Month: May 2023

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet While summer camp costs are rising, parents can find deals by booking sessions early, asking about financial aid, and leveraging sibling and other discounts. Sometimes, camps offer special deals on new programs or for certain age groups. Many nonprofits, service-based organizations and faith-based camps offer lower prices or even free

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is holding relatively steady Monday coming off its worst week in nearly two months, as stocks of several beaten-down banks rally. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was edging down by 16 points, or less

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ leading rights organization says a man sentenced to jail over a satirical drawing of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has died behind bars. The Viasna Human Rights Center said Mikalai Klimowicz, a 61-year-old blogger and activist, died on Sunday while in prison in northeastern Belarus. Klimowicz

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States’ top international development chief is heading to Serbia and Kosovo this week to meet with leaders there. Samantha Power’s travel comes as U.S. and European leaders work to stabilize relations between the two former wartime enemies at a time of heightened

By The Associated Press Victory Day is Russia’s most important secular holiday, lauding two tenets that are central to its identity: military might and moral rectitude. But the war in Ukraine undermines both this year. Many regions have canceled their observances of the 78th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s capitulation in World War II because of

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Six crew members of a Liberian-flagged tanker who had been held hostage by pirates in March have been freed. Pirates boarded the Monjasa Reformer southwest of Port Pointe-Noire, Congo on March 25. The French navy, which was patrolling the area, eventually found the abandoned tanker with 10 crew members still on

By BRIAN MELLEY and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III made a cameo appearance on “American Idol” after the royal coronation concert in his honor. Charles and Queen Camilla walked into a room at Windsor Castle on Sunday where “Idol” judges Lionel Richie and Katy Perry — who performed at the

By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s Doctors Syndicate says at least 100 people were killed in clashes that erupted last month between armed fighters in a city in Sudan’s restive region of Darfur. All hospitals were still out of service in the Darfur city of Genena and an accurate count of the

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s Justice Minister says 13 people have been detained over violence which broke out at an opposition rally over the weekend. Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu of the main opposition Republican People’s Party, CHP, was speaking atop a campaign bus in the eastern city of Erzurum Sunday afternoon when a large group of

MADRID (AP) — Drought-stricken Spain says last month was the hottest and driest April since records began in 1961. The State Meteorological Agency says the average daily temperature was 14.9 degrees Celsius (58.8 Fahrenheit) — that is 3 degrees Celsius above the average. AEMET said average maximum temperatures during the month were up by 4.7

By The Associated Press Victory Day, Russia’s most important secular holiday, lauds two tenets that are central to its identity: military might and moral rectitude. But the war in Ukraine undermines both this year. The holiday falling on Tuesday marks the 78th anniversary of Germany’s capitulation in World War II after a relentless Red Army

BERLIN (AP) — Heavy rains in southwestern Germany have flooded roads and basements, forced train routes to close temporarily, and left some residents trapped in their homes because they were surrounded by water. In Zollernalbkreis county in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, hundreds of firefighters were on duty late Sunday after thunderstorms led to creeks bursting

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine air defenses shot down 35 Iranian-made drones over Kyiv in Russia’s latest nighttime assault, as attacks across Ukraine by the Kremlin’s forces killed four civilians, officials said Monday. The bombardments came as Moscow enforced tight security on the eve of traditional Red Square commemorations marking