Month: May 2023

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials from the party of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan say he has been arrested as he appeared in a court in the capital, Islamabad, to face charges in multiple graft cases. Fawad Chaudhry, a senior official with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party said the 72-year-old Khan

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government has forecast the nation’s first balanced annual budget in 15 years but warns that economic pressures such as persistent inflation will sink the country into deeper debt in future years. On Tuesday, Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced a $2.8 billion surplus was forecast for

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The recently ousted head of the Vatican’s main charitable organization is breaking six months of silence to denounce his removal as a “brutal power grab.” Aloysius John has penned an eight-page open letter to the Caritas confederation on the eve of a general assembly to elect

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese security agents have raided several offices of business consulting firm Capvision as part of an ongoing crackdown on foreign businesses that provide sensitive economic data. The increasing pressure on foreign businesses in China is driven primarily by national security considerations. The efforts of Xi Jinping’s government to exert control over business

BEIJING (AP) — China has announced the expulsion of a Canadian diplomat in retaliation for Ottawa ordering a Chinese consular official to leave over alleged threats he made against a Canadian lawmaker and his family. The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said China was deploying a “reciprocal countermeasure to Canada’s unscrupulous move.” It said the diplomat

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares mostly fell Tuesday as investors took a wait-and-see view on the week ahead, including stubbornly high inflation across the economy. Data showing lagging imports in China sent Chinese benchmarks lower. Oil prices fell. France’s CAC 40 slipped 0.4% in early trading to 7,412.85. Germany’s

The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday told his country’s Victory Day parade on Moscow’s Red Square that “a real war” has been unleashed against Russia by the West’s “untamed ambitions,” shortly after the Kremlin’s forces rained cruise missiles on Ukrainian targets. “Today civilization is once again at a decisive turning point,” Putin

By HUIZHONG WU and JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Customs data shows Chinese exports grew in April by 8.5% to $295.4 billion compared with a year earlier, despite weakening global demand. Data from the General Administration of Customs showed Tuesday that exports grew to $295.4 billion compared with a year earlier, although at

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oil giant Saudi Aramco has reported a first-quarter profit of $31.88 billion, down nearly 20% from the same period last year as energy prices have sunk over global recession concerns. The firm known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co. earned a $39.47 billion

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — There was no mourning tent for 23-year-old Palestinian Zuhair al-Ghaleeth. There were no banners with his portrait, no chants celebrating his martyrdom. Instead, a bulldozer dropped his bullet-riddled body into an unmarked grave, witnesses said. The day after six masked Palestinian gunmen shot and killed

The Associated Press Russia has unleashed a barrage of cruise missiles on Ukraine, hours before the start of Moscow’s annual commemorations celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II amid tight security measures. The Kremlin’s forces launched 25 missiles overnight into Tuesday, in a wave of attacks across Ukraine. The Ukrainian Air Force