By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — A court in Montenegro has ruled that Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon should be extradited to the United States to face fraud charges rather than to his native South Korea. The announcement came from a court official on Thursday. Montenegrin authorities arrested 32-year-old Kwon nearly a
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street continued to push higher overnight and into Thursday morning as chipmaker Nvidia issued another strong earnings report, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark surged to an all-time high. Tokyo’s benchmark closed at 39,098.68 on Thursday. Its previous record was 38,915.87, set in December 1989 just
Continue ReadingBy LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer The Alabama Supreme Court recently ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law. This is raising concerns about how the decision could affect in vitro fertilization, commonly known as IVF. The fertility treatment involves retrieving a woman’s eggs and combining them with a man’s sperm in
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An official says Russian forces are probing Ukrainian defenses for weak points in the country’s northeast. That’s an area where analysts believe the Kremlin is aiming to build on its recent success in taking the city of Avdiivka by mounting an ambitious four-pronged offensive to break
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A Minnesota man has been arrested on suspicion of killing a 31-year-old woman who was beaten, bound and stuffed inside the refrigerator at her Los Angeles apartment, authorities said Wednesday. The 41-year-old suspect, who was on probation for narcotics offenses, was taken into custody at his home in Minneapolis on an
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A Minnesota man has been arrested on suspicion of killing a 31-year-old woman who was beaten, bound and stuffed inside the refrigerator at her Los Angeles apartment, authorities said Wednesday. The 41-year-old suspect, who was on probation for narcotics offenses, was taken into custody at his home in Minneapolis on an
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster and Rosa Flores, CNN (CNN) — A Texas judge ruled Thursday that the state’s CROWN Act does not make it unlawful for school dress codes to limit a student’s hair length. The decision is a blow to Darryl George, a Houston-area high school student who sued the Barbers Hill Independent School District
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By Taylor Romine and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — China is sending two giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo – the first time it has granted new panda loans to the United States in two decades. A spokesperson for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance confirmed to CNN Wednesday that the zoo would be
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s central bank has left its key interest rate unchanged at 45%, pausing a series of aggressive rate hikes aimed at taming high inflation. The central bank said on Thursday it’s keeping the benchmark rate on hold. It’s the bank’s first interest rate decision under its newly appointed governor, Fatih Karahan.
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The head of the Jewish Community in Denmark says the number of antisemitic incidents registered since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that ignited the war in Gaza has reached levels not seen since World War II. Henri Goldstein, the head of the Scandinavian country’s small
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A Russian military blogger has died in an apparent suicide after facing a barrage of criticism for revealing heavy losses in Ukraine, and his supporters have blamed Kremlin propagandists for his death. Andrei Morozov, who also served as a soldier on the front line in Ukraine, said in his last post
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — Nikki Haley’s recent comments suggest that she sees a sweet spot for her campaign as former President Donald Trump’s legal drama intensifies – and potentially results in a criminal conviction – in the coming months. “Just wait, just wait. March, April, May, June,” the former South Carolina governor said
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Five people are dead after a large container ship hit a bridge south of the city of Guangzhou in southern China early Thursday, sending a section of the roadway crashing down, Three small trucks, a bus and a scooter fell off the Lixinsha Bridge about 5:30 a.m., authorities said. The bus, the
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French defense officials say Russian forces threatened to shoot down a French surveillance aircraft patrolling in international airspace over the Black Sea. Speaking Thursday to broadcaster RTL, the French defense minister said Russia has adopted a “particularly aggressive” posture as its struggles to make headway with its
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Police say five people have been injured in an incident at a school in the western German city of Wuppertal and a suspect has been arrested. The incident took place on Thursday at a high school. Police said there was no shooting in the incident but gave no further information. The Bild
Continue ReadingBy SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — India is renewing its push to add rooftop solar to meet the needs of a fast-growing nation that’s hungry for energy. Just a few years ago, an installation meant getting multiple approvals, finding a reliable company and shelling out plenty of money before a buyer could
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A man in Flint, Michigan, has become the first person to be charged under the state’s new safe firearms storage law after his 2-year-old daughter shot herself in the head with his gun, leaving her in critical condition, prosecutors said. The father, Michael Tolbert, is also
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s media regulators have blocked the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, with users across the country enduring the sixth day of sweeping disruptions, partial and complete shutdowns. There was no comment on the outage by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on Thursday and government officials have not responded to repeated queries from
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster (CNN) — A monthslong legal battle between a Texas high school student and his school district over the length of his locs hairstyle has renewed calls to pass a national CROWN Act. Here’s what that means. What is the CROWN Act? The CROWN Act and similar laws protect against race-based hair discrimination
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — Czech farmers are driving their tractors and other vehicles to to several border crossings to join forces with their colleagues from neighboring countries in their protests against European Union agriculture policies, bureaucracy and overall conditions for their business. Farmers complain that the 27-nation EU’s policies on the environment, such as the Green
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