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JERUSALEM (AP) — An international charity says its aid ship bound for Gaza has set sail from Cyprus. Associated Press live footage showed the ship being towed out of the harbor in Cyprus. World Food Kitchen, the charity founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, posted on the X social media platform that the ship loaded
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government criticized senior doctors at a major hospital for threatening to resign in support of the weekslong walkouts by thousands of medical interns and residents that have disrupted hospital operations. About 12,000 medical interns and residents have been on strike for four weeks
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when the faithful fast from dawn to dusk, began at sunrise Tuesday in much of Asia, a day after many Muslims in the Middle East began their fasts. In the Muslim lunar calendar, months begin only when the new moon
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced early Tuesday that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is created, bowing to international pressure to save the country overwhelmed by violent gangs that some experts say have unleashed a low-scale civil war. Henry made
Continue ReadingBATAM, Indonesia (AP) — A Japanese man accused of helping to run a $90 million investment scam will be sent home after four years on the run, Indonesian authorities said Tuesday. Yusuke Yamazaki, 43, was arrested off Bulan island in Kepulauan Riau province on Jan. 31, while attempting to cross into Malaysia in a small
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Ghibli, the Japanese studio that just won its second Oscar for feature animation for “The Boy and The Heron,” hasn’t said yet what it plans next. But founder Hayao Miyazaki, who at 83 was the oldest director ever nominated in that category, won’t rule out making another
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, Angus Watson, Manveena Suri and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A United Airlines flight was forced to return to Sydney just two hours into its nearly 14-hour journey to San Francisco, in the carrier’s fifth flight incident in seven days. The Boeing 777-300 aircraft, carrying 183 passengers and crew, was redirected due
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, Manveena Suri and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — The pilot of a terrifying flight from Australia to New Zealand told those on board he temporarily lost control of his Boeing 787 after one of its instruments failed, a passenger said Monday, as authorities investigate what caused a sudden drop that threw travelers around the
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nolan Hickman scored 20 points and No. 17 Gonzaga pulled away in the second half to beat San Francisco 89-77 on Monday night and extend its streak to 27 years of making the West Coast Conference Tournament title game. The Bulldogs will play No. 21
Continue ReadingCNN By Caitlin Stephen Hu and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The embattled prime minister of Haiti, Ariel Henry, has said he will resign after weeks of mounting chaos in the Caribbean nation, where gangs have been attacking government structures and social order is on the brink of collapse. Henry said in a video address late Monday that
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press ABOARD THE FRENCH FRIGATE NORMANDIE (AP) — The French navy frigate, bristling with weaponry and powering through frigid Norwegian seas not so far from Russia, awoke at 7:30 a.m. sharp to what, in the circumstances, was a surreal sound. The 1967 “ Summer of Love ” hippie anthem “San Francisco
Continue ReadingBy Carlos Suarez, Alta Spells and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Florida education officials and a group of LGBTQ advocates and families have reached a legal settlement that clarifies the scope of a statute referred to by critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, spelling out that students and teachers are allowed to discuss sexual orientation and gender identity in
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russians are finding a few imported staples, like fruit, coffee and olive oil, have shot way up in price. Most global brands have disappeared — or been reincarnated as Russian equivalents under new, Kremlin-friendly ownership. A lot more Chinese cars are zipping around the
Continue ReadingBy DANICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced early Tuesday that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is created, capitulating to international pressure that seeks to save the country overwhelmed by violent gangs that some experts say have unleashed a low-scale civil war.
Continue ReadingBy Shimon Prokupecz, Samantha Guff, Rachel Clarke and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Less than a week after the Uvalde City Council received an investigative report clearing local police officers of wrongdoing in the 2022 Robb Elementary School massacre, the Texas city’s police chief abruptly announced Tuesday he is quitting. The resignation came hours before
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Rittich stopped 26 shots for his sixth career shutout, Adrian Kempe reached the 20-goal mark for the third straight season and the Los Angeles Kings beat New York 3-0 on Monday night to snap the Islanders’ six-game winning streak. It was the Kings’ fifth
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy focusing on sexual violence in conflict warned Israel on Monday that the finding of “clear and convincing information” that some hostages taken by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel were subjected to sexual violence “does not in any way
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Down goes Djokovic! Down goes Djokovic!Lucky loser, 20-year-old Luca Nardi takes down the great Novak Djokovic in the 3rd round. Wow! An absolute stunner inside Stadium 1 at Indian Wells! The 5-time tournament champion and 24-time grand slam winner is OUT at the @BNPPARIBASOPEN @KESQ— Blake Arthur (@BlakeArthur24) March 12, 2024 World No. 1 Novak
Continue ReadingBy DANICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Caribbean leaders said late Monday that they “acknowledge the resignation of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry” once a transitional presidential council is created and an interim premier named. The announcement was made by Guyana President Irfaan Ali, who held an urgent meeting earlier Monday in Jamaica
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An employee at a store inside the Desert Hills Premium Outlets in Cabazon was hospitalized after being sprayed with a chemical agent during a robbery Monday afternoon. The robbery was reported just before 5:30 p.m. at a business in the 48600 block of Seminole Drive in Cabazon. Deputies were told that three men entered the
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