CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Qatar Airways has acquired a 25% stake in the private African carrier Airlink. The airlines announced the agreement Tuesday but no financial details were immediately disclosed. South Africa-based Airlink flies to more than 45 destinations in southern and East Africa and the deal will enhance an existing code-share agreement
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian media say authorities closed down the last language institute certified by the German Embassy in retaliation for the shuttering of Islamic centers in the European country. A report by Nournews.ir, believed to be close to Iran’s security bodies, published a photo of police forces taking down the sign showcasing the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A suspect who police said confessed to killing 42 women and was being detained over the discovery of dismembered bodies in Kenya’s capital has escaped from police custody, officials said Tuesday. Mohamed Amin, the head of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, said Collins Jumaisi Khalusha escaped along with 12
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The four stars who helped shape the new musical “Swept Away” — John Gallagher Jr., Stark Sands, Adrian Blake Enscoe and Wayne Duvall — will steer the nautical tale to the commercial waves of Broadway. The tale about four men stranded in the Atlantic Ocean after a 19th-century
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis isn’t on the ballot — but his education agenda is. DeSantis is once again throwing his weight behind county school board candidates across the state. Though the seats are officially nonpartisan, the Republican governor has endorsed 23 school board candidates on the ballot
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A rocket engine has exploded during a test launch at a new spaceport in the Shetland Islands off northern Scotland. German manufacturer Rocket Factory Augsburg, or RFA, said no one was injured in the incident at SaxaVord Spaceport on the remote island of Unst on Monday evening. Video of Monday’s test launch
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities on the southern Greek island of Crete have detained 76 migrants after they arrived on three boats as smugglers seek new routes in the region to evade coast guard patrols. The migrants, from Syria, Egypt, Sudan, and Bangladesh, included six children and arrived before dawn Tuesday on the tiny island
Continue ReadingBMW is recalling more than 720,000 vehicles due to an issue with the water pump’s electrical connector that could potentially lead to a fire. The impacted vehicles have water pumps with insufficient sealing, according to the NHTSA report, and may be susceptible to fluid ingress at the electrical plug connector over time. There is the
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Maria Branyas, an American-born Spaniard considered the world’s oldest person at 117 years old, has died, her family said on Tuesday. In a post on Branyas’ X account, her family wrote in Catalan: “Maria Branyas has left us. She has gone the way she wanted: in her sleep, at peace, and without
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Warning of a difficult fight ahead, former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama on Tuesday called on the nation to embrace Kamala Harris in urgent messages to the Democratic National Convention that were at times both hopeful and ominous. “America, hope is making a comeback,” the former first lady declared.
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Tropical storm Jongdari has weakened as it moved closer to South Korea’s coast, pelting the country’s southern regions with heavy rain and wind. As of 9 p.m. Tuesday, Jongdari was 18 miles south of the western island of Heuksan. It’s packing maximum sustained winds of 33.5 mph and is expected
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Hundreds of LGBTQ+ people and their supporters rallied in Nepal’s capital Tuesday during the annual Pride parade, the first since gay couples were able to register same-sex marriages officially in the Himalayan nation following a Supreme Court order in Nov 2023. The annual event brings together the sexual minority
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces have either destroyed or damaged all three of the bridges over the Seym River in western Russia, according to Russian sources, as Kyiv’s incursion into western Russia entered its third week Tuesday. Kyiv’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region is changing the trajectory of the war and boosting
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writers Tech tycoon Mike Lynch, who died after his yacht sank off Sicily, had been trying to move past a Silicon Valley debacle that had tarnished his legacy as an icon of British ingenuity. The 59-year-old Lynch struck gold when he sold Autonomy, a software maker that he founded in 1996, to Hewlett-Packard
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s ruling party says it will hold a vote on Sept. 27 to choose its new leader after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s surprise announcement that he will be stepping down. The internal election must be held by the end of September, which marks the end of Kishida’s three-year term and
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — The leaders of India and Malaysia say they will seek to expand economic ties and strengthen cooperation on defense and security. This came during Malaysian Prime Minster Anwar Ibrahim’s visit to India, his first since he took office in 2022, where he met with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. Recently, Anwar
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) — Approvals for new coal-fired power plants have dropped sharply in China after a flurry of permits in the previous two years raised concern about the government’s commitment to limiting climate change. An analysis released Tuesday by Greenpeace East Asia and the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies found that 14 new
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken ended his ninth visit to the Middle East since the war in Gaza began without securing any major breakthrough for a cease-fire deal, warning on Tuesday that “time is of the essence” even as Hamas and Israel signaled that challenges remain. After meetings
Continue ReadingJIUPENG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s military has conducted live-fire drills, launching several surface-to-air missiles in response to growing military pressure from China. The exercises Tuesday took place at the Jiupeng Military Base in a remote area in southern Taiwan. China claims democratically ruled Taiwan as its own territory, to be brought under its control by
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court has set up of a task force of doctors who will make recommendations on safety of health care workers at their workplaces. The Supreme Court’s order comes days after the rape and killing of a trainee doctor in eastern Kolkata city that sparked outrage and nationwide
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