Month: October 2024

Associated Press ROME (AP) — Workers in Italy’s troubled automotive sector are holding a national strike for the first time in 20 years, with a massive demonstration crossing the center of Rome. The sector’s three main unions in Italy are asking the government to defend employment in the sector and relaunch the future of the

Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — He may be the president of a small, landlocked state in central Africa, but Paul Kagame has always had outsize dreams. In recent months, Rwanda’s president has embarked on perhaps the biggest of them all by pitching to bring a Formula 1 Grand Prix to a country that was

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania has scrambled four of its fighter jets after an unidentified object breached its airspace in the country’s southeast near the Black Sea, according to Ministry of National Defense. Officials said the small object, likely a drone, was detected over the Black Sea moving toward European Union and NATO member Romania

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s spy agency said Friday that North Korea has dispatched troops to support Russia’s war against Ukraine. If confirmed, the move would bring a third country into the war and intensify a standoff between North Korea and the West. The South Korean announcement came a day after

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is getting ready for her first campaign appearances with Barack and Michelle Obama this month in Georgia and Michigan. A Harris campaign official says the vice president will appear with the former president in Georgia on Oct. 24, and with the former first lady in Michigan

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president has nominated the country’s interior minister as his new deputy. It came hours after Rigathi Gachagua was overwhelmingly voted out as deputy president in an impeachment motion in parliament over allegations of corruption and inciting ethnic division. President William Ruto on Friday named Kithure Kindiki to the National Assembly

PARIS (AP) — French maritime authorities say a baby died and 65 people had to be rescued when a migrant boat sank while attempting to cross the English Channel toward Britain. Authorities said French rescuers noticed late on Thursday that the overloaded boat was in trouble and found that several people were in the sea.

Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province have shut all schools and universities for two days in an attempt to contain the spread of protests by students over an alleged on-campus rape. The closures in Pakistan’s most populous province affect an estimated 18 million students. Tensions have been high on

Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A group of nearly three dozen rights groups are calling on Thailand’s prime minister to release a Vietnamese activist who has been ordered extradited home to face imprisonment on terrorism charges. They say he faces the possibility of torture if returned. Y Quynh Bdap is the co-founder of the Montagnards

AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a trend that has surprised many: Why, despite being squeezed by high prices, have Americans kept spending at retail stores and restaurants at a robust pace? One key reason is a relatively simple one: Wealthier consumers, boosted by strong gains in income, home equity and stock market wealth,

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks closed their latest winning week with more records on Friday. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% to squeak past the all-time high it had set early this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 36 points, or 0.1%, to its own record set the day before, and