Month: September 2021

LONDON (AP) — A defense lawyer says a man charged with the murder of a 28-year-old school teacher in London plans to plead not guilty. Delivery driver Koci Selamaj is accused of killing Sabina Nessa, who disappeared while walking to meet a friend at a pub a few minutes from her home in southeast London

By MAURO BUCCARELLO Associated Press LAMPEDUSA, Sicily (AP) — A rusty and overloaded fishing boat carrying 686 migrants has arrived at an Italian island port. It’s the biggest single arrival in Italy in years, since most migrants cross the Mediterranean in smaller flimsy vessels and are rescued at sea. Italian coast guard ships escorted the boat

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s official news agency says the country’s national airline will resume direct flights to Syria’s capital Damascus on Oct. 3. The announcement Tuesday comes nearly a decade after Royal Jordanian flights were suspended because of the war in Syria. It’s the latest sign of thawing relations between the two neighbors. The

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick is Richard Powers’ “Bewilderment.” It’s his first novel since the Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Overstory.” “Bewilderment” is already on the fiction longlist for the National Book Awards. The 64-year-old Powers’ other books include “Orfeo” and “The Echo Maker,” which won

By MARIA CHENG and AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press BENI, Congo (AP) — A panel commissioned by the World Health Organization has identified more than 80 alleged cases of sex abuse during the U.N. health agency’s response to an Ebola outbreak in Congo. The cases involve allegations implicating 20 WHO staff members. The panel’s report

By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials say fierce clashes between government forces and Houthi rebels over a crucial central city have killed more than 130 fighters in the past two days. They said Tuesday that most of the dead are rebels. The escalation of fighting over energy-rich Marib has come

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The European Union’s home affairs commissioner says the 27-member bloc stands firm on its regime of sanctions against Belarus’ authoritarian president who’s “pushing” migrants into the EU out of “desperation.” EU commissioner Ylva  Johansson said Tuesday that President Alexander Lukashenko “can’t really deal” with the sanctions and is bringing migrants into

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Toyota is revving up acquisitions in mobility technology, adding Renovo Motors, a Silicon Valley software developer, to its Woven Planet team, which is working on automated driving. Earlier, Toyota bought CARMERA Inc., a U.S. venture that specializes in sophisticated road mapping updates. It has

By KIM COOK Associated Press Fall is a busy time for moving and changing homes. And many people have relocated because of pandemic-related changes in work, school and home life. Over the centuries, traditional housewarming gifts have included bread and salt or wine or honey. Some suggestions from designers for creative, modern housewarming presents include

PARIS (AP) — French drugmaker Sanofi says it is shelving plans for a COVID-19 vaccine based on messenger RNA despite positive results from early stage testing. The Paris-based company said it will continue to develop another vaccine candidate that is already undergoing late stage human trials. That vaccine, being developed with Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline, uses a