By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s main opposition Congress party is accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government of stifling democracy and crippling the party by freezing its bank accounts in a tax dispute ahead of national elections. India’s 6-week-long general election will start April 19, with most polls predicting a victory
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is poised to start suspending the licenses of thousands of striking junior doctors as punishment for their weekslong walkouts that have shaken hospital operations. The government says it will start informing the striking medical interns and residents next week of its final decision
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff (CNN) — Lawmakers unveiled a $1.2 trillion government funding package on Thursday, setting up a high-stakes sprint to pass the legislation as a shutdown deadline looms at the end of the week. With the release of the legislative text that’s more than 1,000 pages, the House and Senate are now facing a major time crunch to
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Two years after a Boeing 737-800 passenger jet nosedived 29,000 feet into a remote mountain, killing all 132 people on board, investigators in China have failed to offer new insight into the cause of the country’s deadliest air disaster in decades. In an update of its probe
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global benchmarks were mostly higher on Thursday after U.S. stocks rallied to records following indications from the Federal Reserve that it expects to deliver interest rate cuts later this year. France’s CAC 40 rose 0.5% in morning trading to 8,199.57, while Germany’s DAX edged up 0.8%
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials said Thursday they will review how airlines protect personal information about their passengers and whether they are making money by sharing that information with other parties. The U.S. Department of Transportation said its review will focus on the 10 biggest U.S. airlines and cover their collection, handling and use of
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, SENATE TV By Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson and Priscilla Alvarez CNN Lawmakers unveiled a $1.2 trillion government funding package on Thursday, setting up a high-stakes sprint to pass the legislation as a shutdown deadline looms at the end of the week. It’s not yet clear if lawmakers will be able to pass the legislation
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Over 30 leaders and delegations from around the world are backing the idea to use nuclear energy to help achieve the goal of a climate-neutral globe while giving more countries an added sense of economic and security independence. Such a summit would have been unthinkable a dozen
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson and Priscilla Alvarez CNN Lawmakers unveiled a $1.2 trillion government funding package on Thursday, setting up a high-stakes sprint to pass the legislation as a shutdown deadline looms at the end of the week. It’s not yet clear if lawmakers will be able to pass the legislation ahead of Friday’s deadline,
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders gathered Thursday to consider new ways to help boost arms and ammunition production for Ukraine and to discuss the war in Gaza amid deep concern about Israeli plans to launch a ground offensive in the city of Rafah. Ukraine’s munition stocks are desperately low, and Russia has more and
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan doctors have stopped providing emergency services at public hospitals, as they escalated a national strike that entered its second week. Thousands of doctors have stayed away from hospitals since last Thursday over poor pay and working conditions, despite a court order calling for talks between
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, Ray Sanchez, Jade Gordon and Ryan Young, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — Joshua Hartfield, the last of six White former Mississippi law enforcement officers sentenced in the torture of two Black men in January 2023, received a 10-year prison term in federal court Thursday afternoon. The hearing capped an emotional three days during which vivid
Continue ReadingBy ISHTIAQ MAHSUD Associated Press DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a roadside bomb has exploded near a security convoy in northwestern Pakistan, killing two soldiers and wounding 15 others. A police official says the attack happened Thursday in Dera Ismail Khan, a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden announced another round of student loan debt forgiveness Thursday, totaling $5.8 billion for nearly 78,000 public-sector workers, and will be sending congratulatory emails to those borrowers next week. Additionally, 380,000 borrowers who may be eligible for debt relief within the next one or two years
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal votes Sunday in a tightly contested presidential election that has fired up political tensions and tested one of West Africa’s most stable democracies. The election will take place after much uncertainty following President Macky Sall’s unsuccessful effort to delay the vote until the end of
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA and ANTON SHTUKA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired 31 ballistic and cruise missiles at Kyiv before dawn Thursday in the first attack on the Ukrainian capital in 44 days, officials said. Air defenses shot down all the incoming missiles, though 13 people including a child were injured by falling
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A runner-up in Indonesia’s presidential election has filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court, alleging widespread irregularities and fraud at the polls. Former Jakarta Gov. Anies Baswedan, who received nearly 41 million votes, or 24.9%, told reporters that by contesting the official results he hoped to
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE and TONG-HYUNG KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter and close friend Ippei Mizuhara has been fired by the Los Angeles Dodgers following allegations of illegal gambling and theft from the Japanese star. Othani is playing in Seoul, South Korea, this week in a two-game series with the
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press The winning numbers for a nearly $1 billion Mega Millions lottery prize will be drawn Friday night, offering sudden riches to any lucky player who matches them and almost certain disappointment for everyone else. Since three months have passed without a winner, the Mega Millions jackpot has grown to an
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s capital was attacked by Russia for the first time in 44 days Thursday as Kyiv residents woke early to loud explosions. Ukraine’s Emergency Service said 13 people were wounded, including one child, and that dozens of people were evacuated from their homes. Around 30 cruise and ballistic missiles were shot
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