Month: May 2023

BY AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — LaJoia Broughton, a 41-year-old small-business owner, considers herself a fan of President Joe Biden. He’s provided opportunities for Black-owned business while bringing integrity to the White House, she said. Her decision for 2024 is not in doubt. “Biden has proven himself in the last few years,

PRAGUE (AP) — Czech opera singer Soňa Červená has died at age 97. She became known for playing Carmen and more than 110 roles in San Francisco and other opera houses behind the Iron Curtain. The National Theater in Prague said that Červená died on Sunday in a hospital in the Czech capital where she

Associated Press This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan in March 2023. This selection shows scenes from across the region, including images of continued violence in the occupied West Bank, political upheaval in Israel, social protests in Lebanon,

By MOHAMED WAGDY and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Foreign ministers from Arab League member states in Cairo are poised to vote on restoring Syria’s membership to the organization after it was suspended over a decade ago. The meeting in the Egyptian capital Sunday took place ahead of the Arab League Summit in

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The leaders of South Korea and Japan met Sunday for their second summit in less than two months, as they push to mend long-running historical grievances and boost ties in the face of North Korea’s nuclear program and other regional challenges. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s Shin Bet security agency says Israeli authorities have released a Jordanian lawmaker to his home country after he allegedly tried smuggling dozens of rifles and handguns through an Israeli-controlled border crossing. The legislator’s arrest threatened to further strain ties between Israel and neighboring Jordan, which have had tense relations

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — The beautiful life Wilson Garcia, an Honduran immigrant, had built for his wife and three children was shattered when his neighbor burst into his Cleveland, Texas, home on April 28 and fatally shot five people, including his wife and 9-year-old son. The accused gunman, Francisco

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press POTOMKYNE, Ukraine (AP) — A grassy lane rutted with tire tracks leads to Volodymyr Zaiets’ farm in southern Ukraine. He is careful, driving only within those shallow grooves — veering away might cost him his life in the field dotted with explosive mines. Weeds grow tall where rows of sunflowers

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two oil tankers recently seized by Iran are anchored off the coast of one of its key port cities on the strategic Strait of Hormuz, according to satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press on Sunday. The photos from Planet Labs PBC showed the

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say rallygoers for a political party have beaten to death a participant for allegedly making a blasphemous speech. Local police officer Iqbal Khan said Sunday that 40-year-old Maulana Nigar Alam was killed the previous night by demonstrators in Sawaldher village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.