Month: September 2022

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities have advanced a plan to build nearly 500 homes in a new Jewish settlement in annexed east Jerusalem. Rights groups say it will further sever Jerusalem from the nearby Palestinian city of Bethlehem and the southern West Bank. Ir Amim, an Israeli rights group that closely follows developments in Jerusalem,

MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow has found a former journalist guilty of treason and sentenced him to 22 years in a maximum security prison. The ruling Monday concluded a trial that has been widely seen as politically motivated. The sentence handed to Ivan Safronov is among the harshest moves against Russian independent journalists

By The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES — A race between two “Pinocchio” films begins with Robert Zemeckis’ adaptation ahead of Guillermo del Toro’s by a nose. On Thursday, Zemeckis’ animated fantasy of the classic

BEIJING (AP) — At least 46 people have been reported killed in a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook China’s southwestern province of Sichuan. It triggered landslides and shook buildings in the provincial capital of Chengdu, whose 21 million residents are already under a COVID-19 lockdown. The quake struck a mountainous area in Luding county shortly

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday granted a request by former President Donald Trump’s legal team to appoint a special master to review documents seized by the FBI during a search of his Florida home last month. The decision by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon came despite the

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Rich countries said they will spend about $25 billion by 2025 to boost Africa’s efforts to adapt to climate change as the continent continues to struggle with drought, cyclones and extreme heat, according to officials at a summit in Rotterdam in the Netherlands on Monday. The

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is calling for a sharp 10% reduction in the country’s energy use in coming weeks and months to avoid the risk of rationing and cuts this winter. Macron’s remarks on Monday came amid tensions with supplier Russia over the war in Ukraine. Macron said a news conference that

By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana’s central bank says the South American country is likely to earn more than $1 billion this year from its production share of offshore oil exports. That’s more than it will garner from gold, bauxite, timber or any other sector. The small nation became an oil