Month: January 2024

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A poetry collection, a coming-of-age novel and a history of deep sea exploration are unlikely to be found in the same section of your favorite bookstore. But they all have enough in common to be this year’s winners of Science + Literature awards, $10,000 prizes

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A major nuclear plant that Britain’s government hopes will generate affordable, low-carbon energy could cost up to 46 billion pounds, or $59 billion, and the completion date could be delayed to after 2029. The U.K. government says nuclear projects like the Hinkley Point C plant is a

EL MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Southern California say six people have been found dead in a remote area of the Mojave Desert. San Bernardino County Sheriff’s spokesperson Mara Rodriguez says deputies responding to a request for a wellness check found five of the bodies Tuesday night along a dirt road off Highway 395

By PAOLO SANTALUCIA and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s lower chamber of parliament has approved a novel deal with Albania to house migrants during the processing of their asylum requests. The proposal now goes to the Senate, where Premier Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing forces also have a comfortable majority. Meloni and Albanian Prime Minister

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — The Paris spring couture shows are in full swing. Elie Saab’s couture collection was inspired by the complexity of North African medinas and delivered timeless elegance with lavish textures. Jennifer Lopez was among the attendees and sometimes shimmied in the front row. Dutch designers Viktor Horsting

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s financial markets authority is getting a new chief executive as the country looks at ways to strengthen banking regulations following the crisis at Credit Suisse. UBS hurriedly took over its ailing rival last year partly to prevent a global banking meltdown. The Swiss government on Wednesday

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Heavy snow has stranded scores of vehicles on a main expressway in central Japan, paralyzing traffic for more than 6 kilometers (4 miles), officials said. Army troops were dispatched to help relief efforts. The traffic jam occurred on the Meishin Expressway in Gifu prefecture, reportedly after two

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — After Turkey ratified Sweden’s bid to join NATO on Monday, Hungary became the last member of the military alliance not to have issued its approval. After more than a year of delays, and consistent urging from its Western partners to move forward on accession, the Central

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer An England cricketer’s problems obtaining a visa for the team’s test series in India have prompted the British government to call for fair treatment for any of its citizens seeking to enter the Asian country. Shoaib Bashir is a 20-year-old British Muslim of Pakistani heritage. He was the only

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Officials in Cyrpus say police have rescued 60 Syrian migrants from a rickety wooden boat that had been at sea six days and appeared to have run short of food and water. Five minors have been hospitalized, three of them in intensive care. The boat was found about 34 miles of

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Two American-flagged ships carrying cargo for the U.S. Defense and State departments came under attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday, officials said, with the U.S. Navy intercepting some of the incoming fire. The attacks on the container ships Maersk Detroit and Maersk Chesapeake further raise the