Month: October 2023

By DEE-ANN DURBIN and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press Writers SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Wine made in ancient ways is gaining new fans. Natural wine — which emphasizes sustainability and minimal processing — is seeing growing interest in the U.S even though overall wine consumption has been declining since 2015, according to IWSR Drinks Market Analysis,

By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The majority of voters in Poland’s general election supported opposition parties that promised to reverse democratic backsliding and repair the nation’s relationship with allies, including the European Union and Ukraine, according to projections Monday. After a bitter and emotional campaign, turnout was projected

By EDNA TARIGAN and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top court has ruled against lowering the minimum age of presidential and vice presidential candidates as the country gears up for election in 2024. The 7-to-2 decision on Monday by the nine-judge panel of the Constitutional Court rejected the arguments, saying it

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders will hold an emergency summit on Tuesday as concerns grow that the war between Israel and Hamas could fuel inter-communal tensions in Europe and bring more refugees in search of sanctuary. “This conflict has many consequences, including for us in the European Union,” EU Council President Charles Michel said

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — World shares fell and oil prices edged lower as investors braced Monday for an expected invasion by Israel in the Gaza Strip. The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials edged 0.1% higher. Germany’s DAX shed 0.5% to 15,104.87 and the CAC 40 in

PARIS (AP) — Schoolchildren and educators will hold a moment of silence in French schools to honor a teacher who was fatally stabbed last week by a former student suspected of Islamic radicalization. The homage on Monday afternoon will also pay tribute to another teacher, Samuel Paty, killed exactly three years ago near his Paris

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia says its foreign minister will visit North Korea this week, days after the United States claimed Pyongyang has delivered munitions and military equipment to Russia for use in the fighting in Ukraine. Sergey Lavrov will be in North Korea on Wednesday and Thursday. The Russian Foreign Ministry did not specify whom

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Martti Ahtisaari, the former president of Finland and global peace broker who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 for his work to resolve international conflicts, died Monday. He was 86. The foundation he created for preventing and resolving violent conflicts said in a statement it

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians in besieged Gaza crowded into hospitals and schools on Monday, seeking shelter and running low on food and water. More than a million people have fled their homes ahead of an expected Israeli ground invasion aimed at destroying Hamas

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says a search and rescue operation is underway after a dinghy carrying migrants sank overnight off the coast of the small eastern Greek island of Symi, leaving at least three people dead. Eight people have been rescued, with two of them transported to a hospital on the nearby

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poles faced a period of political uncertainty Monday after they voted in huge numbers in an election in which opposition parties appeared to gain a combined majority. But the ruling nationalist conservative party won more votes than any single party and said it would try to keep governing. The state electoral

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shares fell in Asia as investors braced Monday for an expected invasion by Israel in the Gaza Strip. U.S. futures edged higher while oil prices were little changed. Israeli forces, supported by a growing deployment of U.S. warships in the region and the call-up of

MUMBAI, India (AP) — A big-ticket project for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics has been dropped because the Italian government no longer wants to help fund it. Organizing committee officials say bobsled, luge and skeleton events now need to be held outside Italy. That’s likely to be at a sliding track in either Austria or Switzerland.

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s online safety watchdog has fined X — the social media platform formerly known as Twitter — 610,500 Australian dollars ($385,000) for failing to fully explain how it tackled child sexual exploitation content. Australia’s eSafety Commission said on Monday X failed to answer questions including how

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The Owino Market in Uganda’s capital has long been a go-to enclave for rich and poor people alike looking for affordable but quality-made used clothes, underscoring perceptions that Western fashion is superior to what is made at home. But, despite their popularity, secondhand clothes are facing

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Daniel Noboa has managed to do what his father failed at five times: Get elected as Ecuador’s president. And he did it Sunday on his first attempt, winning a runoff in a special election against a leftist lawyer on the strength of