Month: September 2023

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two powerful explosions have ripped through dwellings in central Sweden, injuring at least three people and damaging buildings. Late Monday, an explosion occurred in Hasselby, a suburb of the capital, Stockholm. In the early hours of Tuesday, a blast in Linkoping, some 175 kilometers (110 miles) to the southwest, ripped the facade

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — The Americans have won more majors. The Europeans have been beating them more often in the Ryder Cup. There’s no connection between the two. But it might explain why the U.S. team always seems to be the favorite on paper and Europe usually wins

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The captain of a river cruise boat that collided with another vessel in Hungary’s capital in 2019, killing at least 27 mostly South Korean tourists has been found guilty of negligence and sentenced to five years in prison. A judge says the negligence of the Ukrainian

By DAVID RISING Associated Press HANGZHOU, China (AP) — A month before the Asian Games, China released a new national map, doubling down on its claims to almost the entire South China Sea and disputed border territories with India. A few days before the event, it flew more than 100 warplanes toward Taiwan, stepping up

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s army chief says the country is committed to maintaining a free and stable Indo-Pacific, where the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations is respected. General Manoj Pande made the comments at the Indo-Pacific Army Chiefs Conference, hosted by India and the U.S., which is focused on boosting military diplomacy

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani authorities have resumed issuing ID cards to transgender people after a four-month pause and following an Islamic court’s controversial ruling that gutted a law aimed at protecting trans rights. The national database and registry, or NADRA, halted the cards after an Islamic court ruled in May that trans people cannot change

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s health ministry has approved Leqembi, a drug for Alzheimer’s decease that was jointly developed by Japanese and U.S. pharmaceutical companies. It’s the first drug for the treatment of the disease in a country with a rapidly aging population. Leqembi was developed by Japanese drugmaker Eisai and

BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister has called on the U.S. to do what it can to host a cooperative meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders in November. Wang Yi said the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco should promote cooperation rather than provoke confrontation, and that the U.S. should show fairness and inclusiveness to

BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany have found more than 100 Syrian citizens inside apartments and other buildings that were searched in connection with the suspected smuggling of migrants. Police said in a statement that more than 350 federal police officers searched locations in northern and western Germany and Bavaria on Tuesday. The statement says

By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — An explosion at a crowded gas station in Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region has killed at least 20 people and injured nearly 300 others as thousands of ethnic Armenians have rushed to flee to Armenia. The health department of the separatist authorities in the region says that 13

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military says troops raided a suspected militant hideout in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold near the border with Afghanistan, triggering a shootout that killed three militants. A statement says that a militant commander was among those killed in the shootout late on Monday in Khyber, a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Researchers say they have verified 1,329 deaths from hunger in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region since a cease-fire ended a two-year conflict there in November. A study by local health authorities and Mekele University in the regional capital found that hunger is now the main cause of death in Tigray, accounting for

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president vowed to retaliate immediately against any potential provocations by North Korea in his Armed Forces Day speech Tuesday, as thousands of troops prepared to march through the capital in the country’s first such military parade in 10 years. The show of force

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly sank Tuesday over worries about a possible U.S. government shutdown and the troubled Chinese economy. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index slipped 1.0% in afternoon trading to 32,357.25. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 dipped 0.5% to 7,044.90. South Korea’s Kospi dropped nearly 1.3% to 2,463.63. Hong