Month: April 2023

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Thousands of Sri Lankans are holding a protest in the capital, demanding justice for the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed nearly 270 people. The protesters on Friday demanded the government uncover who they said were the real conspirators behind the

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government says it has set up an international commission of experts to review the events surrounding the 1972 attack on the Munich Olympics. The panel was part of an agreement reached last year with relatives of the 11 Israeli team members who were killed by

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Thursday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when cannabis fans gather in clouds of smoke at music festivals, celebrate with all-you-can deals on chicken wings and other munchies, and take advantage of pot shop discounts in legal weed states. This year’s edition provides an occasion for activists

BERLIN (AP) — An eight-hour strike has brought Germany’s railways to a standstill, while walkouts also are underway at four major German airports in a parallel pay dispute. The EVG rail workers union called for members to walk out between 3 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Friday. Germany’s main train operator, state-owned Deutsche Bahn, announced

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A cargo container with gold and other items worth over $20 million Canadian (US$14.8 million) was stolen from Toronto’s Pearson International airport, authorities said Thursday. Peel Regional Police Inspector Stephen Duivesteyn said a “high value” container was taken from a holding area facility after being unloaded from

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares were weaker in Asia on Friday, tracking a decline on Wall Street following mixed earnings reports from big companies and more signals the U.S. economy may be slowing. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost 0.3% to 28,584.70. The Kospi in Seoul dropped 0.7% to 2,545.27. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng

By The Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s top general says the military is committed to a transition to civilian rule, in his first speech since brutal fighting started between his forces and its powerful paramilitary rival. Army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan made the remarks in a video message released early on Friday

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s foreign minister on Friday called the Group of Seven wealthy democracies a “tool for ensuring the U.S. hegemony” as she lambasted the group’s recent call for the North’s denuclearization. The top diplomats from G-7 nations, who met recently in Japan, had jointly condemned

By ANDREW DALTON and MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors will dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western film “ Rust.” It was the only charge against Baldwin. Still, prosecutors alluded to new revelations in the

By YURI KAGEYAMA and STEPHEN WADE Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The first verdicts in the sprawling Tokyo Olympic bribery scandal have been handed down in Tokyo District Court with defendants found guilty but avoiding jail time. The founder of Aoki Holdings, a manufacturer of affordable suits for businessmen, was found guilty of handing over

By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — When a fire broke out at a Mexican immigration detention facility last month, dramatically different reactions by guards in the men’s and women’s sections appeared to make a difference in who lived and died, according to previously unreported surveillance videos and witness statements viewed by

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is facing a self-imposed Friday night deadline to decide whether women’s access to a widely used abortion pill will stay unchanged or be restricted while a legal challenge to its Food and Drug Administration approval goes on. The justices are weighing arguments that allowing

By SEUNG MIN KIM and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Only about half of Democrats think President Joe Biden should run again in 2024, a new poll shows, but a large majority say they’d be likely to support him if he became the nominee. The poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public