By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is at the forefront of European Union citizens’ minds, with defense and security seen as key campaign issues ahead of the June elections, according to a study published Wednesday. At national level, the EU’s defense and security is mentioned first in nine countries,
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish firefighters toiled Wednesday to extinguish the last pockets of a fire that gutted Copenhagen’s 400-year-old stock exchange building the previous day, as owners of the structure looked ahead to rebuilding the iconic landmark. Tuesday’s blaze, which destroyed half of the building and toppled its
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL and NASSER KARIMI Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Wednesday that Israel “is making a decision to act” in response to Iran’s missile and drone attack over the weekend, while Iran warned that even the “tiniest” invasion of its territory would bring a “massive and harsh” response.
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores, Sara Weisfeldt, Eric Levenson and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The bodies of two women who were slain in rural Oklahoma last month were buried in a cattle pasture leased by one of the four suspects – all of whom are accused of plotting the victims’ deaths amid a bitter custody battle,
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least 11 people, authorities said. At least 22 people were wounded in the morning attack, Ukraine’s Interior Ministry said. Chernihiv lies
Continue ReadingBy EDNA TARIGAN and ACHMAD IBRAHIM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company is “looking at” manufacturing in Indonesia as he met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday. Widodo’s administration has worked for years to bring manufacturing to the country to power economic development, while Apple is seeking to
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Group of Seven foreign ministers are meeting on the resort island of Capri amid calls for new sanctions against Iran. Soaring tensions in the Mideast and Russia’s continuing war in Ukraine are topping the agenda of the three-day meeting that starts late Wednesday. The G7 leaders are
Continue ReadingBy RAHIM FAIEZ ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban have suspended the activities of two TV stations in Afghanistan, alleging they failed to “consider national and Islamic values.” An official from the Information Ministry’s Media Violations Commission said a court will investigate files on the two Kabul-based stations. Noor TV and Barya TV cannot operate until
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein and Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden called on his administration to ratchet up pressure on the Chinese steel industry as he brings his economic competition pitch to Pittsburgh, the heart of the American steel industry, on Wednesday, part of a three-day campaign trail swing through battleground Pennsylvania. “The bottom line is
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden wants to triple U.S. tariffs on steel from China. The president plans to make the announcement that he is out to better protect American producers from Beijing’s “industrial overcapacity” in an address to steelworkers in Pennsylvania on Wednesday. The move
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German authorities conducted a large-scale raid against an international human smuggling gang early Wednesday, police said in a statement. More than 1,000 police officers searched dozens of homes, stores and offices across western and southern Germany and arrested 10 suspects, including two lawyers. The suspects are accused of having illegally taken advantage
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says America and its allies are discussing options “both inside and outside the U.N system” to create a new mechanism for monitoring North Korea over its nuclear weapons program. Russia last month vetoed a U.N. resolution in a
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — A gathering of far-right politicians and supporters has resumed, a day after police shut the event down citing concerns about public order. Organizers won an overnight legal challenge against the move. A group of anti-fascists had threatened to disrupt proceedings. The Belgian and British leaders expressed concern that the shutdown would stifle
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — With 100 days to go until the Paris Olympics, it’s still not clear whether any athletes from Russia who are expected to qualify will actually go. The question is whether Moscow will accept the conditions that the International Olympic Committee set for Russia in the
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least eight people, local officials said. At least 18 people were injured in the morning attack, the city’s acting mayor Oleksandr
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The desert nation of the United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Wednesday from the heaviest rain ever recorded there after a deluge flooded out Dubai International Airport, disrupting travel through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. The state-run WAM news agency called
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Saifi, Asim Khan, Masoud Popalzai, Irene Nasser and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Unseasonal rainfall has lashed Pakistan and Afghanistan over the past few days, killing more than 100 people across the neighboring countries, authorities said. In Afghanistan, heavy rain and floods in 23 provinces killed 66 people and wounded 36 others, according
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave, the military government said. On Wednesday it also granted amnesty for over 3,000 prisoners to mark this week’s traditional New Year holiday.
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS and COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Strikes called by Greece’s largest labor union have halted ferries, disrupted public transport services and left some state-run hospitals running on emergency staffing levels in Athens and elsewhere. The General Confederation of Greek Labor, GSEE, led the strikes to press for a return
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — More than 1,000 police officers have searched dozens of homes, stores and lawyers’ offices across western and southern Germany in a large-scale raid against an international human smuggling gang. German news agency dpa says 10 suspects were detained early Wednesday. The suspects are accused of having taken advantage of special German immigration
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