused the fire early Wednesday at the marina in Medulin, a small town on the Istrian peninsula that’s popular with tourists in the northern Adriatic. Photos

By JOHN LEICESTER and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France has imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The measures imposed on Wednesday for at least 12 days boost security forces’ powers to quell deadly unrest that has left four people dead, erupting after protests over voting

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Rescuers in southern Poland have recovered the body of a third miner a day after a cave-in in which 12 other workers were hurt. A spokesperson for the Polish Mining Group says the miner was declared dead Wednesday and the rescue operation finished as investigators look into the cause of the

By TIA GOLDENBERG, WAFAA SHURAFA and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday fended off criticism that he is not planning for a postwar reality in the Gaza Strip, saying it was impossible to prepare for any scenario in the embattled Palestinian enclave until Hamas is defeated. Netanyahu

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders and three other Dutch party leaders say they have brokered a provisional government deal. The move brings closer a government driven by the hard right in yet another European Union nation. The party leaders said Wednesday that they will put the text to

By MATTHEW LEE and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces withdrew from some parts of the country’s northeast and battled Russian troops in other areas Wednesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decision to postpone all his upcoming foreign trips underscored the seriousness of the threat his soldiers face. Against that grim backdrop,

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares advanced on Thursday after U.S. stocks rallied to records on hopes that inflation is heading back in the right direction. The optimism came from a report showing U.S. consumers had to pay prices for gasoline, car insurance and everything else in April that were 3.4% higher overall

By KASPARMAN PILIANG and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press TANAH DATAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities have seeded clouds in a bid to prevent further rainfall after flash floods that hit the country’s Sumatra Island over the weekend left at least 67 people dead. Another 20 are missing. A landslide of mud and cold lava from