Year: 2024

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Law enforcement agencies, civil defense officials and election administrators are meeting in Pennsylvania to coordinate against election threats with the presidential contest eight months away. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration said Thursday that he’s created the Pennsylvania Election Threats Task Force. The state became a magnet for

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Multinational beer and beverage company Anheuser-Busch InBev, maker of Budweiser, Bud Light, Stella Artois and Corona, has reported a 7% increase in operating profit for last year, even as as sales sagged in the United States due to a decline in demand for Bud Light.

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces are pushing hard against more Ukrainian towns and villages in eastern and southeastern Ukraine as Moscow tries to press its current advantage in weapons and troops, Kyiv officials said Thursday. Despite Russia’s apparent offensive momentum on the ground, Ukraine said it has shot down

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has taken a major step in ending its standoff with member state Poland. Its commission has announced it will begin releasing billions of euros to Poland that were frozen over the previous government’s policies that the bloc said amounted to widespread backsliding on democratic

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Dave Myers, best known as one half of Britain’s adored “Hairy Bikers” TV chef duo, has died after a battle with cancer, his co-star and long-time friend Si King said Thursday. He was 66. Myers and King found fame in the U.K. and beyond with their “Hairy

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The leaders of Western Balkan countries have agreed to speed up regional cooperation to benefit more from a new European Union plan of financial aid that will help provide a faster road to membership. Brussels’ plan calls for 6 billion euros to be sent to the

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A freight train has hit and killed three people at a railway crossing at a station in central Sweden after they got off another train. Police say the victims crossed the tracks without seeing the freight train approaching. The crossing only has lights to warn of oncoming trains. In 2017, a

By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Officials in Senegal say at least two dozen people have died off Senegal’s northern coast and many others were injured when a boat carrying migrants capsized. The boat was bound for Europe and capsized Wednesday near the town of Saint-Louis, where bodies washed up on shore.

By KATIE MARIE DAVIS and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press This week’s election in Russia is expected to cement President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power until at least 2030. Any members of the political opposition who could have challenged him in the election are either in prison or exiled abroad. Independent media outlets that could show

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Human Rights Watch says Turkey bears responsibility for some of the abuses and possible war crimes committed in Syria, mostly against Kurdish residents in northern Syria. The New York-based watchdog said on Thursday that the abuses were committed by Turkish forces and also armed factions backed by

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say a grenade and other weapons have been found in searches of the Berlin apartment where a suspected former member of the left-wing militant Red Army Faction group was arrested this week after more than three decades in hiding. Daniela Klette was arrested on Monday. She is accused of participating in

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says Britain is descending into “mob rule” because of the pressures created by protests against the Israel-Hamas war. His words were criticized as alarmist by a human rights group. Sunak told a meeting of police leaders that “increasingly violent and intimidatory behavior” is intended

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will investigate potential national security risks posed by Chinese-made “smart cars” that can gather sensitive information about Americans driving them. The probe could lead to new regulations aimed at preventing China from using sophisticated technology in electric cars and other so-called connected vehicles to

By DAVID KEYTON Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Legendary pop icon Cyndi Lauper, who rose to fame in the 1980s with hits such as “Time After Time” and “Girls Just Want To Have Fun,” has entered a partnership with the Swedish masterminds behind the immersive virtual concert ABBA Voyage. The partnership announced Thursday by the

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The Biden administration is announcing proposed new rules that officials say will help passengers with disabilities. The Transportation Department is proposing Thursday that it is proposing to make it easier for the government to fine airlines for damaging or misplacing wheelchairs. The department is also proposing that airlines provide

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — You were walking next to a swimming pool when you slipped and dropped your phone into the water. Or it slipped out of your hand when you were next to a filled bathtub or toilet. However your smartphone got wet, you now need to dry it.

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Austria’s foreign minister has urged Israel and Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group against escalating the conflict along the volatile Israel-Lebanon border. Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg also said Thursday that he hopes for a pause in the fighting in Gaza in time for the start of the Muslim holy

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Thursday to fulfill Moscow’s goals in Ukraine and sternly warned the West against deeper involvement in the fighting, saying that such a move is fraught with the risk of a global nuclear conflict. Putin’s blunt warning came in a state-of-the-nation address ahead