By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark has joined Sweden in closing its investigation into the 2022 explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines. Copenhagen police and the Danish security service said Monday in a joint statement they concluded there was deliberate sabotage but not the sufficient grounds to pursue
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military says its air force has struck targets of the militant Hezbollah group deep inside Lebanon. At least two Hezbollah members were killed. Monday’s statement by the Israeli military came as residents in the northeastern city of Baalbek reported hearing explosions. The
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities have announced preliminary results from parliamentary and local elections in which only candidates loyal to the country’s authoritarian leader were allowed to compete. The opposition had called for a boycott. Sunday’s vote further cemented the 30-year rule of President Alexander Lukashenko, who declared his
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military said Monday its air force was striking targets of the militant Hebollah group “deep inside Lebanon,” where residents reported explosionms near the northeastern city of Baablek. The strikes are among the deepest into Lebanon since the Israel-Hamas war began more than four months ago.
Continue ReadingBy Polo Sandoval, Elizabeth Wolfe and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN (CNN) — The American couple allegedly hijacked by escaped prisoners while on their yacht in Grenada last week were likely thrown overboard, Royal Grenada Police Force Commissioner Don McKenzie said during a news conference Monday. The pair is “presumed dead,” according to a separate Monday statement from
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s vice chancellor says the country plans to enable underground carbon storage at offshore sites, pushing ahead with a much-discussed technology in an acknowledgement that time is running out to combat climate change. Robert Habeck, who is also the economy and climate minister, said on Monday that
Continue ReadingPHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The long-ruling Cambodian People’s Party has won its expected landslide victory in the election for the country’s Senate. The National Election Committee on Monday began releasing results by constituency, after earlier announcing that according to a provisional overall count, the Cambodian People’s Party won 55 of the 58 seats that
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, TIA GOLDENBERG and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel has failed to comply with an order by the United Nations’ top court to provide urgently needed aid to desperate people in the Gaza Strip, Human Rights Watch said Monday, a month after a landmark ruling in The Hague
Continue ReadingBy BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — The eldest daughter and close aide of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has become the country’s first-ever female chief minister in eastern Punjab province. Mariam Nawaz was elected on Monday with a 220 votes. She promised she would equally serve those who voted for her
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer SINGAPORE (AP) — China’s C919 single-aisle jet made its international debut at the Singapore Airshow, attracting masses of visitors and hundreds of orders, but analysts say it still has a long way to go before it can compete with aircraft from market leaders Boeing and Airbus. The Commercial Aircraft
Continue ReadingBy DAKE KANG and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — Two prominent Chinese bloggers in exile said that police were investigating their millions of followers on international social media platforms, in an escalation of Beijing’s attempts to clamp down on critical speech even outside of the country’s borders. Former state broadcaster CCTV journalist Wang
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says combatants in places such as Congo, Gaza, Myanmar, Ukraine and Sudan are turning a “blind eye” to international law. He made a plea for greater respect for human rights and peace around the world. Speaking as the U.N.’s top human rights body opened its latest session, Guterres
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares mostly declined Monday, although Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index reached another record high. France’s CAC 40 slipped 0.4% in early trading to 7,935.33. Germany’s DAX edged 0.1% higher to 17,428.37. Britain’s FTSE 100 declined 0.2% to 7,691.62. The futures for the S&P 500 and
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Nic Robertson and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — The Israeli military has submitted a plan to the war cabinet for “evacuating the population” of Gaza from areas of fighting, amid warnings that an offensive on the southern city of Rafah will take place soon. Earlier this month, Prime Minister
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s parliament is to vote Monday on ratifying Sweden’s bid to join NATO, likely bringing an end to more than 18 months of delays that have frustrated the alliance as it seeks to expand in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Hungary’s government submitted the protocols
Continue ReadingVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has canceled his engagements Monday morning due to persistent but mild flu symptoms. The Vatican press office made the announcement in a short statement on Monday, adding that the pontiff did not have a fever. The statement indicated the decision was made as a precautionary measure. Pope Francis was
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities have announced preliminary results of parliamentary and local elections in which only candidates loyal to the country’s authoritarian leader were allowed to compete amid the opposition’s call for a boycott. Sunday’s vote further cemented the 30-year rule of President Alexander Lukashenko, who declared an
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police divers are searching inland waterways for the bodies of a same-sex couple allegedly shot dead in Sydney by a jilted police officer lover with his service pistol. Police alleged on Monday that Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were shot dead in Baird’s home on Monday
Continue ReadingBy RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban have publicly executed a man convicted of murder in northern Afghanistan as thousands watched at a sports stadium. Monday’s execution was the third carried out publicly over the past five days. It took place in Shibirghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, where the brother
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian prime minister has announced the resignation of his government. That move paves the way for a shake-up in the Palestinian Authority, which the U.S. hopes will eventually take on a role in postwar Gaza. Many obstacles remain to making a revamped Palestinian Authority a reality. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose
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