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By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — His writing won China’s first Nobel Prize for Literature, but is it patriotic enough for Xi Jinping’s China? That’s the question at the center of a high-profile lawsuit that has driven a debate about nationalism in China in recent weeks. Patriotic blogger Wu Wanzheng filed suit
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican secretary of state is trying to defuse Pope Francis’ latest diplomatic kerfuffle. Cardinal Pietro Parolin is insisting in media interviews that a primary condition for negotiations to end the war in Ukraine is an end to Russia’s aggression and that any peace must be a
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices in the United States picked up last month, a sign that inflation remains a persistent challenge for the Federal Reserve and for President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, both of which are counting on a steady easing of price pressures this year. Prices rose 0.4%
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the summer of 2022, Emma Goodwin was getting over a breakup and thinking hard about her life and how to better herself. She decided to try a book she had heard about often, bell hooks’ “All About Love: New Visions.” “I loved it. It
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the summer of 2022, Emma Goodwin was getting over a breakup and thinking hard about her life and how to better herself. She decided to try a book she had heard about often, bell hooks’ “All About Love: New Visions.” “I loved it. It
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER, COLLEEN LONG and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Over five hours of interviews, President Joe Biden repeatedly told a special counsel that he never meant to retain classified information after he left the vice presidency, but he was at times fuzzy about dates and said he was unfamiliar with the
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s vice chancellor has launched a program initially worth up to 4 billion euros to help heavy industry shift to more climate-friendly production over a 15-year period. Germany, which is home to many energy-intensive industries as Europe’s biggest economy, aims to cut its greenhouse gas emissions to
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff (CNN) — Special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents, is set to testify Tuesday at the GOP-run House Judiciary Committee, where he’ll be peppered with questions about his 388-page report released last month. Read a draft of his opening statement obtained by CNN, below. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024
Continue ReadingBy Evan Perez and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN President Joe Biden told jokes and unfurled lengthy detailed stories from his decadeslong political career as he parried questions from special counsel Robert Hur and his investigators over two days last October, a transcript of the interview reviewed by CNN shows. The Justice Department has sent the transcript to Congress, which had
Continue ReadingHOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — A man visiting the Florida Everglades was bitten by a crocodile as he attempted to swim to shore when he fell off his sailboat, officials said. The attack occurred Sunday afternoon at the Flamingo Marina in Everglades National Park, according to the National Park Service. The Everglades is one of the
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street was mixed in early trading Tuesday ahead of a report on inflation in the U.S. that could sway the Federal Reserve’s timing on cutting interest rates. Futures for the S&P 500 gained 0.2% before the bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced Tuesday that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is created, bowing to international pressure to make way for new leadership in the country overwhelmed by violent gangs. Henry made the announcement hours after Caribbean leaders
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Chance, CNN Moscow (CNN) — There is an inevitability about the outcome of Russia’s looming presidential election. Like it or not, Vladimir Putin, the man driving a catastrophic war in Ukraine, a brutal crackdown on dissent, and a lurch toward isolation in Russia, now the most sanctioned nation on earth, is poised to win a
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER, COLLEEN LONG and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Hur said in prepared testimony ahead of his congressional hearing Tuesday that he did not sanitize the findings of his report on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents that questioned his age and competence, but that he also
Continue ReadingBy SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has implemented a controversial citizenship law that has been widely criticized for excluding Muslims, a minority community whose concerns have heightened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government. The Citizenship Amendment Act provides a fast track to naturalization for Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press When the U.S. Postal Service launched Project Safe Delivery last year, officials pledged they would be “doubling down” on their efforts to combat growing rates of letter carrier robberies. The crackdown has led to hundreds of arrests, and robberies slowed toward the end of the year. But, overall, the number
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press When the U.S. Postal Service launched Project Safe Delivery last year, officials pledged they would be “doubling down” on their efforts to combat growing rates of letter carrier robberies. The crackdown has led to hundreds of arrests, and robberies slowed toward the end of the year. But, overall, the number
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm says it will recommend that member countries open accession negotiations with Bosnia-Herzegovina. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made the announcement Tuesday. The Western Balkan country is among six nations that are at different stages of the EU accession process following
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER, COLLEEN LONG and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel who impugned President Joe Biden’s age and competence in his report on how Biden handled classified documents after his years as vice president is set to be questioned himself on Tuesday, as House Republicans seek to keep a spotlight
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press When the U.S. Postal Service launched Project Safe Delivery last year, officials pledged they would be “doubling down” on their efforts to combat growing rates of letter carrier robberies. The crackdown has led to hundreds of arrests, and robberies slowed toward the end of the year. But, overall, the number
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