By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A team of experts from the U.N. nuclear agency has inspected the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for a review of its discharge of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific. The International Atomic Energy Agency inspection is part of a four-day visit to Japan that started
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG and MATT OTT Associated Press Wall Street pointed higher early Wednesday as investors pore over more corporate earnings data ahead of an important inflation update later in the week. Futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.2% before the bell and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were virtually unchanged. Futures
Continue ReadingBy Irene Nasser and Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations has called for an “independent, effective and transparent investigation” into the discovery of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals that were besieged and raided by Israeli troops this year. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said in a statement he
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer The nation’s school meals will get a makeover under new nutrition standards that limit added sugars for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. The final rule also trims sodium in kids’ meals, although not by the 30% first proposed in 2023. And it continues to
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Lake, CNN (CNN) — She was lying in bed on a Thursday morning, thinking about the man she loved, hoping to win his freedom before time ran out. “Alexa,” she said, “play Christine and Ezra’s Playlist.” The sounds of Motown filled her bedroom, in a condo near Philadelphia, as Christine Roess took a
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Penguin Random House is teaming with Amazon MGM Studios on a series of books based on “Wednesday,” the Emmy-winning Netflix hit about young Wednesday Addams of Addams Family fame. The publisher announced Wednesday — of course — that the series will debut this summer. Upcoming releases include an all-ages coloring book,
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A ship near the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait has seen an explosion in the distance, marking what may be a new attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels through the crucial waterway for international trade. The explosion Wednesday, reported by the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center,
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says his country has proven the West doesn’t have a monopoly on technology while inaugurating a hydropower and irrigation project in Sri Lanka. Raisi is the first Iranian leader to visit Sri Lanka on Wednesday since former President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad visited
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Chuch has suspended a priest who participated in services for the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Dmitry Safronov took part in Navalny’s funeral as well as presiding at a commemoration on March 26, the 40th day after his death — an important Russian Orthodox tradition. An
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A new package of $61 billion in U.S. aid may prevent Ukraine from losing its war against Russia. But winning it will be a long slog. The aid approval means Ukraine may be able to release artillery ammunition that it has been rationing.
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union says it will investigate whether China is using unfair methods to deprive companies in Europe of access to its market for medical devices. The European Commission probe is the latest attempt to help European companies gain equal access to China’s vast markets. The commission
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s government has approved a controversial overhaul of the country’s public radio and television services, a move that critics say would result in the government taking full control of the media. Thousands rallied in the capital last month to condemn the plan, which was widely criticized by local journalists, the opposition,
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University said early Wednesday that it was making “important progress” with pro-Palestinian student protesters who set up a tent encampment and that it was extending a deadline to clear out, yet standoffs remained tense on the Ivy League campus in upper Manhattan.
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University said early Wednesday that it was making “important progress” with pro-Palestinian student protesters who set up a tent encampment and that it was extending a deadline to clear out, yet standoffs remained tense on the Ivy League campus in upper Manhattan.
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says his country has proven the West doesn’t have a monopoly on technology while inaugurating a hydropower and irrigation project in Sri Lanka. Raisi is the first Iranian leader to visit Sri Lanka on Wednesday since former President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad visited
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Relentlessly rising auto insurance rates are squeezing car owners and stoking inflation. Auto insurance rates rose 2.6% in March and are up 22% from a year ago. Premium costs have marched steadily higher since 2022, even as inflation at the consumer level cooled from
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s parliamentary speaker says he will seek criminal charges against a lawmaker who allegedly punched a colleague during a debate. The member of parliament, who hasn’t been named, was suspended for 15 days. The fight just outside the debate chamber on Wednesday was witnessed by several colleagues. It occurred hours before
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — The British army has recovered several horses after they broke free from the prestigious Household Cavalry and bolted through London on Wednesday morning. A number of people and horses are currently being treated for injuries incurred during the incident, though further details about their conditions are unavailable. In
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Indio city officials announced today that an additional road closure will be added Thursday morning to accommodate the arrival of campers to the Stagecoach Country Music Festival. From 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. Thursday, Avenue 52 will close between Monroe Street and Madison Street with alternate routes recommended on Dr. Carreon Boulevard, Highway 111, and
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Tech giant Cisco Systems has joined Microsoft and IBM in signing onto a Vatican-sponsored pledge to ensure artificial intelligence is developed and used ethically. The Cisco Systems chief executive signed the document Wednesday and met privately with Pope Francis. The pledge emphasizes that AI systems must be designed, used and regulated to serve
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