Year: 2024

Asian stocks mostly fell on Wednesday as markets digested Japanese and Australian business data, after U.S. stocks held relatively steady as earnings reporting season ramped up for big companies. U.S. futures fell while oil prices were higher. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 0.2% in morning trading to 39,508.84, with the Japanese yen trading at its

Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Mudslides triggered by heavy rain in a remote part of Ethiopia have killed at least 229 people. Local authorities say many victims were killed while trying to rescue survivors of an earlier mudslide in southern Ethiopia. The country’s prime minister calls it a “terrible loss.” It is not

Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have agreed to form a government together. The two groups made the announcement Tuesday in Beijing after China-sponsored talks. It was the latest attempt at resolving a longstanding rivalry that looms over any potential vision for the rule of Gaza after the war

AP Science Writer When it comes to climate, extreme weather and other so-called natural disasters, people generally look to America’s hurricane or earthquake prone coasts and say that’s where the danger is. But that’s not where highest concentration of federally declared disasters are. Try Kentucky or Vermont. An atlas of 713 federally declared disasters and

Associated Press SILVERDALE, Wash. (AP) — Voters in Washington state will decide this fall whether to keep one of the country’s more aggressive laws aimed at stemming carbon pollution. The repeal vote imperils the most significant climate policy passed during outgoing Gov. Jay Inslee’s three terms, and Inslee — who made climate action a centerpiece

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors have arrested the founder of the country’s tech giant Kakao Corp. on suspicion of stock price rigging during his company’s takeover of a major K-pop agency last year. Kim’s arrest came after the Seoul Southern District Court approved an arrest warrant, citing concerns that he

Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Several thousand mourners have attended the funeral for a Ukrainian former lawmaker best known for her campaign to promote the Ukrainian language. Iryna Farion died after being shot in the street by an unknown assailant last week. She was laid to rest Monday in the western city of Lviv

Associated Press ROME (AP) — The daughter of the late Colombian artist Fernando Botero has helped to turn the streets and piazzas of the Italian capital into an open-air museum to display eight of her father’s famously voluminous and whimsical sculptures. The exhibition was organized as a tribute to Botero, who died in September at

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate will consider legislation this week that aims to protect children from dangerous online content, moving forward with what could become the first sweeping new regulation of the tech industry in decades. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Tuesday that he will bring the bipartisan bill up in the Senate,

Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — An approaching typhoon has prompted the cancellation of air force drills off Taiwan’s east coast. But naval and land exercises are set to continue in other parts of the self-governing island democracy, which China threatens to invade. According to the Central Weather Bureau, Typhoon Gaemi is heading toward eastern