Month: May 2023

By ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — World leaders landed in Hiroshima on Thursday for a Group of Seven meeting in Hiroshima, the site of the world’s first atomic bomb attack, with Russia’s war in Ukraine expected to be high on the agenda. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida kicked off his summit diplomacy

By BERNAT ARMANGUE and HELENA ALVES Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The show must go on, even when its Ukrainian director is drafted by the army weeks before opening night. “Silence, Silence, Silence, Please,” a play that tackles Russia’s war in Ukraine had its world debut in Portugal last week, but it’s chief creator

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Foreign embassies in Beijing were asked by the Chinese government to avoid displaying what it calls propaganda in an apparent response to shows of support for Ukraine. Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s government says it is neutral in Moscow’s 15-month-old invasion of Ukraine but has repeated Russian justifications,

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A U.K.-based rights group on Thursday launched an interactive map documenting rampant human rights abuses and violence against civilians since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan nearly two years ago. The documented violations — committed by both the Taliban and militant groups such as the Islamic State

By ADRIAN SAINZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee death row inmate is challenging the newly expanded authority of the appointed state attorney general over some capital punishment proceedings. Lawmakers removed recently removed the power from locally elected prosecutors who have stated their opposition to the death penalty. The new

HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — An 8-year-old girl died Wednesday in Border Patrol custody, authorities said, a rare occurrence that comes as the agency struggles with overcrowding. The child and her family were being held at a station in Harlingen, Texas, in Rio Grande Valley, one of the busiest corridors for illegal crossings, U.S. Customs and

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — FIFA President Gianni Infantino seems slightly more optimistic about completing what he would see as an acceptable deal for the broadcast rights to the upcoming Women’s World Cup in five key European countries. Infantino walked the green carpet at a gala event for the unveiling

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Loud explosions were heard in Kyiv early Thursday morning, and the city’s Military Administration said falling debris caused a fire in a non-residential building. The scope of the Russian attack against the capital was unclear, and there was no immediate information on casualties. It was the

By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys for a Wisconsin Native American tribe are set to argue Thursday that a federal judge should order an energy company to shut down an oil pipeline that the tribe says is at immediate risk of being exposed by erosion and rupturing on reservation

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Thursday on hopes U.S. political leaders can reach agreement to avoid a potentially disastrous default on government debt. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. Oil prices edged lower. Wall Street rallied Wednesday after President Joe Biden expressed

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A Chinese envoy has asked Australian authorities to increase efforts to find survivors of a capsizing in the Indian Ocean. There were 39 crew members on board the Chinese fishing boat when it capsized Tuesday in the middle of the ocean. No survivors or life rafts

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The flight from urban areas that took place during the first year of the pandemic either reversed or slowed in its second year, as last year metropolitan areas in Texas and Florida boomed and declines in New York and Los Angeles were halved, according to new

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has highlighted efforts by Republican governors and statehouses across the country to embrace proposals limiting the rights of transgender people, signing new restrictions as he moves closer to a presidential bid. The restrictions are spreading quickly despite criticism from medical groups and advocates who say they’re