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By MUNIR AHMED and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nation’s top human rights body expressed concern over the “pattern of harassment” against members of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party ahead of this week’s parliamentary election. During a news briefing in Geneva on Tuesday, Liz Throssell, spokesperson for the U.N. High Commissioner
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW WILKS and MEHMET GUZEL Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Two people have attacked Turkey’s most well-known courthouse before being shot dead. Authorities allege the assailants were part of an extremist organization that had been largely inactive in recent years. The interior minister says the man and woman tried to attack a security checkpoint
Continue ReadingBy BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan Cabinet minister has resigned after being arrested in a scandal over the government’s alleged purchase of counterfeit drugs during the country’s economic crisis. The government confirmed on Tuesday that Environment Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, who previously was health minister, has resigned. He was
Continue ReadingBy MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Small business acquisition rates were up and down last year, reflecting the increase in interest rates that threw a chill into the market. But a strong fourth quarter, helped by a signal from the Federal Reserve that it was done raising interest rates, could bode
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At least one woman suffered major injuries in a traffic collision on Interstate 10 in Desert Hot Springs early Tuesday morning when police say a big rig semi rolled onto the vehicle she was driving. The wreck was reported on the freeway’s eastbound lanes at 12:15 a.m. near the I-10 Gene Autry interchange. Three of the four eastbound
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry arrived at his father King Charles III’s London residence on Tuesday, British media reported, a day after the monarch announced he has cancer. The king’s younger son was photographed being driven into Clarence House, near Buckingham Palace, after flying to London from Los Angeles. The
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump can face trial on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election, sharply rejecting the former president’s claims that he is immune from prosecution while setting the stage for additional
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s authorities have called for caution over what they described as “veiled threats” against their citizens living in South Africa before both countries meet in an Africa Cup of Nations semifinal. Both countries already have endured a yearslong rivalry, more so because they have Africa’s biggest
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Eli Lilly rode soaring demand for diabetes and weight-loss treatments to a better-than-expected finish in 2023, and the drugmaker expects momentum to carry into the new year. Lilly said on Tuesday that revenue could climb as much as 22% this year, as newer products like the diabetes drug Mounjaro
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, Katelyn Polantz and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution for alleged crimes he committed during his presidency to reverse the 2020 election results, a federal appeals court said Tuesday. The ruling is a major blow to Trump’s key defense thus far in
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Norwegian newspaper says a Russian man who reportedly defected from a high-ranking position in the Wagner Group has been given permission to stay in Norway but was refused permanent asylum. The lawyer for Andrey Medvedev told Dagbladet that his client was granted temporary residence “due to the security risk involved
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The news of King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis has refocused attention on the responsibilities of Britain’s monarch. It also has revived a central question about the country’s centuries-old system of government: What does the king actually do? Under Britain’s constitutional monarchy, the king is head of state
Continue ReadingBy Mayumi Maruyama, Lucas Lilieholm and Jerome Taylor, CNN (CNN) — A pod of at least 10 killer whales appears to be trapped by sea ice off Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, public broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday. Officials from the coastal town of Rausu said they have no way to rescue the orcas, which were first
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street drifted higher through a quiet Tuesday as the bond market calmed down following some sharp swings. The S&P 500 rose 11.42 points, or 0.2%, to 4,954.23 and nearly returned to its all-time high set at the end of last week. The Dow Jones
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Voters in some states will be casting ballots in new congressional districts this year as a result of court rulings. Since the 2022 elections, U.S. House districts have been redrawn in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and North Carolina. New York could be next. A court has given a bipartisan commission
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE, JONATHAN J. COOPER and GABE STERN Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The presidential primary campaign heads west to Nevada this week, where dueling caucuses and primaries are creating confusion among voters but little uncertainty about the expected results. Nikki Haley will run in Tuesday’s Republican primary, which won’t count for
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK, CHRISTOPHER WEBER and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the wettest storms in Southern California history began to ease up on Tuesday after bombarding Los Angeles with nearly half of its seasonal rainfall in just two days. Although the rain was tapering off, forecasters warned of the continuing
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK, CHRISTOPHER WEBER and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the wettest storms in Southern California history began to ease up on Tuesday after bombarding Los Angeles with nearly half of its seasonal rainfall in just two days. Although the rain was tapering off, forecasters warned of the continuing
Continue ReadingVIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — More than 300 people were still missing on Tuesday as wildfires that ravaged central Chile for several days and killed 123 people appeared to be burning themselves out. Authorities were assessing the damage after the fires in Valparaiso, said to be Chile’s deadliest disaster since an earthquake in 2010.
Continue ReadingBy MELINA WALLING Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Ashley Prince and her family have been chasing “normal” for years now. Two years ago, the tornado that whipped through Mayfield peeled the roof off their rental property “like a band-aid.” She and her fiance Dylan watched from inside as the mile-wide storm knocked over the
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