By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s economy failed to expand at the end of 2023. The stagnation has now lasted for more than a year amid higher energy prices, costlier credit and lagging growth in powerhouse Germany. The EU statistics agency said Tuesday that zero growth for the October-to-December period of
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is on a two-day state visit in Stockholm during which he will meet Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, as well as the Scandinavian country’s monarch, King Carl XVI Gustaf. He was welcomed on Tuesday with pomp and ceremony at the royal palace. Macron is set to discuss the
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Moschino has named Adrian Appiolaza as the new creative director of the Milan-based fashion house. The company said Tuesday that he will debut his first collection on Feb. 22 during the Fall-Winter 2024 womenswear previews of Milan Fashion Week. Appiolaza previously was design director for women’s ready-to-wear at Loewe and Chloe. At
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s weather agency has confirmed a reading of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in Sicily two years ago as the hottest temperature ever recorded in Europe. The World Meteorological Organization says the Sicilian scorcher was picked up on Aug. 11, 2021. Temperatures were soaring across much of Europe at the
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are moving swiftly toward impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over what they call his “willful and systematic” refusal to enforce immigration laws, but in a personal appeal he argued they should instead be working with the Biden administration on U.S.-Mexico border
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans voted early Wednesday to advance their impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, moving closer to taking the rare step of impeaching a Cabinet official. The move sets up a vote on the articles by the full House of Representatives, though the date of that vote
Continue ReadingCNN By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — The suspension of funding by a growing number of Western countries for a United Nations agency for Palestinians has raised questions about the fate of the 5.9 million refugees it serves. The United States and at least 13 of its allies have pulled funding for the United Nations
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman and Christian Edwards, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli special forces, dressed as civilians and medical staff, infiltrated the Ibn Sina hospital in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday and killed three Palestinian men, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials. CCTV footage shared on social media appeared to show around
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s weather agency has confirmed a reading of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in Sicily two years ago as the hottest temperature ever recorded in Europe. The World Meteorological Organization says the Sicilian scorcher was picked up on Aug. 11, 2021. Temperatures were soaring across much of Europe at the
Continue ReadingLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Despite the disqualification of Kamila Valieva in a doping case, her Russia figure skating team will still get bronze medals from the 2022 Beijing Olympics, the sport’s governing body said on Tuesday. The United States is the new Olympic champion and Japan gets upgraded to silver from bronze but the demoted
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — France’s government is preparing more concessions to calm the anger of protesting farmers camped out around Paris. Attention is focusing on an address that new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is to give on Tuesday afternoon to France’s lower house of parliament, laying out his government’s priorities. The farmers’ campaign for better pay,
Continue ReadingBy AREF TUFAHA, MELANIE LIDMAN and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JENIN, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces disguised as civilian women and medics stormed a hospital Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, killing three Palestinian militants in a dramatic raid that underscored how deadly violence has spilled into the territory from the war in Gaza.
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong on Tuesday formally began the process of enacting a controversial homegrown national security law in a move that could have deep ramifications for the city’s status as a global financial hub. The proposed legislation will cover offenses including treason, theft of state secrets, espionage and external interference,
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — A shark attack in an exclusive area of Sydney Harbour not far from the city’s iconic Opera House has prompted calls for swimmers to avoid the water at dawn and dusk when aggressive bull sharks are most active. A woman, named by local media as Lauren O’Neill,
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations have decided to approve an outline deal that would keep in reserve the profits from hundreds of billions of dollars in Russian central bank assets that have been frozen in retaliation for Moscow’s war in Ukraine. The tentative agreement still needs formal approval but
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Saifi, Jessie Yeung and Rhea Mogul, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Pakistan’s former leader Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaking state secrets, his political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said in a statement Tuesday. The hearing took place Tuesday in a closed court established under the Official Secrets Act in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail,
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and one of his party deputies to 10 years in prison each, after finding them guilty of revealing official secrets. The verdict drew swift criticism from Khan’s followers. It was also another blow to Khan, a
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Colombian government and the nation’s largest remaining rebel group say they will extend their current cease-fire by one week, while delegates from both sides who are meeting in Cuba continue to discuss policies that could secure a longer lasting truce. In a joint statement the
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Saudi Aramco says it will not try to increase its maximum daily oil production to 13 million barrels a day after receiving an order from the country’s Energy Ministry. The firm, known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., said it would maintain its maximum
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese transport officials have raided the plant of a Toyota group company to investigate cheating on engine testing, as the company reported it kept its status as the world’s top automaker in 2023, selling 11.2 million vehicles. Hours after the probe began at Toyota Industries Corp.’s
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