Month: April 2023

By AHMED AL-HAJ and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An exchange of more than 800 prisoners linked to Yemen’s long-running war began Friday, the International Committee for the Red Cross said. The United Nations-brokered deal, in the works for months, comes amid concerted diplomatic efforts to negotiate an end to the conflict.

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press LINGEN, Germany (AP) — Germany is shutting down its last three nuclear power plants on Saturday as part of an energy transition agreed to by successive governments. In many countries, the transition is away from fossil fuels, but Germany is set to close down carbon-free nuclear power as well over

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer In some ways, it was the Florida Man of storms – not quite knowing when to say when. Usually, thunderstorms fizzle out after they run out of rain or get cold air sucked in. They run out of gas. But not Wednesday, when the storm that hit Fort Lauderdale

By ILAN BEN ZION and AMI BEN TOV Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Tova Gutstein was born in Warsaw the year Adolf Hitler took power in Germany. She was 10 years old when the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto launched the first act of collective defiance against the Nazis in Europe. Now 90, she is

By COLLEEN LONG, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press DUBLIN (AP) — In Ireland this week, well-wishers have lined the streets to catch a mere glimpse of President Joe Biden. Photos of his smiling face are plastered on shop windows and one admirer held a sign that read: “2024 – Make Joe President Again.”

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — The scent of the Mississippi Delta’s soil took hold of Charlie Weissinger’s psyche at an early age, and he has chased it ever since. Weissinger, 37, works at a bank to support his farming addiction in Rolling Fork, where his family has grown