By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A crowded primary contest to fill the U.S. Senate seat once held by the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein is showing again that money matters in notoriously expensive California while testing whether the state’s long-squabbling Republicans can unite behind a single candidate for an
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey has seen its fifth central bank leader depart in as many years as Hafize Gaye Erkan, the first woman in the top role, stepped down after just eight months in the job. She resigned Friday after recent claims of nepotism emerged in local media, allegations that
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Actor Ian Lavender, who played a hapless Home Guard soldier in the classic British sitcom “Dad’s Army,” has died, his agent said Monday. He was 77. Agent Hilary Gagan said Lavender had been ill for some time and died with his wife and sons at his side. Lavender was the last surviving
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Dutch parent of pioneering Russian tech company Yandex is selling its operations in the country at a steeply discounted price of just over $5 billion to its Russia-based managers, oil company Lukoil and other investors. It’s one of the biggest deals for Western-held companies
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo area has been hit by heavy snow, disrupting trains and grounding flights. Transport officials are cautioning drivers to avoid nonessential travel. The Japan Meteorological Agency says the snowfall is expected to peak Monday night, with up to 55 centimeters (21 inches) predicted in mountainous areas north of Tokyo. The snowfall
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves went on trial Monday a year after he was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulted a young woman at a Barcelona nightclub in December 2022. The 40-year-old Alves denies any wrongdoing. The trial is scheduled to run through Wednesday at a Barcelona
Continue ReadingBy KAVISH HARJAI Associated Press President Joe Biden recently traveled to North Carolina to promote his goal of affordable internet access for all Americans, but the promise for 23 million families across the U.S. is on shaky ground. That’s because a subsidy that helps people with limited resources afford internet access is set to expire
Continue ReadingBy KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Getting married when you’re an older adult comes with complications: You and your spouse may have assets from years of working, and you may have children from previous relationships. A second marriage may also affect your Social Security benefits if you’re widowed or divorced. You will need to update estate
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — While the U.S. economy is broadly healthy, pockets of Americans have run through their savings and run up their credit card balances after battling inflation for more than two years. Experts worry that members of these groups — mostly lower- and middle-income Americans, who tend
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — Rome police have arrested 14 migrants from nine countries for alleged involvement in unrest in a repatriation center following the death of a migrant from the African nation of Guinea. Police said Monday that migrants in the center began setting mattresses on fire after the body was discovered, then proceeded to knock
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG and MATT OTT Associated Press Wall Street inched lower before the bell on Monday while Treasury yields touched one-month highs as worries grew about the possibility that the Federal Reserve might not start cutting interest until later in the year. Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average each
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Dutch parent of pioneering Russian tech company Yandex is selling its operations in the country at a steeply discounted price of just over $5 billion to its Russia-based managers and oil company Lukoil. It’s one of the biggest deals for Western-held companies to exit
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spain’s marine rescue service says more than 1,000 migrants from sub-Saharan countries have arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands in 18 boats in the past three days. A body was found in one of the boats. The archipelago off northwest Africa has seen a surge in migrant arrivals in recent weeks as more
Continue ReadingBy RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is holding parliamentary elections this week but many voters are disillusioned and wonder if the balloting can bring any real change in a country mired in political feuding, a seemingly intractable economic crisis and resurgent militancy. Forty-four political parties will compete on Thursday for a share
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The leaders of Japan and Italy say they will bolster their cooperation in security and defense, including their joint next-generation fighter jet development with Britain. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni on Monday and welcomed Italy’s move to increase its presence in
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The head of the United Nations refugee agency says Europe may have to deal with a new flow of Sudanese migrants if a cease-fire agreement isn’t signed soon between Sudan’s warring sides and relief efforts aren’t strengthened. Filippo Grandi also told The Associated Press that conflicts
Continue ReadingBy David Shortell, Stefano Pozzebon and Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele is headed for what appears to be a landslide victory in the presidential election, with more than 70% of the votes counted as of Monday, according to preliminary results from the country’s Supreme Electoral Court (TSE). His party is enjoying a
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY and MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Voters in El Salvador appeared to give Nayib Bukele a second term as president, but a troubled vote tally delayed results in an election that for many hinged on the tradeoff of curtailed civil liberties for security in a country once
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Lowitja O’Donoghue, one of the most respected and influential Aboriginal activists in Australian history, has died at age 91. O’Donoghue, who passed away surrounded by her family on Sunday in Adelaide, dedicated her life to fighting for the health and rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. She
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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — When wildfire ripped through Hawaii’s Maui last August, the impact was devastating: a whole town reduced to ashes, more than 100 lives lost. The inferno was described as the “largest natural disaster in state history.” But some on Instagram suggested, without evidence, there was something much more nefarious at
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