Month: October 2021

BERLIN (AP) — Police are carrying out large-scale raids in three German states in connection with a suspected money-laundering network that reportedly funneled millions to Turkey and Syria. Duesseldorf police said the raids that began early Wednesday involved over 1,000 officers in three western and northern states. Police say the activity is part of an

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A Chicago woman convicted of assisting her boyfriend in her mother’s murder and stuffing the body in a suitcase on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali in 2014 is being released early from a 10-year prison sentence. A prison official confirmed that Heather Mack, who was 18

By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan has publicly reprimanded Urban Meyer for what he called the coach’s “inexcusable” behavior at an Ohio bar over the weekend. A video that surfaced Saturday night shows a young woman dancing close to Meyer’s lap as he sits on

By AARON FAVILA and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The son and namesake of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos has registered his candidacy for next year’s presidential elections. His move sparked a protest by more than 100 activists who recalled the widespread human rights atrocities that marked the martial law era under his

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis is heading into a parliamentary election this week hit by yet another scandal that links him and hundreds of other wealthy people to offshore accounts. Findings by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists dubbed the “Pandora Papers” found that Babis put $22

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Oil spilling into federal waters off California’s coast has prompted fresh calls for an end to offshore oil drilling in state and federal waters. But that’s easier said than done. Neither the longstanding ban on new drilling leases in state water nor an

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A trove of leaked documents shows that for years, Lebanon’s politicians and bankers have stowed wealth in offshore tax havens and used it to buy expensive properties. It’s a galling revelation for masses of newly impoverished Lebanese, caught in one of the world’s worst economic meltdowns in

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press writer BRDO CASTLE, Slovenia (AP) — European Union leaders are gathering to reassure six countries in the Balkans that they could join the trading bloc one day. That is, if they can meet the EU’s standards. But an EU summit in Slovenia on Wednesday is unlikely to provide any signals

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Britain is experiencing empty gas pumps, worker shortages and unavailable items on store shelves. But Prime Minister Boris Johnson has played to an adoring crowd during his Conservative Party’s annual conference. Johnson ends the four-day conference Wednesday with a speech promising that Britain will emerge from