Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The leader of South Africa’s second biggest party says there will be conflict in the new coalition government, and it should not be viewed as “catastrophic.” John Steenhuisen’s Democratic Alliance party joined the long-ruling African National Congress in a coalition against all expectations after May’s national election.
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is poised to amend its constitution this weekend to require all judges to be elected as part of a judicial overhaul championed by the outgoing president but slammed by critics as a blow to the country’s rule of law. Legal experts and international observers have said the move could endanger
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer The Sundance Film Festival has narrowed its search for a new home down to three finalists. One option remains a combination of Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah, its base for over 40 years. The other two, Boulder, Colorado, and Cincinnati would find the country’s foremost showcase for independent film putting
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AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials on Thursday said they don’t know how a Missouri person caught bird flu but believe it may be a rare instance of a “one-off” standalone illness. Investigators trying to determine how the person caught the virus have not been able to confirm the exact strain of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Package delivery company DHL is suing MyPillow, alleging the company synonymous with its founder, chief pitchman and election denier Mike Lindell owes nearly $800,000 for unpaid bills. The lawsuit is the latest legal dispute involving MyPillow and Lindell, a prominent supporter of Donald Trump who has helped amplify the former
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A state judge has struck down North Dakota’s ban on abortion, saying that the state constitution creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable. The state no longer has any abortion clinics, but District Judge Bruce Romanick’s ruling Thursday would affect doctors in hospitals who
Continue ReadingAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host the leaders of Australia, India and Japan next weekend in his Wilmington, Delaware, hometown, the White House announced, as he looks to burnish his legacy before leaving office in January. Biden was the first American president to host a summit of the so-called
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded more than 100 mpox-related deaths in a week, a toll the agency’s director-general described as “not acceptable.” Dr. Jean Kaseya said 107 new deaths and 3,160 new cases had been recorded in the past week, just a week after
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron is appearing as a surprise guest on the fourth season of the Netflix show “Emily in Paris,” parts of which were released on Thursday. The show’s main actress, Lily Collins, who plays Emily Cooper, told The Associated Press that Brigitte Macron was “a big fan of the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban has resigned. He made the announcement Thursday, just over a week after his phone was seized as part of a federal investigation. People familiar with the matter say Caban was one of several high-ranking city officials whose electronic devices were seized last
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ROME (AP) — The World Food Program’s director is appealing for more money and access to feed 25 million people at risk of famine in Sudan. The UN agency’s director, Cindy McCain, called Sudan “nearly a forgotten crisis right now.” She said that with so many global crises, people’s “eyes glaze over” when
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has ruled that four people can’t be denied their voting rights because their specific felony offenses bar them from having a gun, even under a state directive that added gun rights as a prerequisite to casting a ballot again. But the four people aren’t guaranteed the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — As wildfires raging in the mountains cast an orange glow behind the downtown Los Angeles skyline, Southern California residents were jolted awake Thursday by another reminder of Mother Nature’s might. It was an all-too-familiar feeling for locals when a 4.7 magnitude earthquake rattled the Los Angeles area, unleashing boulders
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man whose pickup truck got trapped in rushing floodwaters unleashed by rains from Hurricane Francine was saved by a Good Samaritan who also happened to be an emergency room nurse. Miles Crawford waded through waist-high water in New Orleans on Wednesday night to smash through the truck’s back window and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GENEVA (AP) — The Palestinian economy is “in free fall,” with production in Gaza plunging to one-sixth of its level before Israeli forces began a blistering military response to the Oct. 7 attacks in the territory, the United Nations says. The report from UN Trade and Development also warned of “rapid and alarming
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Servicemen, veterans and others have gathered in Kyiv to remember the adopted son of Ukraine’s chief rabbi, Moshe Azman, who was killed in battle. The funeral service was seen to underline unity among Ukraine’s diverse communities in the fight against Russia’s invasion. Anton Samborskyi, 32, was reported missing in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) — Police say a woman has been fatally shot and a man has been arrested in a shooting at an apartment building in the Denver suburb of Broomfield. A police spokesperson says officers negotiated with the suspect for 3 1/2 hours on Thursday before using force to enter an apartment.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government has responded to Venezuela’s disputed July presidential election by imposing sanctions against 16 allies of President Nicolás Maduro. Washington is accusing them of obstructing the vote and carrying out human rights abuses. Those targeted Thursday by the Treasury Department include the head of the country’s high
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino man suspected of victimizing more than 100 children in the Philippines with his gang by selling their nude pictures online, including some while being raped by his cohorts, has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates and flown back to Manila. Philippine Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos and
Continue ReadingASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Top officials of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan have witnessed the start of construction of the Afghanistan section of the pipeline that will supply Afghanistan, Pakistan and India with natural gas from Turkmenistan’s vast reserves. The Afghanistan section was to have been completed in 2018, but construction was repeatedly postponed because of security
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