Month: September 2022

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s government has pledged to set up its own anti-corruption agency in an effort to unlock billions in European Union funding that the bloc has withheld over rule-of-law and graft concerns. Prime Minister Viktor Orban signed the decree published late Monday which will establish an “independent

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — On nearly every basketball court around the world —from NBA arenas to elementary school gyms — you’ll see players of all sizes regularly attempting long three-point shots. There’s one man largely credited with transforming basketball from a must-see above the rim game to box office-long

By DIANE JEANTET and CARLA BRIDI Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — President Jair Bolsonaro is feeding concern about Brazil’s electronic voting system with the election just a month off. He says the machines are prone to fraud, though he’s acknowledged that hasn’t been proved and Brazil’s electoral authority says the system has been

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Yemeni officials say suspected al-Qaida militants have attacked a security post in the country’s south, killing at least 27. The incident sparked clashes that killed at least eight troops and six militants. The early morning attack took place in the district of Ahwar in the southern province

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss became U.K. prime minister on Tuesday and immediately confronted the enormous task ahead of her amid increasing pressure to curb soaring prices, ease labor unrest and fix a health care system burdened by long waiting lists and staff shortages. At the top

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening mixed on Wall Street as the market gets a holiday-shortened week off to a muted start. The S&P 500 was just barely in the green in the early going Tuesday, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq was wavering between small gains and losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was also

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — A man charged with stealing a plane that he didn’t know how to land will remain behind bars, denied bond by a judge who took a dim view of his lawyer’s promise that he wouldn’t take off again. Airport worker Cory Wayne Patterson allegedly stole the plane on Saturday after posting

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog has addressed Germany’s parliament about atrocities committed during the Third Reich. At the same time, he used his speech Tuesday at the Bundestag to praise the close and friendly relations that have emerged between the two countries since the end of the Holocaust.