Month: April 2023

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media say Israel shelled targets in southern Syria, near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The report carried on the state SANA news agency says Israeli forces targeted the town of Talat Qars al-Nafl in Quneitra province early on Monday and that the artillery caused “material damage.” It didn’t mention any casualties.

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press SÃO PAULO (AP) — When Alessandra Korap was born in the mid-1980s, her Indigenous village nestled in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil was a haven of seclusion. But as she grew up, the nearby city of Itaituba, with its bustling streets and commercial activity, crept closer and closer. It wasn’t

GENEVA (AP) — Credit Suisse says investors are continuing to withdraw assets this month as it reported over 61 billion Swiss francs (over $68 billion) in net asset outflows in the first quarter. The Zurich-based bank cited “significant net asset outflows” as it posted its first-quarter results that were skewed by a government-backed takeover by

By PETER SMITH and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jury selection will begin Monday in the federal death penalty trial of a truck driver accused of shooting to death 11 Jewish worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Robert G. Bowers, who is from the Pittsburgh suburb

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is in Japan to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other officials. It’s part of his four-nation trade mission seen as an attempt by the expected Republican presidential candidate to bolster his foreign policy credentials. DeSantis is considered the biggest challenger

By ANDREW DALTON and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection and opening statements are set to begin Monday in a trial that mashes up Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” with Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.” The heirs of Ed Townsend, Gaye’s co-writer of the 1973 soul classic, sued Sheeran, alleging

By MAE ANDERSON, ASHRAF KHALIL and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — On the 31st floor of what was once a towering office building in downtown Manhattan, construction workers lay down steel bracing for what will soon anchor a host of residential amenities: a catering station, lounge, fire pit and gas grills. The

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has been hiding in plain sight all along. The contours of the 2024 campaign that Biden will formally launch with a video as soon as this week will look a lot like his messaging and policy moves from the past

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has formally restored Japan to its list of countries it gives preferential treatment in trade, three years after the neighbors downgraded each other’s trade status amid a diplomatic row over historical grievances. South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced the move

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A magnitude 7.1 quake struck in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean on Monday but did not appear to generate a tsunami. The quake struck near the Kermadec Islands about 560 miles northeast of New Zealand’s North Island. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the quake posed no threat

By PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press TRENTO, Italy (AP) — Italy’s largest river is already as low as it was last summer, with the winter snow fields that normally save it from drying up over the warmer months having receded by 75%, according to the Bolzano climate and environment agency. It’s already causing some reliant on