By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press A prominent Russian opposition figure has appeared in court, urging Russians not to give up after the death of Alexei Navalny and alleging there’s a state-backed hit squad taking out opponents of President Vladimir Putin. Vladimir Kara-Murza is a British-Russian citizen serving a 25-year sentence for treason. He spoke in
Continue ReadingBy Vasco Cotovio and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A prominent pro-war Russian military blogger, Andrey Morozov, has reportedly died by suicide just days after he reported that Russia suffered huge losses during its months-long assault on the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka. Morozov, known as “Murz” on Telegram, was an ultra-nationalist commentator and vocal supporter
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A whale as long as a train car that died after straying into a port in Osaka last month is set to be buried until it naturally becomes a skeletal specimen for a local museum. It’s the third year in a row that whales have become stranded
Continue ReadingBy Gertrude Kitongo, CNN (CNN) — Vultures stalk death, and death stalks vultures. Think about the scavenger bird and images of disease and decay soon follow. The birds have a bad reputation – unjustifiably so, say conservationists, who argue vultures are one of nature’s great recyclers, and one of the most misunderstood creatures. Sub-Saharan Africa
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A suspected missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels set a ship ablaze in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday as Israel intercepted what appeared to be another Houthi attack near the port city of Eilat, authorities said. The attacks come as the rebels escalate
Continue ReadingBy LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Parliament has approved a deal for the country to hold thousands of asylum seekers for Italy despite protests from opposition lawmakers and human rights groups. Under the five-year deal, Albania would shelter up to 3,000 migrants rescued from international waters at any one time. With asylum requests expected
Continue ReadingBy Eric Cheung, Nectar Gan, Wayne Chang and Simone McCarthy, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — American support for Taiwan will continue no matter who wins the upcoming US election, House Rep. Mike Gallagher told an audience in the democratic island on Thursday, as tensions simmer between Taipei and Beijing. “I’m confident regardless of how the
Continue ReadingGHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have carried out a double public execution at a stadium in southeastern Afghanistan as thousands watched the killing of two convicted men as their victims’ relatives fired the gunshots. The Taliban’s Supreme Court had ruled that the pair were responsible for the stabbing deaths of two victims in separate
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — France’s defense minister says Russian forces threatened to shoot down French military flights patrolling last month over international waters in the Black Sea. The minister, Sébastien Lecornu, didn’t give specific details about the French flights or the aircraft involved. Speaking Thursday to broadcaster RTL, the French minister said Russia is adopting a
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — China plans to send a new pair of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo, renewing its longstanding gesture of friendship toward the United States after nearly all the iconic bears on loan to U.S. zoos were sent back as relations soured between the two nations.
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — China plans to send a new pair of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo, renewing its longstanding gesture of friendship toward the United States after nearly all the iconic bears on loan to U.S. zoos were sent back as relations soured between the two nations.
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An animated fetus that develops over the course of a three-minute video has become a new front in state-level abortion politics. Bills have been proposed in the Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri and West Virginia legislatures to require public school students to watch a video like Baby
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Julie Eshelman and her husband conceived their 2-year-old daughter through in vitro fertilization and kept their frozen embryos in storage, hoping to keep available a vital option for growing their family. But with the military family potentially being redeployed to Alabama, that option is now shrouded with uncertainty following
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Candidates for Iran’s parliament began campaigning for the country’s first election since the crackdown on the nationwide protests in 2022 that followed the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody. The 15,200 candidates will compete for a term in the 290-seat chamber that hardliners have controlled for two decades. Amini was
Continue ReadingBy Maria Sole Campinoti and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A man who “viciously and repeatedly” assaulted a 65-year-old Asian woman in New York City in 2021 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the hate crime attack, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Brandon Elliot, 43, pleaded guilty to one count
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer SINGAPORE (AP) — As the aviation sector seeks ways to make air travel less polluting and more sustainable, aerospace company Embraer and South Korean automaker Hyundai are among the companies betting on a new form of air travel -– air taxis. Hyundai’s Supernal and Embraer-backed Eve Air Mobility are
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index has surged past the record it set in 1989 before its financial bubble burst, ushering in an era of faltering growth. The index closed Thursday at 39,098.68, up 2.2%. It had been hovering for weeks near 34-year highs. The Nikkei 225’s previous record was
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Japan’s Nikkei 225 share benchmark has surged to an all-time high, bypassing its previous record set in December 1989 on heavy buying by global investors. The index closed at 39,098.68 on Thursday. Its previous record was 38,915.87, set just before Japan’s bubble economy collapsed in the
Continue ReadingBy Amir Tal, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — At least one person was killed and several others injured on Thursday in a highway shooting in the occupied West Bank on the outskirts of Jerusalem, according to Israeli authorities. A man in his 20s was killed in the incident, the Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency rescue service
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The head of a renewable energy subsidiary of Japan’s top oil company, Eneos Holdings, has been fired for sexual harassment as awareness of the #MeToo movement grows in the country. Japan Renewable Energy Corp. says it dismissed chairperson Shigeru Yasu after an internal investigation confirmed sexual harassment
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