MOSCOW (AP) — The lower house of Russia’s parliament has approved a bill that would allow authorities to confiscate money, valuables and other assets from people convicted of spreading “deliberately false information” about the country’s military. After its swift passage in the State Duma on Wednesday, the bill is now expected to sail through the
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Italy has ramped up its protests over the treatment of an Italian antifascist being held in a Hungarian jail. The protests have become more vocal after images of her appearing chained and shackled at a Budapest court hearing this week sparked outrage in Italy. Ilaria Salis was arrested in Budapest last year
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s central Atlantic coast is battening down as authorities warned that the country could see its most powerful storm in three decades and urged people to stay indoors. Hurricane-force winds are expected to hit the region, as air traffic companies and ferry lines predicted disruptions. Police warned that gusts of 126
Continue ReadingBy Anna Chernova, Christian Edwards and Clare Sebastian, CNN (CNN) — Boris Nadezhdin, an anti-war candidate vying for the Russian presidency, announced Wednesday he had submitted the signatures required to be listed on the presidential election ballot, potentially allowing him to stand against Vladimir Putin in March. Nadezhdin said he had delivered 105,000 signatures, the maximum
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump Wednesday met with Teamsters union leaders and members in Washington as his campaign tries to drive a wedge between President Joe Biden and one of his most loyal constituencies: organized labor. Trump has made appealing to union members, a traditionally Democratic voting bloc, a key part of
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung and Clare Duffy, CNN Washington (CNN) — A group of social media bigwigs was grilled by Congress on Wednesday about the risks their products pose to young people. The chief executives of Meta, TikTok, Snap, Discord and X, formerly known as Twitter, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier Wednesday. The hearing
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Inside the Numbers dives into NFL statistics, streaks and trends each week. For more Inside the Numbers, head here. ___ Few college programs have had as much success or produced as many star players in the NFL as Alabama. Amazingly, there is still something no player who ended
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A Jewish survivor of the Auschwitz death camp has told Germany’s parliament that she is appalled by the rising strength of the far right in the country and increasing antisemitism in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip. Eva Szepesi was born in
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says he plans an EU naval mission in the Red Sea to be launched by Feb. 17. Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen have waged a persistent campaign of drone and missile attacks on commercial ships since the Israel-Hamas war started in October. It has hampered
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Myanmar was a rising star in Southeast Asia before its military seized power three years ago in a takeover that has brought civil strife and a tightening vise of international sanctions, undoing years of progress and leaving the economy 10% smaller than it was in
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Roads around 4th Street in Desert Hot Springs were shut down as police negotiated with a suspect barricaded inside a home. The standoff started as a call of multiple people fighting in the street just before 6:00 p.m. on 4th Street just off of Palm Drive, city spokesperson Doria Wilms told News Channel 3 at
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — The lower house of Russia’s parliament has approved a bill that would allow the confiscation of money, valuables and other assets from those convicted on charges of spreading “deliberately false information” about the country’s military. It’s expected to quickly sail through the upper house and be signed by President Vladimir Putin. Duma
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona and its surrounding in northeastern Spain’s Catalonia region are preparing for tighter water restrictions amid a historic drought that has shrunk reservoirs to record lows. Catalan authorities are expected to declare a drought emergency Thursday for an area that is home to 6 million people
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s aging king, Harald V, is on sick leave until Feb. 2 because of a respiratory infection. The Norwegian palace made the announcement Wednesday. The 86-year-old monarch, who has repeatedly said he has no plans to abdicate unlike his second cousin Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, has been hospitalized several times
Continue ReadingBy MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — The doors close Wednesday on nominations for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, with peace activists connected to the wars in Gaza and Ukraine among the known entries. The Norwegian Nobel Committee keeps the nominations secret, but those with nomination rights sometimes make their picks public. The
Continue ReadingBy DIDI TANG and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Chris Wray is preparing to tell House lawmakers that Chinese government hackers are busily targeting water treatment plants, the electrical grid, transportation systems and other critical infrastructure inside the United States. Wray is appearing Wednesday before a House Select Committee focused on
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez and Lauren Fox, CNN Democrats are doing what three months ago might have seemed unthinkable for the party in an election year: preparing to go on offense on border security. After months of migrant surges at the US southern border and a barrage of GOP attacks against the president and his administration
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday warned that Chinese hackers are preparing to “wreak havoc and cause real-world harm” to the US. “China’s hackers are positioning on American infrastructure in preparation to wreak havoc and cause real-world harm to American citizens and communities, if or when China decides
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French Interior minister Gerald Darmanin said Wednesday that some 300,000 spectators will be able to attend the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympic Games, about half the size of what was originally planned. The giant show on the River Seine on July 26 will mark the first time that an opening ceremony
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran threatened Wednesday to “decisively respond” to any U.S. attack on the Islamic Republic following President Joe Biden’s linking of Tehran to the killing of three U.S. soldiers at a military base in Jordan. The U.S. has signaled it is preparing for retaliatory strikes in the Mideast
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