Month: May 2023

By FARES AKRAM and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed a fourth militant commander on Thursday, raising the Palestinian death toll from the latest burst of fighting to 25. Israel braced for more rocket fire even as Egypt pressed on with attempts to broker

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press HAMPDEN, Maine (AP) — David Bishop spends the school day as a mild-mannered custodian, but before the final bell rings, he grabs his chess boards and pieces and begins his second role. “The Queen’s Gambit” is playing out in real life in Maine, where this custodian is coaching his schools’

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mixed in choppy trading Thursday after a report showed evidence that inflation in the United States was cooling, even if it remains too high. France’s CAC 40 gained 0.6% in early trading to 7,407.78. Germany’s DAX edged up 0.1% to 15,918.15. Britain’s FTSE

GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations top human rights body is holding a one-day urgent session on Sudan to draw attention to the killings, injuries and other abuses against civilians since the fighting between its two top generals erupted last month. The Human Rights Council is set to vote on a resolution on Thursday that

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer NIIGATA, Japan (AP) — Financial leaders of the Group of Seven advanced economies are discussing ways to support Ukraine and pressure Russia to end the war as they meet in Japan starting Thursday. Ukraine’s finance minister, Serhiy Marchenko, was participating online in the first session of the G-7 talks

By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenian and Azerbaijani troops have exchanged artillery fire along their tense border. The clashes left at least one soldier dead and several others wounded in the latest bout of escalation between the longtime adversaries that threatened their latest attempts at peace talks. The two countries’ authorities

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish prosecutors say that a 50-year-old man has been charged with spreading sensitive military information online. Authorities didn’t identify the man who they say administered a database that was used for the exchange of secret information. The information was posted in a forum that he allegedly was responsible for. He was charged

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The interior minister of ethnically divided Cyprus says some 70% of arriving migrants this year have used a student visa they were issued by breakaway Turkish Cypriot authorities. He said Thursday that Turkish Cypriot student visas are “by far” the most popular with migrants as a