Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party’s power in Thursday’s parliamentary election to help him implement his election pledges to solve the country’s economic woes and foster good governance. Dissanayake won the presidential election on Sept. 21 in a victory that marked a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ZHUHAI, China (AP) — Online discussion about China’s deadliest mass killing in years was being censored Wednesday as authorities in a southern city cleared candles and flowers from the memorial to the 35 people dead. Police have offered little information about the 62-year-old driver who rammed his vehicle into a sports complex in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. political chief has accused allies of Sudan’s warring military and paramilitary forces of “enabling the slaughter” that has killed more than 24,000 people and created the world’s worst displacement crisis. Undersecretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday: “This is unconscionable. It is illegal, and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dozens of soldiers and police fanned out across a neighborhood on a recent night in the Turks & Caicos Islands just days after the archipelago reported a record 40 killings this year. They were on the hunt for criminals and illegal weapons fueling a surge of violence
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — If things had gone differently last week, U.S. President Joe Biden could have arrived at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Peru on Thursday projecting confidence and pledging his successor’s cooperation with eager Latin American partners. No longer. Just as in 2016, the last time that Lima hosted APEC,
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish Wednesday after the latest inflation update boosted hopes that more help for the economy will arrive next month through a cut to interest rates. The S&P 500 was nearly unchanged and edged up by less than 0.1%, coming off its first
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Dallas Long, a three-time NCAA shot put champion who won a gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, has died. USC says a family member informed them that Long died of natural causes Sunday in Whitefish, Montana. No further details were provided. Long’s gold-medal performance in Tokyo included a then-Olympic record
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A hacking group that is believed to be Chinese state-sponsored has compromised two websites with ties to the Tibetan community in an attack meant to install malware on users’ computers. According to the cybersecurity firm Insikt Group, the hack of the Tibet Post and Gyudmed Tantric University websites appears geared
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Republican Gabe Evans has defeated Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo in one of the nation’s most-watched races. Evans flipped the Colorado House seat north of Denver to Republican control. The race for Colorado’s 8th Congressional District was a crucial piece in Republican’s goal of retaining control of
Continue ReadingDemocratic Rep. Mike Levin won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing California on Tuesday. Levin initially flipped the 49th District seat north of San Diego, including parts of Orange County, in the 2018 midterms. This year, he defeated Republican Matt Gunderson, who owns a car dealership. Democrat Joe Biden comfortably carried the district in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top elections regulator says she’s being harassed and threatened on social media. New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver said the comments followed after she affirmed President-elect Donald Trump’s national election victory. She said she was trying to halt conspiracy theories about the election. Toulouse
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s Labor Minister Steven Mackinnon says he is intervening to end lockouts at the country’s two biggest ports after the negotiations reached an impasse. He said he is directing the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order the resumption of all operations at the ports of Vancouver and Montreal and
Continue ReadingRepublican Gabe Evans won election to a U.S. House seat representing Colorado on Tuesday, defeating Democratic Rep. Yadira Caraveo. The 8th Congressional District, which is located north of Denver, was drawn after Colorado was awarded an additional House seat in decennial reapportionment. Evans serves in the state House and previously was a police lieutenant. Caraveo
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. David Valadao won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing California on Tuesday, defeating Democrat Rudy Salas. Valadao has long been able to outrun the partisanship of his district, which Democrat Joe Biden carried by double digits in 2020. He is also one of two House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Details about a proposed law to legalize assisted dying in England and Wales have been published, rekindling debate on the controversial topic ahead of a vote in Parliament later this month. The draft bill, published Monday, would allow terminally ill adults with less than six months to live to ask
Continue ReadingAssociated Press In picking Fox News Channel host Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense, President-elect Donald Trump has selected a military veteran and popular conservative media personality with a large following of his own. In his decade at the network, Hegseth has developed a close rapport with Trump, who also reportedly considered him
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHANGCHUN, China (AP) — By day, Xing Long works in an office for a state-owned company in Changchun, an industrial city in the northeastern rust belt of China. By night, he’s a DJ and underground rave organizer, a side gig that offers an escape from the humdrum of reviewing corporate contracts. For a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s GOP-dominated House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed individual and corporate tax cuts, along with a constitutional amendment. The measures are key provisions in Gov. Jeff Landry’s sweeping tax reform package, the centerpiece of the state’s third special legislative session of the year. The House voted
Continue ReadingBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s inflation has slowed to 2.7% in October, the lowest level in three years in a win for the libertarian government of President Javier Milei. He came to power almost a year ago promising to pull Argentina out of a dire economic crisis. Argentina’s statistics agency on Tuesday reported October’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has selected South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to head the Department of Homeland Security. It’s one of the biggest government agencies that will be integral to his vow to secure the border and carry out a massive deportation operation. She rose to prominence in conservative circles for resisting
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