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By CLAUDIA LAUER, RANDALL CHASE, COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden’s ex-wife was called Wednesday to testify in his federal gun trial as prosecutors sought to show the depths of his drug problem, which they say was still going on when he filled out a form to buy
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has appeared for the first time since an assassination attempt three weeks ago. In a pre-recording speech posted on his Facebook page ahead of the European Parliament election, Fico said the attack caused a serious damage to his health and “it will be a small
Continue ReadingBy SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An official says Turkey’s foreign minister has urged Chinese authorities to protect the cultural rights of minority Muslim Uyghurs and allow them to “live their values.” Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday ended a three-day visit to China that included a visit to China’s Xinjiang province.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Police near Cleveland say a woman who fatally stabbed a 3-year-old boy sitting in a grocery cart attacked him and his mother in less than five seconds before walking away. Police say witnesses in the supermarket parking lot had no time to stop the stabbing. Investigators believe it was a
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Months after Disney and Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees agreed to end a protracted legal fight, the two sides are set to approve an agreement that could result in the company investing up to $17 billion into its Florida resort and opens the door to a fifth
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite indexes are rising toward all-time highs on Wednesday as technology stocks keep climbing. The S&P 500 was 1% higher in afternoon trading and on track to surpass its record set two weeks ago. The Nasdaq composite was 1.7% higher,
Continue ReadingSTANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied a building that houses the offices of Stanford University’s president and provost early Wednesday. Approximately 10 students barricaded themselves in the building while some 50 others linked arms outside, The Stanford Daily reported. The university confirmed the takeover. “A group of individuals this morning unlawfully entered Building 10,
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing launched astronauts for the first time Wednesday, belatedly joining SpaceX as a second taxi service for NASA. A pair of NASA test pilots blasted off aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule for the International Space Station, the first to fly the new spacecraft. The trip
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press A court in Russia has convicted a dual U.S.-Russian citizen for “rehabilitating Nazism” over posts on social media. Yuri Malev was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in a minimum-security penal colony. Malev was arrested in December after sharing images on a Russian social media site featuring the black-and-orange Saint George’s ribbon — a
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — U.N. Secretary General António Guterres has called for a “windfall” tax on profits of fossil fuel companies to help pay for the fight against global warming. Guterres decried them as the “godfathers of climate chaos.” He made the remarks on Wednesday in a speech timed for World
Continue ReadingBy VLASOV SULAJ and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press SHENGJIN, Albania (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has traveled to Albania to thank its government for its unique and controversial role in agreeing to host thousands of asylum-seekers while Italy processes their claims. She also visited new migrant centers that she said will be ready in
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER, RANDALL CHASE, COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial have spent hours showing jurors evidence of his drug problem, seeking to reveal through his own words and writing the depth of his addiction to show it was still going on when,
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL and MOSHE EDRI Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of mostly ultranationalist Israelis were taking part in an annual march through a sensitive Palestinian area of Jerusalem on Wednesday, with some stoking already surging wartime tensions by chanting “Death to Arabs.” Jerusalem, the emotional heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has been mostly
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite indexes are ticking toward all-time highs on Wednesday amid a mixed day for Wall Street overall. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in morning trading and nearing its all-time high set two weeks ago. The Nasdaq composite was 0.7%
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency is predicting an 80% chance that average global temperatures will surpass the 1.5 Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) target laid out in the landmark Paris climate accord within the next five years. The World Meteorological Organization said Wednesday that the global mean near-surface temperature for each year from 2024 to
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish prime minister says that a special commission tasked with investigating Russian and Belarusian influence in Poland is starting its work. At a news conference in Warsaw, Tusk and other officials described the commission as a non-partisan body of experts whose aim is to protect national security. Its work begins
Continue ReadingLAKE ZURICH, Ill. (AP) — The body of a 77-year-old man has been found after a house exploded in suburban Chicago. The Lake County sheriff’s office says first responders found the home leveled after the explosion about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in Lake Zurich. The man’s body later was recovered from the rubble. His identity has
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli participants in a nationalist march through a Palestinian area of Jerusalem chanted “death to Arabs” on Wednesday, stoking already surging tensions as the war in Gaza rages. Thousands of Israelis, including many ultranationalists, were participating in the “Jerusalem Day” march. The annual event marks Israel’s capture
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s refugee agency has expressed concern over plans for new asylum restrictions in the United States. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press A court in Russia has convicted a dual U.S.-Russian citizen for “rehabilitating Nazism” after posting anti-war images on social media. Yuri Malev was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in a minimum-security penal colony. Malev was arrested in December after sharing images on Russian social media site Odnoklassniki featuring the black-and-orange Saint George’s ribbon
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