Month: July 2022

By CARA ANNA and MSTYSLAV CHERNOV Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — She had gone out to feed the cats when the shelling began. It was afternoon, a residential neighborhood, a time to get errands done. But there is nothing routine about life near the front line in Ukraine. Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city and

TOKYO (AP) — Born into a prominent political family, Shinzo Abe, who was fatally shot at a campaign event Friday in western Japan, had been the country’s longest-serving prime minister. While credited with bringing a degree of stability following a period of economic malaise and constant turnover among leaders, he angered neighbors South Korea and

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — World leaders expressed shock and anguish over Friday’s shooting of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a campaign speech, with Iran calling it an “act of terrorism,” as they prayed that Abe will pull through. Abe was shot in western Japan and airlifted to a hospital. Officials said he

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES and VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Nightly protests in North Macedonia over the last week have left dozens of people injured. At the heart of the turmoil is the small Balkan country’s long-running quest to join the European Union. The most recent hurdle was a veto by EU

ISLAMABAD (AP) — At least 10 people — including two children — have been killed by heavy and unseasonal flooding in Afghanistan’s eastern and northern provinces. A statement by the United Nations Friday said the rainfall and consequent flooding also wounded 11 people. The provinces suffering the heaviest casualties and damage were eastern Nangarhar, Nuristan

By AMR NABIL Associated Press MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from around the world raised their hands to heaven and offered prayers of repentance on the sacred hill of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Friday, an intense day of worship considered to be the climax of the

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, an arch-conservative and one of his nation’s most divisive figures, was shot and critically wounded during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan. He was airlifted to a hospital but officials said he was not breathing and his

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia and New Zealand’s prime ministers have agreed that security concerns regarding China’s expanding influence must be discussed at a meeting of western Pacific leaders. The neighboring countries are the wealthiest in the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum whose leaders will meet next week in Fiji. Australia