By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers are urging Hungary to immediately ratify Sweden’s application to join NATO. They say that patience with the Central European country is “wearing thin.” Hungary is the only country in the 31-nation military alliance that hasn’t yet backed Sweden’s membership bid.
Continue ReadingBy EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s Pardons Board said Friday it has reduced ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak’s 12-year jail sentence by half and sharply cut a fine, less than two years into his sentence from a corruption case linked to the theft of billions of dollars from state coffers. With
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The Japanese Grand Prix will stay on the Formula One calendar until at least 2029 after a five-year contract extension to keep the race at the Suzuka Circuit. It’s a sign of confidence in the Japanese GP ahead of a move, from its usual date in September or October, to April, which
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — The public’s long-held pessimism about the economy shows signs of easing since last year, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds. But even with the uptick, many Americans’ views of the economy – and the nation as a whole – remain bleak. Only 35% of Americans say that things in the
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian intelligence official says that the country has repeatedly asked Russia to hand over the bodies of scores of prisoners of war who Moscow claimed were killed in the downing of a Russian military transport plane by Ukrainian forces. Andrii Yusov, the spokesman for Ukraine’s
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares mostly rose Friday, helped by optimism about technology shares following a Wall Street rally led by big tech stocks. France’s CAC 40 edged up 0.4% in early trading to 7,616.10, while Germany’s DAX rose 0.6% to 16,966.54. Britain’s FTSE 100 gained 0.5% to 7,659.55.
Continue ReadingCNN By Andrew Carey, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine’s embattled army chief, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, says Ukraine must adapt to a reduction in military aid from its key allies and focus ever more strongly on technology if it is to win its war against Russia. In an exclusive essay for CNN, submitted amidst a swirl of rumors
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — Winger Junya Ito has been removed from Japan’s squad at the Asian Cup in the midst of sexual assault allegations that he has denied. Japan is the favorite to win the Asian Cup for a fifth time. The tournament is being played in Qatar. Japan is to play Iran in the quarterfinals
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Lawyer Jason Murray, taking the lead next week in the Supreme Court battle to keep Donald Trump off presidential ballots, has never argued before the justices. Jonathan Mitchell, representing Trump, is a well-known conservative advocate with some experience at the court – yet none in a case close
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Local buses, trams and subway trains were canceled in much of Germany on Friday as transport employees walked off the job in the country’s third transport-related strike in two weeks. The Ver.di service workers’ union called Friday’s “warning strike,” a common tactic in German contract negotiations, earlier this week. It said that
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Authorities in Norway have issued several landslide and avalanche warnings for the southern part of the country as it continues to get hammered by bad weather. Officials said on Friday that roads in the north also might have to be closed at short notice. Some 200 passengers slept inside the airport
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s Pardons Board has reduced ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak’s 12-year prison sentence by half and sharply cut the fine imposed after his corruption conviction. The board said Friday that Najib will be freed by August 2028. Najib remains influential in his party, the United Malays National Organization, which is now
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Malaysia has cut former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s 12-year prison sentence for corruption in half, according to authorities in the Southeast Asian country. Najib, who served as prime minister from 2009 to 2018, was found guilty of money laundering, abuse of power and other charges in
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China has rolled out a flurry of measures to help prop up its ailing property market, while also promising to boost government spending. The moves to help renters and increase the supply of affordable housing to spur demand come just weeks before officials gather in Beijing
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says police have arrested seven people on suspicion of selling information to the Israeli intelligence service Mossad. The suspects, who allegedly passed details to Mossad via private detectives, were detained in a joint operation with Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization on Friday. The Anadolu news agency says police anti-terror
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A vehicle loaded with gas exploded and set off an inferno that burned homes and warehouses in Kenya’s capital early Friday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 270, with the death toll expected to rise. Many residents were likely inside their homes when
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Residents across the Coachella Valley dealt with rain and flooding brought on by Thursday’s storm. Cathedral City resident Jerry Meza noticed water had accumulated on streets that thend to flood when it rains in his neighborhood. “Horizon Road, Adelina, and Vista Chino, they kind of all three merge together and create sort of like a
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — More than 100 Rohingya immigrants have escaped from a detention center in Malaysia after a protest. Immigration Department Director-General Ruslin Jusoh says one of the 131 detainees who escaped from a center in Perak state Thursday night was hit by a car and killed. He said nearly 400 people were
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A vehicle loaded with gas exploded and set off an inferno that burned homes and warehouses in Kenya’s capital early Friday, injuring more than 270 people and killing at least three with the toll expected to rise. A number of residents were likely inside their homes
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Court of Justice is set to rule on whether it has jurisdiction to hear a case filed by Ukraine in the days after Russia’s invasion accusing Moscow of breaching the genocide convention. Kyiv claims that Russia breached the landmark 1948 convention by using
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