Month: July 2023

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.S. and U.S.-led United Nations Command say they are working to resolve the situation involving a U.S. soldier who ran into North Korea at a border village. The incident involving Pvt. Travis King comes at a time of high tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologized for the treatment of gay veterans by saying that a previous ban on LGBTQ+ people serving in the U.K. military was “an appalling failure of the British state.” The apology came after an independent review published Wednesday estimated that hundreds

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The In-N-Out burger chain will bar employees in five states from wearing masks unless they have a doctor’s note, according to internal company emails leaked on social media. In the memo announcing new guidelines for Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Texas and Utah workers, the fast food

By The Associated Press You watch movies. You watch TV. And now you’re wondering how the pitched battle — with Hollywood’s actors and writers on one side, and studios and streaming services on the other — will affect you. The Associated Press has answers. Yes, you can still go see “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer.” No, the

By FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Blue-roofed huts, a raised slab of concrete and some raked gravel are all that separate the rival Koreas at Panmunjom, a rare point of close contact along the most heavily armed border in the world. You can step across that thin slab of dividing concrete, but only

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — An independent candidate for a U.K. Parliament has turned to artificial intelligence to come up with his campaign promises. Andrew Gray, who says he has no policies of his own, crowdsourced constituents’ sentiments and used machine learning to come up with his political manifesto. He calls

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa says Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend an economic summit in Johannesburg next month. The decision means South Africa will not have to face the dilemma of whether it should act on an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against the Russian

By CASSIDY HETTESHEIMER Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — There’ll be 32 national teams competing across Australia and New Zealand in the Women’s World Cup. A 33rd team — unofficial by international soccer standards — will be watching from the stands. Members of the Afghanistan national women’s soccer team paid a visit to Morocco’s public

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed intense drone and missile attacks overnight Wednesday, damaging critical port infrastructure in southern Ukraine, including grain and oil terminals, and wounding at least 12 people, officials said. The bombardment targeted the port city of Odesa, days after President Vladimir Putin blamed Ukraine for an

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese e-commerce retailer Temu has filed a lawsuit accusing its rival Shein of violating U.S. antitrust law by blocking clothing manufacturers from working with Temu. Shein, an online apparel firm, and Temu are fast-rising online shopping platforms in the U.S. Court documents show Temu alleging

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s second-in-command has quietly stepped down amid reporting by The Associated Press that he once consulted for a pharmaceutical distributor sanctioned for a deluge of suspicious painkiller shipments and did similar work for the drugmaker that became the face of

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Doctors in Israel have held a two-hour strike to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary. The doctors say the plan will endanger public health by granting Netanyahu and his allies greater control over the country’s healthcare system. Doctors gathered outside Ichilov hospital

By TAMMY WEBBER and NOAH BERGER Associated Press EAST PRAIRIE METIS SETTLEMENT, Alberta (AP) — Carrol Johnston counted her blessings as she stood on the barren site where her home was destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire that forced her to flee her northern Alberta community two months ago. Her family escaped unharmed, though her beloved

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Sarah Leslie thought she was witnessing a stunt when she saw an American soldier start sprinting toward North Korea. Leslie and her father, tourists from New Zealand, were part of a group that left Tuesday morning from Seoul to visit the Demilitarized Zone that divides

By JACKIE VELING of NerdWallet Summer is the most expensive time of year to move. Though costs are down this year compared to previous summers, prospective movers should still expect to pay a premium for their relocation. If you can’t afford the cost of moving outright, a credit card or unsecured personal loan could help,