Month: October 2022

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Just how does climate change work? It’s something scientists have known about for more than 150 years. The physics and chemistry is simple enough you can replicate it at home. The way carbon molecules vibrate, their shape and everything blocks infrared radiation — heat — from escaping Earth. It

ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish pop singer accused of “inciting hatred and enmity” with a joke about Turkey’s religious schools has denied the charge during her first court appearance. Singer-songwriter Gulsen was charged and briefly jailed over the joke she made during a concert in April, when she quipped that the “perversion” of one of

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — A top U.N. official says the humanitarian situation has become so dire in Burkina Faso that some women and children have only eaten leaves and salt for weeks. U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths visited the West African nation on Thursday. He says hunger

By SABRA AYRES and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces continued to pile on the pressure on Russian positions in occupied Kherson Friday, targeting resupply routes across the Dnieper river as Kyiv inched closer to a full-scale assault to retake the strategic southern port city. As many as 2,000 Russian draftees

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has agreed to meet with Sweden’s new prime minister in Ankara to discuss the Scandinavian country’s bid to join NATO. He described the visit as an opportunity to test Stockholm’s “sincerity” in meeting Turkey’s conditions for membership. In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,

BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament has cleared the way for the government to provide up to 200 billion euros in subsidies to households and businesses to ease the strain of high energy prices. The plan has been greeted with suspicion elsewhere in Europe. Lawmakers agreed Friday to let a government economic stabilization fund borrow

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say Pakistan’s elections commission has disqualified former Prime Minister Imran Khan from holding public office for five years, after finding he had unlawfully sold state gifts and concealed assets as premier. The decision is likely to deepen lingering political turmoil in the impoverished country. Khan’s spokesman,

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British government debt rose to the highest level in almost 60 years last month and retail sales slumped. That’s underscored the scale of the economic challenges facing whoever replaces Prime Minister Liz Truss after her administration imploded from a failed financial plan. The Office for National Statistics

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press SUIPPES, France (AP) — From tracking down suspects in the 2015 Paris terror attacks to fighting extremists in Africa’s Sahel region, dogs have helped French soldiers, police officers and rescue teams save lives for more than a century. In recognition of the four-pawed partners, France this week inaugurated a memorial

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press KALAMATA, Greece (AP) — Greece has launched operations at a new international pilot training center created in partnership with Israel, as it tries to build on a relative air power advantage over regional rival Turkey. Israeli defense contractor Elbit will help run the new facility outside the southern Greek city