Month: November 2023

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer The popular weight-loss drug Wegovy reduced the risk of serious heart problems by 20% in a large, international study that experts say could change the way doctors treat certain heart patients. The research is the first to document that an obesity medication can not only pare pounds, but also

LONDON (AP) — Residents of a fishing town in southwestern Iceland have left their homes after increasing concern about a potential volcanic eruption caused civil defense authorities to declare a state of emergency in the region. Iceland’s Meteorological Office says police decided to evacuate Grindavik after recent seismic activity in the area moved south toward

By ADIL JAWAD Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani activists say police are arresting Afghan women and children in southern Sindh province as part of a government crackdown on migrants. The policy mostly affects Afghans, who make up the majority of foreigners living in Pakistan, although authorities maintain they are targeting all who are

By RAF CASERT and MARTA FIORIN Associated Press YPRES, Belgium (AP) — People around the globe are remembering the slaughter and losses from four years of fighting during World War I just over a century ago that was supposed to amount to “the war to end all wars.” Yet the rumble of tanks and the

By MELINA WALLING, AMANDA LOMAN and BROOKE HERBERT Associated Press MOUNT ANGEL, Ore. (AP) — On a bright day this fall, tractors crisscrossed Gayle Goschie’s farm about an hour outside Portland, Oregon. Goschie is in the beer business — a fourth-generation hops farmer. Fall is the off-season, when the trellises are bare, but recently, her

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday ordered the removal of the bishop of Tyler, Texas, a conservative prelate active on social media who has been a fierce critic of the pontiff and has come to symbolize the polarization within the U.S. Catholic hierarchy. A one-line statement from the Vatican

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say Russian forces targeted Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, as part of an overnight bombardment felt across the country. The head of the Kyiv City Military Administration said a ballistic missile was shot down as it approached the Ukrainian capital, the first attempted missile attack on Kyiv in almost two months.

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The husband of a Russian-American journalist working for a U.S. government-funded media company who is detained in Russia has called for her speedy release. Alsu Kurmacheva’s husband Pavel Butorin told The Associated Press in an interview Friday that the couple was due to celebrate their 21st anniversary

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched peacefully through central London on Saturday, even as right-wing counter-protesters clashed with police, after a week of angry debate over whether to permit the event on a day when Britain honored its war dead. The day unfolded in a backdrop of tensions fueled by

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — One year since Ukraine retook the city of Kherson from occupying Russian forces, residents have grown accustomed to the sounds of bombs reminding them that the war is far from over. Marking the anniversary of Russia’s defeat on Nov. 11 is a bittersweet occasion, many residents

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia’s defense minister has been sacked after he apparently caused a traffic collision in which one person died and he was also seriously injured. Authorities say defense Minister Mario Banozic was overtaking a truck in bad weather when he crashed into a van coming from the opposite direction. The van driver