By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former longtime executive in Donald Trump’s real estate empire is set to be sentenced for lying under oath in the ex-president’s New York civil fraud case. Allen Weisselberg is expected to be sentenced Wednesday to five months in jail. Weisselberg previously pleaded guilty to
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russian officials are scrambling to help homeowners displaced by floods, as water levels have risen in the Ural River. Floods in the Orenburg region near Russia’s border with Kazakhstan sparked the evacuation of thousands of people following the collapse of a dam on Saturday. Russia’s government declared the situation a federal
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Rescuers on the eastern Greek island of Chios are searching for at least three people believed missing after a boat carrying migrants from nearby Turkey hit rocks. Fourteen people including eight children were rescued Wednesday by the coast guard off rugged coasts on the northeast of the island, some 12 miles
Continue ReadingBy COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A building in the Greek city of Thessaloniki that was originally erected for a community of Jewish converts to Islam is being used for mass prayers during the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday. It’s the first time since the 1920s that Islamic prayers can be heard in
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Amanda Knox was back on trial for slander Wednesday for wrongly accusing a Congolese man of murdering her roommate while the young women were exchange students in Italy. Knox herself was convicted of the slaying before being exonerated in a case that grabbed the global spotlight.
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Lawmakers are to vote on a major revamp of the European Union’s migration laws. The aim is to end years of division over how to manage the entry of people without authorization and to deprive the far-right of a vote-winning campaign issue ahead of June elections. Wednesday’s
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has revealed details of his government’s plan to stimulate the economy by giving digital cash handouts of 10,000 baht ($275) to an estimated qualifying 50 million Thais for spending at their local businesses. Srettha said Wednesday that the 500-billion-baht ($13.7-billion) plan, to be mostly funded out of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing in a bid to promote unification between the sides that separated amid civil war in 1949. Ma left office almost two decades ago and was largely excluded from the opposition Nationalist Party’s failed campaign to retake
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Muslims around the world celebrated the Eid al-Fitr holiday Wednesday, marking the end of the Islamic holy month with family reunions, new clothes and sweet treats. But the celebrations were overshadowed by the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and Israel’s expected offensive in the
Continue ReadingBy Amy Cassidy, CNN (CNN) — A ferocious debate that has raged across social media, legal chambers, police stations and Scottish politics also played out on the streets of Edinburgh this weekend. Scotland’s Hate Crime and Public Order Act came into force last week, a contentious law that expands existing legislation to include transgender identity
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares opened higher Wednesday in Europe after a mixed session in Asia, as investors awaited an update on U.S. inflation a t the consumer level. Germany’s DAX advanced 0.8% to 18,210.76 and the CAC 40 in Paris gained 0.6% to 8,094.66. In London, the FTSE 100
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Russian businessmen Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven won a court case Wednesday over a European Union decision to sanction them for their alleged role in Russia’s war against Ukraine. The EU General Court said a lack of evidence justified their removal from a list of persons who
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Initial exit polls suggest South Korea’s liberal opposition parties are expected to win a landslide victory in Wednesday’s parliamentary election. The joint exit polls by South Korea’s three major TV stations show the main opposition Democratic Party and its satellite party are forecast to win
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Opening statements were delivered Wednesday in Chad Daybell’s “doomsday” triple murder trial in the deaths of his first wife and two stepchildren – a case Idaho prosecutors said was fueled by power, sex, money and apocalyptic spiritual beliefs. Daybell has pleaded not guilty to murder and conspiracy charges stemming
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s second attempt to test-launch a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern space complex has been aborted. The launch of the Angara-A5 rocket from the Vostochny spaceport was canceled about two minutes before its planned time of 0900 GMT Wednesday. State news agency RIA-Novosti said the cause was failure of the
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Muslims around the world celebrated the Eid al-Fitr holiday Wednesday, marking the end of the Islamic holy month with family reunions, new clothes and sweet treats. But the celebrations were overshadowed by the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and Israel’s expected offensive in the
Continue ReadingBy Sam Fossum, Arlette Saenz, Kayla Tausche, Betsy Klein and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden celebrated the relationship between the US and Japan, calling the alliance “stronger than it’s ever been” as he hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for a state visit Wednesday. Speaking at a swanky state dinner Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, Ryan Young, Devon M. Sayers and Holly Yan, CNN Brandon, Mississippi (CNN) — Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who abused two Black men for hours were sentenced in state court Wednesday to 15 to 45 years in prison. Their sentences will run concurrently with their federal sentences handed down last month,
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has revealed details of his government’s plan to stimulate the economy by giving digital cash handouts of 10,000 baht ($275) to an estimated qualifying 50 million Thais for spending at their local businesses. Srettha said Wednesday that the 500-billion-baht ($13.75-billion) plan, to be mostly funded out of
Continue ReadingMONACO (AP) — Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics saying Wednesday it would pay $50,000 to gold medalists in Paris. The governing body of athletics said it was setting aside $2.4 million to pay the gold medalists across the 48 events
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