Month: July 2023

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The head of the UN nuclear agency, the IAEA, says he’s pushing for access to the roof of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, following reports from Ukrainian officials that the Russians planted explosives there. The plant was seized by Russia, in March 2022, in the

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The four parties that make up Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s ruling coalition are in tense talks over ways to rein in migration. The lengthy negotiations have led to speculation that the thorny issue could bring down Rutte’s government and force a general election. The

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press Maritime nations agreed Friday to slash emissions from the shipping industry to net zero by about 2050 in a deal that many experts and some nations say falls well short of what’s needed to curb warming to agreed temperature limits. Negotiators at the meeting of the United Nations’ International Maritime

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Three helicopter tour operators have pleaded guilty to safety breaches when New Zealand’s White Island volcano erupted in 2019, claiming 22 lives. The companies were to go on trial next week along with six other entities and people following the tragedy at the island, which had been a popular tourist

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian emergency officials say a blast at an explosives plant has killed six people and injured two more. The explosion occurred on Friday as workers were dismantling equipment at one of the workshops of the Promsintez plant in Russia’s Samara region, some 800 kilometers (500 miles) southeast of Moscow, Russian state news

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has rolled out a new set of initiatives to reduce health care costs. The initiatives out Friday include a crackdown on scam insurance plans, new guidance to prevent surprise medical bills and an effort to reduce medical debt tied to credit cards. Biden’s remarks

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Appeals court judges in Amsterdam say the Dutch government can order Schiphol Airport, one of Europe’s busiest aviation hubs, to reduce the number of flights from 500,000 per year to 460,000. The Amsterdam Court of Appeal on Friday overturned a lower court that concluded in April the government of the

By AREF TUFAHA Associated Press NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces killed two Palestinian militants in a flashpoint West Bank city, days after Israel concluded a major two-day offensive meant to crack down on militants. The Israeli domestic security agency Shin Bet said the two men, who it claimed were behind a shooting attack

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — NHL great Dominik Hašek says Russian and Belarusian athletes must state loud and clear they condemn Russia for the war in Ukraine or be banned from next year’s Paris Olympics. The former Olympic champion says he is certain their presence at the Paris Games would otherwise result

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Muslims in Pakistan are holding rallies to observe a “Day of the Sanctity of Quran” after the prime minister of the South Asian Islamic nation issued a call for anti-Sweden protests over last week’s burning of Islam’s holy book in Stockholm. The biggest anti-Sweden rallies were expected

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Would-be homebuyers are willing to take on sharply higher mortgage payments, even as home prices have begun to pull back this year. The median monthly payment listed on applications for home purchase loans jumped 14.1% in May from a year earlier to an all-time high

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Cities across China have opened their air raid shelters to offer residents relief from the heat as unusually high temperatures across parts of the country started claiming lives. Cities including Hangzhou on China’s east coast, Wuhan in the center of the country, and Shijiazhuang in Hebei province neighboring Beijing announced Friday

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — European shares opened mostly higher on Friday following a broad retreat in Asia as investors watched for updates from U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen ‘s visit to Beijing. U.S. futures were little changed and oil prices were modestly higher. Yellen is meeting with senior Chinese officials

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to roll out a new set of initiatives Friday to reduce health care costs. They include a crackdown on scam insurance plans, new guidance to prevent surprise medical bills and an effort to reduce medical debt tied to credit cards. His remarks would