Month: July 2023

By SAM MEDNICK and RENATA BRITO Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A Spanish aid group says at least 300 people traveling in three boats from Senegal to Spain are missing along one of the deadliest sea routes for migrants. Two boats departed from Mbour city on June 23 carrying about 100 people and a

By NINIEK KARMINI and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Myanmar’s prolonged civil strife, tensions in the disputed South China Sea and concern over arms buildups in the region are expected to dominate the agenda when Southeast Asia’s top diplomats gather for talks this week in Indonesia. Russia’s year-old invasion of Ukraine and

By SEUNG MIN KIM, JILL LAWLESS and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WINDSOR, England. (AP) — President Joe Biden and King Charles III, two aging leaders who’ve waited decades to reach the pinnacle of their careers, used their first meeting in their respective roles Monday to highlight the generational issue of climate change as they prod

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Hill Harper, an actor known for his roles on “CSI: NY” and “The Good Doctor,” announced on Monday that he is running for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat and challenging U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin for the Democratic nomination. Harper is the sixth Democratic candidate to enter

By KARL RITTER and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday introduced a new condition for approving Sweden’s membership in NATO, calling on European countries to “open the way” for Turkey to join the European Union. The surprise announcement by Erdogan before departing to a NATO summit

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The presidents of Serbia and Montenegro have agreed to try to patch up strained relations between the historic Balkan allies. The two countries formed a joint state until Montenegro split in 2006 following a referendum on independence. The former allies grew further apart after Montenegro recognized

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s foreign minister says his country welcomes the Netherlands’ plan to return a bejeweled ceremonial cannon and other colonial-era artifacts from the Netherlands and is working through how to preserve the items. The Dutch government last week announced that it will return 478 objects

By LISA RATHKE and JOHN MINCHILLO Associated Press ANDOVER, Vt. (AP) — Rescue teams raced into Vermont on Monday after heavy rain drenched parts of the Northeast, washing out roads, forcing evacuations and halting some airline travel. One person was killed in New York as she was trying to leave her home. Mike Cannon of

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Ukrainian soccer club Dynamo Kyiv has told Turkish rival Fenerbahce it had “blood on your hands” for going to Russia to play Zenit St. Petersburg in a preseason game. It’s the latest dispute between clubs who met in the Champions League qualifying rounds and Europa League

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian special prosecutors have demanded that a lawmaker and former deputy prime minister be arrested on corruption charges, accusing him of failing to declare his assets and other criminal offenses. The Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Corruption and Organized Crime, in charge of prosecuting senior officials, made

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas has drawn another Democratic challenger in the 2024 U.S. Senate race. Democratic state Sen. Roland Gutierrez announced Monday that he will become the second Texas Democrat to embark on a longshot bid to deny Cruz a third term representing the

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Heavy rain spawned extreme flooding in New York’s Hudson Valley that killed at least one person, swamped roadways and forced road closures on Sunday night, as much of the rest of the Northeast U.S. braced Monday for potentially punishing rains. As the

By SEUNG MIN KIM, JILL LAWLESS and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s itinerary this week in Europe is dominated by the ongoing war in Ukraine and his continued efforts to rally an international coalition against Russia’s invasion of its neighbor. But first, some tea. The U.S. president’s initial stop on

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin days after a short-lived rebellion by the mercenary chief and his private army, the Kremlin’s spokesman said Monday. The three-hour meeting took place at the Kremlin on June 29 and also involved commanders from the military company Prigozhin founded, Kremlin spokesman

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Secure 2.0 gave people several new options for workplace retirement accounts, but it forces higher-income savers to use their plans’ Roth option for catch-up contributions. People ages 60 to 63 can make larger catch-up contributions, but many people won’t have the cash flow to take advantage of this option. People

By MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says he plans to leave politics after a general election sparked by his government’s resignation. Rutte announced his decision at a hastily arranged parliamentary debate on Monday. He says he will “not be available again” as leader

BY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s statistics bureau says the country’s annual inflation rate has set a record high, reaching 36.8% last month compared to 33.7% in May. The agency’s data released Monday show food and beverage prices spiked by 64.9% in June over the same time last year. Prices in Egypt