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SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of Orthodox Christians from across Bulgaria have flocked to Sofia’s Alexander Nevski Cathedral to pay their respects to their late spiritual leader, Patriarch Neophyte, who passed away on Wednesday. He was 78. The government declared a two-day period of national mourning. Black-clad priests held a memorial service as lines of
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Former Polish prime minister Jarosław Kaczyński has told a special parliamentary committee that he believes Poland needed advanced spyware but he wasn’t interested in how or against whom it was used. Kaczyński testified Friday about the purchase and allegedly illegal use of spyware by the government
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press In the Arizona desert, a Danish company is building a massive solar farm that includes batteries that charge when the sun is shining and supply energy back to the electric grid when it’s not. Combining batteries with green energy is a fast-growing climate solution. “Solar farms only produce when the
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press In the Arizona desert, a Danish company is building a massive solar farm that includes batteries that charge when the sun is shining and supply energy back to the electric grid when it’s not. Combining batteries with green energy is a fast-growing climate solution. “Solar farms only produce when the
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, Maria Kostenko and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — A Russian missile strike hit civilian infrastructure in the Ukrainian city of Odesa, killing at least 20 people and injuring scores of others in the deadliest attack on the Black Sea port city since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian officials said Friday.
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks retreated from a record high set earlier this week on Wall Street. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 190 points, or 0.5%, and the Nasdaq fell 1%. Treasury yields edged higher in the bond market. Adobe slumped after giving investors a
Continue ReadingBy BABACAR DIONE and JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s top opposition leader is expected to speak publicly, a day after his release from prison ahead of the country’s March 24 election. Ousmane Sonko’s release late on Thursday night triggered a mix of jubilation and political uncertainty on the streets of the
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A once-beloved Japanese table tennis star says she has reached a settlement with her ex-husband, a Taiwanese star in the sport, ending a high-profile battle over custody of their 4-year-old son. The move comes at a time when Japan’s parliament is discussing legislation to introduce a dual
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy, Nadeen Ebrahim and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — The first aid ship carrying much-needed food has reached the shoreline of central Gaza as part of new efforts to ease a humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave. Workers have been unpacking the 200 tons of food aid on smaller boats off the shore
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy is recalling more than 287,000 air fryers and air fryer ovens due to an overheating issue that can cause the products’ parts to melt or shatter, posing fire and laceration risks. According to a Thursday notice from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Insignia-branded air fryer ovens can
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA BICKEL Associated Press LAKEVIEW, Ohio (AP) — Severe storms with probable tornadoes tore through several central U.S. states, damaging homes and businesses and killing at least three people, with more bodies likely to be discovered, authorities said. Thursday night’s storms left trails of destruction and injuries or deaths in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis must step aside from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump or remove the special prosecutor with whom she had a romantic relationship before the case can proceed, the judge overseeing it ruled Friday. Fulton County
Continue ReadingBy OMAR ALBAM and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press AL-NAYRAB, Syria (AP) — Syria’s civil war has entered its 14th year, a somber anniversary in a long-frozen conflict. The country is effectively carved up into areas controlled by the Damascus government, various opposition groups and Kurdish forces. Lately, however, violence has been on the rise on
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British cellphone company Vodafone has confirmed that it’s selling its Italian business to Switzerland’s Swisscom for about $8.7 billion. It said Friday that it will hand back half of the proceeds to its shareholders through the buyback of company shares. Vodafone said the move represents an “attractive
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff (CNN) — Judge Scott McAfee ruled on Friday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can stay on and prosecute the Georgia 2020 election interference racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and 14 of his co-defendants. McAfee said, however, that Willis would have to remove special prosecutor Nathan Wade from the case in
Continue ReadingBy OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Security forces in Somalia say they have killed all five attackers who laid siege to a hotel in a normally secure area of the capital. Police say three soldiers were killed and 27 people injured in the attack Thursday night on the SYL Hotel in Mogadishu.
Continue ReadingBy Jason Morris, Nick Valencia and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can stay on and prosecute the Georgia 2020 election interference racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and 14 of his co-defendants, Judge Scott McAfee ruled Friday, but only if she removes the special prosecutor with whom she
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — First responders who arrived at the scene of a Russian missile attack on homes in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa on Friday were themselves struck by a second missile, officials said. A paramedic and an emergency service worker were among the 14 people killed. Officials
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a tanker in the Red Sea early Friday but the ship’s crew was unharmed, authorities said. It was the latest in the rebels’ campaign against shipping over Israel’s ongoing war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting in the races for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations happens again Tuesday, a week after President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump secured enough delegate support to become their parties’ presumptive nominees. Three states also will hold primaries for other offices as this November’s
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