Month: August 2023

LONDON (AP) — Prominent classical music conductor John Eliot Gardiner is pulling out of all engagements until next year after allegedly hitting a singer backstage following a concert. The British conductor said in a statement on Thursday that he was stepping back to obtain “the specialist help I recognize that I have needed for some

ROME (AP) — A speeding out-of-service train slammed into a group of workers doing nighttime track maintenance in northern Italy on Thursday, killing five of them, authorities said. The crash occurred shortly after midnight at a station in Brandizzo, a town in Italy’s Piedmont region. Piedmont Gov. Alberto Cirio provided the death toll and said

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have reinforced firefighting forces in the country’s northeast as a massive blaze flared up again and burned for a 13th day. Authorities alerted residents of the fire area in northeast Greece to be on standby for possible evacuation. The fire that started Aug. 19

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has accused Israel of trying to sabotage its ballistic missile program through faulty foreign parts that could explode, damaging or destroying the weapons before they could be used. Israel didn’t immediately acknowledge the accusation, made in a report aired on Iranian state television

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Coups that have resurfaced in Africa after years of stability are being celebrated by some. Experts warn that’s because of widespread frustration over unmet expectations in countries whose rich resources have not benefitted everyday citizens. Like in many countries, residents in Gabon celebrated in the streets

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Batteries in older Nissan Leaf electric vehicles are getting a new life as portable power sources that can be used to run gadgets on the go or deliver emergency power in disasters. Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. says it has sold more than 650,000 Leaf

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The ouster of Gabon’s president by mutinous soldiers appears to have been well organized and capitalized on the population’s grievances against the government as an excuse to seize power, analysts said. Soldiers on Wednesday ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has ruled the oil-rich country

By GERALD IMRAY and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A nighttime fire ripped through a rundown five-story building in Johannesburg that was occupied by homeless people and squatters, leaving at least 73 people dead early Thursday, emergency services in South Africa’s biggest city said. Some of the people living in a maze of

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is growing increasingly concerned about “domino effects” as yet another military coup rocks Africa. Oil-rich Gabon this week became the eighth Central or West African country to be hit by a military takeover in the last three years. The EU has not been training

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press As former President Donald Trump dominates the Republican presidential primary, some liberal groups and legal experts contend that a rarely used clause of the Constitution prevents him from being president after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The 14th Amendment bars from office anyone who once took