Month: March 2023

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China has accused Washington of improperly attacking Chinese companies after genetics analysis giant BGI Group and 17 others were hit with curbs on access to U.S. technology on security or human rights grounds. The Commerce Department said it saw a danger that two BGI units might

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has met with Indigenous Sami reindeer herders after more than a week of protests against wind farms that activists say endanger their way of life, and has acknowledged that there are “ongoing human rights violations.” The protesters, many of them teenagers, said they will pause

BERLIN (AP) — Climate protesters are gathering in Berlin and dozens of other German cities to demand tougher government action against global warming. They especially want the government to curb greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector. A small pro-business party that controls Germany’s Ministry of Transport has pushed back against efforts to impose a

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press BORODYANKA, Ukraine (AP) — The freshly exhumed remains of three men lie in black body bags on the edge of the small cemetery in a town not far from Ukraine’s capital, waiting to be taken to a morgue. None has yet been identified. Ukrainian authorities are still unearthing people who

KVITFJELL, Norway (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin was in third place after her run in a World Cup super-G and missed out on a record-tying 86th career victory. Shiffrin was the ninth starter and trailed leader Elena Curtoni of Italy by 0.15 seconds. Shiffrin needs one victory to match Ingemar Stenmark’s total victories on

BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency said Friday that an investigation into the failure of a rocket carrying two Earth observation satellites last year indicated the cause was a faulty part procured from Ukraine. The Vega C rocket ditched in the sea less than three minutes after liftoff from a spaceport in French Guiana

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer NEW DELHI (AP) — The top diplomats of Australia, India, Japan and the United States say their Indo-Pacific-focused bloc is not aimed at China, but their latest words reflect growing unease over China’s influence in the region. The four foreign ministers meeting in New Delhi insisted the so-called “Quad”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Daniel Ellsberg, who copied and leaked documents that revealed secret details of U.S. strategy in the Vietnam War and became known as the Pentagon Papers, says he has terminal cancer and months to live. Ellsberg has posted on his Facebook page that doctors diagnosed the 91-year-old with inoperable pancreatic cancer on Feb.