By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England is keeping its main U.K. interest rate at a 16-year high of 5.25% though it gave a broad hint that a reduction could be on the cards as soon as June as inflation is forecast to fall below target. In a statement Thursday,
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials in Turkey say 190 passengers and crew have been safely evacuated from a plane after a tire burst during landing at an airport near the southern town of Alanya. No one was hurt. The Boeing 737-800 belonging to the Turkey-based Corendon Airlines stopped safely on the runway at Gazipasa airport,
Continue ReadingBy GEORGE WALKER IV, JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ED WHITE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) — Forecasters warned a wave of dangerous storms in the U.S. could wash over parts of the South early Thursday, a day after severe weather with damaging tornadoes and large hail killed at least three people in the region. The storms
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — At least one person has been killed and four others were injured after a huge fire broke out at chemical storage tanks in an industrial area in eastern Thailand on Thursday. The fire in Mab Ta Phut Industrial Estate was first reported in the morning. It was contained more than six hours
Continue ReadingBy KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The head of a center-right 22-party coalition that emerged victorious in North Macedonia’s parliamentary election has fallen just short of gaining a parliamentary majority, leaving it reliant on entering a partnership with another party to form a government. The “Your Macedonia” coalition led by Hristijan
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese defense aircraft carrying eight people made an emergency landing at a commercial airport in central Japan after a cockpit window inadvertently slid open during its training flight. No damage or injuries were reported. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force said its C-2 transport aircraft from the
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The first shipment of humanitarian aid to a newly built U.S.-built floating pier off Gaza has left a port in Cyprus. Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos says the U.S. vessel departed from Larnaca port with the aim of transferring as much badly needed aid to Gaza by sea as possible. U.S. President
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Scores of musicians, hundreds of journalists and thousands of music fans are gathering in the Swedish city of Malmo for the exuberant, glitter-drenched final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Thirty-seven countries are participating in the contest, whose motto is “united by music.” The favorites include Swiss
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England is keeping its main U.K. interest rate at a 16-year high of 5.25% with several policymakers still worrying about some key inflation measures. In a statement Thursday, the bank’s nine-member Monetary Policy Committee voted 7-2 to keep rates unchanged, with the 2 dissenters
Continue ReadingKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban are warning journalists and experts against working with Afghanistan International TV. It’s the first time they have told people not to cooperate with a specific media outlet. Afghanistan International TV, which is headquartered in London, is accessible through satellite, cable and social media. A spokesman for the Taliban-controlled Ministry
Continue ReadingBy BELA SZANDELSZKY Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has received a ceremonial welcome in Hungary’s capital ahead of a day of talks with Hungarian officials expected to result in further Chinese investments in the Central European country. Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok received Xi on Thursday in an opulent courtyard of
Continue ReadingBy Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — Western intelligence believes Russia is seeking to exploit what it sees as a “window of opportunity” to further step up air and ground attacks on Ukraine to take advantage of the time it will take new weapons and ammunition from the newly passed US military aid package to arrive in significant quantities,
Continue ReadingDAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A Boeing 737 plane carrying 85 people skidded off a runway at the airport in Dakar, Senegal’s capital, injuring 10 people. Senegal’s transport minister says the Air Sénégal flight operated by TransAir was headed to Bamako late Wednesday with 79 passengers, two pilots and four cabin crew. The injured were being
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Federal investigators say they have “significant safety concerns” about a Ford SUV recall repair that doesn’t fix gasoline leaks that can cause engine fires. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is demanding volumes of information from the automaker as it investigates the fix in a
Continue ReadingBy MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A shipment of humanitarian aid left a port in Cyprus on Thursday morning and was on its way to the U.S-built pier in Gaza, the first delivery to the newly built ramp, Cyprus’ foreign minister said. The relief is desperately needed, with the
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican crossed a key milestone Thursday in the runup to its 2025 Jubilee with the promulgation of the official decree establishing the Holy Year. It’s a once-every-quarter-century event that is expected to bring some 32 million pilgrims to Rome and has already brought months of
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has urged pro-China Maldives to ease tensions and improve their strained relationship. The foreign ministers of India and Maldives met in New Delhi on Thursday, a day ahead of a deadline set by the Maldives’ new president for India to withdraw dozens of its soldiers
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade, making them the largest source of stolen guns in the country, an analysis of FBI data by the gun safety group Everytown found. The rate of stolen
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stormy Daniels will return to the witness stand in Donald Trump’s hush money trial Thursday, two days after she spent hours recounting in sometimes graphic detail the alleged 2006 sexual encounter with the former president that she was eventually paid to keep quiet about during the 2016 presidential election. The former
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Gretener, Sandi Sidhu, Sergey Gudkov and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said his forces were “always ready” to combat external threats, as he addressed crowds gathered at Moscow’s Red Square on Thursday to celebrate the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Russia’s annual May 9 Victory
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