Month: June 2022

By MARIA SANMINIATELLI and KARL RITTER Associated Press OSLO, Norway (AP) — A gunman opened fire in Oslo’s nightlife district early Saturday, killing two people and leaving more than 20 wounded in what the Norwegian security service called an “Islamist terror act” during the capital’s annual LGBTQ Pride festival. Investigators said the suspect, identified as

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers The Supreme Court’s decision to end the nation’s constitutional protections for abortion has catapulted businesses of all types into the most divisive corner of politics. Some companies that stayed silent last month — when a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito was leaked to Politico —

By ASHIFA KASSAM and TARIK EL-BARAKAH Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Human rights organizations in Spain and Morocco have called on both countries to investigate the deaths of at least 18 Africans and injuries suffered by dozens more who attempted to scale the border fence that surrounds a Spanish enclave in North Africa. Moroccan authorities

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is resisting calls from his Conservative Party to change direction after two thumping special election defeats. Johnson dismissed the defeats as predictable mid-term blues, and said he was not going to have “some sort of psychological transformation.” Simmering concerns about Johnson’s ethics

By BOB CHRISTIE and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Police fired tear gas to disperse abortion rights supporters demonstrating outside the Arizona Capitol Friday night, forcing lawmakers to huddle briefly in a basement inside the building as they rushed to complete their 2022 session. Thousands of protesters had gathered earlier on the

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government says President Xi Jinping will participate in next week’s celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the return of Hong Kong to China. But it left unclear whether he will visit the former British colony for the highly symbolic event after a crackdown on a

By EBRAHIM NOROOZI Associated Press GAYAN, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s deadly earthquake this week struck one of the poorest corners of a country that has been hollowed out by increasing poverty. Even as more aid arrived Saturday, many residents have no idea how they will rebuild the thousands of homes destroyed in villages strung through

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s caretaker prime minister is set to fly to Saudi Arabia, followed by Iran, carrying a new initiative aimed at renewing talks between the two regional arch foes. That’s according to an official speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to divulge the information

PARIS (AP) — A group of lawmakers from French President Emmanuel Macron’s party is proposing a bill to inscribe abortion rights into the constitution. These rights are already inscribed in a 1975 French law, but the bill would cement abortion rights by including a constitutional provision that would make it “impossible to deprive a person

By DANIEL NIEMANN and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — About 3,500 protesters have gathered in Munich as the Group of Seven leading economic powers are set to hold their annual gathering in the Germany’s Bavarian Alps. Police had said they were expecting around 20,000 protesters in the city on Saturday. Fifteen groups critical

By EBRAHIM NOROOZI Associated Press GAYAN, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s deadly earthquake this week struck one of the poorest corners of a country that has been hollowed out by increasing poverty. Even as more aid arrived Saturday, many residents have no idea how they will rebuild the thousands of homes destroyed in villages strung through

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt was holding talks with Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who is vising Cairo for the first time in years. The Egyptian presidency says the talks Saturday are focusing on ties between the two nations and a set of