Month: March 2023

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police say a Taliban-appointed provincial governor and two others have been killed by a bomb. Mohammad Asif Waziri, the Taliban police spokesman for the northern Balkh province, said Thursday that Daud Muzmal and two others were killed inside the governor’s office in Mazar-e Sharif, the provinicial capital. No one has claimed responsibility

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea and Japan say their leaders will hold a summit next week in Japan. Their announcements on Thursday came days after South Korea announced a major step toward resolving strained bilateral ties stemming from Tokyo’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. South Korean President

BEIJING (AP) — China’s leader Xi Jinping has called for “more quickly elevating the armed forces to world-class standards,” in a speech just days after a top diplomat warned of the growing possibility of conflict with the U.S. unless Washington changes course. China must maximize its “national strategic capabilities” in a bid to “systematically upgrade

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Major global stock markets were mostly lower Thursday amid worries about more U.S. interest rate hikes. London, Shanghai and Frankfurt declined. Tokyo advanced. Oil prices were lower. Wall Street futures were lower following Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell’s warning that rate hikes might speed up because

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli protesters on Thursday were intensifying their opposition to a contentious government proposal to overhaul the judiciary, with plans to block Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s route to the airport ahead of an official trip overseas and as the U.S. defense secretary was visiting. Demonstrators, who

By NASSER NASSER Associated Press JABA, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian officials say at least three Palestinian militants were killed after Israeli security forces entered a village in the northern occupied West Bank. The Israeli police said Thursday that troops carried out a raid in Jaba to apprehend suspects wanted for attacks on Israeli soldiers

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — He’d paid about $80 for his ticket. He wore a Japan cap above a blue Los Angeles Angels jersey. And as he enthused about the sensation that is Shohei Ohtani, baseball fan Hotaru Shiromizo was talking about far more than sports. Shiromizu, 23, was part of

By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s ruling party says it is withdrawing a draft law from the parliament criticized as potentially stifling media freedom and civil society. The announcement came Thursday after several days of protests in the country’s capital. The Georgian Dream party and its allies said they were withdrawing