Month: February 2023

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new report by the U.N.’s international development agency says that sub-Saharan Africa is the new global epicenter of violent Islamic extremism and that people are increasingly joining as a result of economic factors and less by religious ones. The report by the UNDP released on

By MEHMET GUZEL, GHAITH ALSAYED and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ADANA, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers raced Tuesday to find survivors in the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks that struck eastern Turkey and neighboring Syria, with the discovery of more bodies raising the death toll to

By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer The Ghana Football Association says former Chelsea and Newcastle forward Christian Atsu has been rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building following the powerful earthquake that struck Turkey and neighboring Syria on Monday. Atsu’s club and agent said Thursday the Ghana international’s well-being and whereabouts were unknown. Atsu

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has lifted its ban on Wikipedia services that were blocked last week by the country’s media regulator for not removing purportedly blasphemous content that purportedly hurt the sentiments of Muslims. Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif ordered the unblocking late on Monday, according to a government statement and

By SYLVIE CORBET and JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Public transportation, schools and electricity supplies have been disrupted in France as demonstrators take to the streets for a third round of nationwide strikes and protests against the government’s pension reform plans. Rail operator SNCF said train traffic was severely disrupted across the

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s defense minister has taken a leave of absence for an undetermined period of time after he felt unwell and went to a Copenhagen hospital for a medical checkup last week. The 49-year-old Jakob Ellemann-Jensen is also deputy prime minister and he heads the Liberals that are part of Denmark’s governing

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese video game maker Nintendo has recorded a slight drop in in profit for April-December as it recorded strong sales of its Switch console games. Nintendo’s net profit in the first nine months of the fiscal year through March was 346 billion yen, or $2.6 billion,

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets are mixed as traders look ahead to a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for clues to interest rate plans after Japanese wages rose and Australia’s central bank hiked its key rate again. London and Shanghai gained. Frankfurt, Tokyo and Wall Street

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British energy firm BP has reported record annual earnings amid growing calls for the U.K. government to boost taxes on companies profiting from the high price of oil and natural gas after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The London-based company said Tuesday that underlying replacement cost profit jumped

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Someone in Washington state overcame steep odds Monday night to win an estimated $747 million Powerball jackpot. The winning numbers were 05, 11, 22, 23, 69 and the Powerball 07. Lottery officials said in a statement early Tuesday that a single ticket matched all six numbers and was worth $754.6

By MEHMET GUZEL, GHAITH ALSAYED and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ADANA, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers raced Tuesday to rescue survivors from the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks that struck eastern Turkey and neighboring Syria, with the discovery of more bodies raising the death toll to

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says that Israeli troops killed a Palestinian teenager in an army raid in the occupied West Bank. The ministry said on Tuesday that 17-year-old Hamza al-Ashqar died of a gunshot wound to the head but provided no additional details about the incident. There was no immediate comment from