Month: September 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — Marilyn Nelson has won the $100,000 Wallace Stevens Award, a lifetime achievement honor presented by the Academy of American Poets for “proven mastery in the art of poetry.” Nelson, 76, is known for such collections as “The Homeplace” and “Fields of Praise,” while also writing children’s books and translating works from

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Volkswagen has set the price range for the multibillion-euro sale of a minority stake in luxury brand Porsche. The deal will reap billions to fund the German automaker’s investments in new technologies and businesses including electric cars, software and services. The company said it aims for a listing on the Frankfurt

GENEVA (AP) — Swiss officials have formally signed a procurement contract to buy three dozen F-35 fighter jets from the United States as part of a planned refurbishment of Switzerland’s air force that has run afoul of critics of the big defense purchase. The head of Switzerland’s armaments service and F-35A program director inked the

By KATIE WORKMAN Associated Press Apples are a traditional food on Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. AP food writer Katie Workman has an apple cake she recommends — for the holiday or just to celebrate fall. Traditionally, apples are dipped into honey at the beginning of the meal for a sweet year to come.

By MARICARMEN RIVERA SANCHEZ and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fiona roared over the Dominican Republic on Monday, a day after knocking out power to all of Puerto Rico and causing damage the governor described as “catastrophic.” Many people were also left without water service. The blow from Fiona

BERLIN (AP) — A court in Vienna says six men with alleged links to a sympathizer of the Islamic State group who carried out a deadly shooting in the Austrian capital in 2020 will go on trial next month. Four people were killed in the attack on Nov. 2, 2020, and the gunman also died.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street pointed lower ahead of the opening bell Monday ahead of another expected large interest rate hike from the U.S. Federal Reserve. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials and futures for the S&P 500 each tumbled 0.9%. Britain was observing a day of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II. Japan’s markets

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani health officials say there have been no fatalities for the past three days from the deadly floods that engulfed the country since mid-June, a hopeful sign that the nation is turning a corner on the disaster that killed 1,545 people and affected 33 million. Authorities said

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A U.S. aircraft carrier is to visit South Korea this week for its first joint training with South Korean warships in five years, officials said Monday, in an apparent show of force against increasing North Korean nuclear threats. The USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier and

MADRID (AP) — As officials Monday held ceremonies to commemorate the first anniversary of what was one of the most televised volcanic eruptions in Europe, Spain’s La Palma island is not the same, geologically, economically, or socially. A six-kilometer black lava scar remains as testimony to the three-month-long volcano eruption that left no casualties but

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates will launch its first lunar rover in November. The mission manager told a state-linked newspaper on Monday that the “Rashid” rover, named for Dubai’s ruling family, would be launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida sometime in November. The exact date will be announced

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A top Russian security official says the Kremlin considers beefing up ties with Beijing as a top policy goal. Nikolai Patrushev is secretary of the national Security Council chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin. During a meeting in China with a top Communist Party official, Patrushev said