By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A pro-Palestinian protester threw papers onto an Australian Open court and briefly disrupted a match between Alexander Zverev and Cameron Norrie on Monday before being stopped by other spectators. Olympic champion Zverev said he didn’t feel unsafe but questioned why it took several minutes for
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — A U.N. report says the Taliban are restricting Afghan women’s access to work, travel and healthcare if they are unmarried or don’t have a male guardian, a mahram. The Taliban have banned women from education, most jobs and public spaces like parks since seizing control of Afghanistan in 2021. In its latest
Continue ReadingBy BISWAJEET BANERJEE, SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press AYODHYA, India (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday opened a controversial Hindu temple built on the ruins of a historic mosque in the northern city of Ayodhya, in a political triumph for the populist leader who is seeking to transform the country
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk arrived in Ukraine’s capital Monday for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on how Poland can keep supporting the country’s almost two-year war with Russia and resolve a dispute between the neighboring nations over grain shipments and trucking. Tusk, who returned to
Continue ReadingBY JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese authorities say a truck driving at high speed ran out of control and plunged into a ravine in a southwestern region of the country, killing 18 passengers and injuring more than a score of others. A police officer said the truck was “filled with goods
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s presidential office said Monday it approved a request by the country’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission to extend its term by a year through late-May 2025. Investigators had been calling for more time to examine a broad range of human rights violations linked to
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is taking center stage in the Democrats’ renewed push for abortion rights during this year’s election and she will mark the 51st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling on Monday in Wisconsin. It will be the first in a
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese automaker that cheated on safety tests for decades said Monday it doesn’t expect to resume shipping cars any time soon. The Japanese government ordered a subsidiary of Toyota to halt production of its entire lineup after reports of faked safety test results emerged last year.
Continue ReadingBy RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say four people have been rescued and two died following the crash of a private Russian jet carrying six over the weekend in Afghanistan. The crash on Saturday took place in a mountainous area in Badakhshan province that is home to only several thousand people.
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A union representing many of Germany’s train drivers has called another strike to press its demands for better pay and working hours in a bitter dispute with the country’s state-owned main railway operator. The GDL union says the six-day strike will affect passenger services operated by state-owned Deutsche Bahn from Wednesday until
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — The civil defamation trial of Donald Trump returns on Monday with a verdict likely this week on how much more he owes to former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll. Carroll has to prove that she is entitled to damages from Trump for
Continue ReadingQUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says security forces killed seven militants in a shootout in the country’s volatile southwest near the border with Afghanistan. It says intelligence-based operation was conducted in Zhob district in southwestern Baluchistan province. In a brief statement Monday, it said security forces also recovered munitions after the shootout. Quetta is
Continue ReadingMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A protester threw papers onto an Australian Open court and briefly delayed the fourth-round match between Olympic champion Alexander Zverev and Cameron Norrie of Britain. A person wearing a face mask threw anti-war pamphlets from the stands onto the court behind the baseline during the third set. Ball kids gathered up
Continue ReadingBy Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae and Heather Chen, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Seoul’s police chief has been indicted for negligence over the 2022 crowd crush that killed more than 150 people during Halloween festivities in the popular Itaewon neighborhood that left the nation reeling. South Korean police on Monday confirmed that Kim Kwang-ho, head
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of people were without electricity and hundreds of trains have been canceled after the latest in a wave of winter storms lashed Britain and Ireland with heavy rain and wind gusts of almost 100 miles an hour. The U.K.’s Met Office weather service had issued an unusual blanket wind
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan and Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Millions tuned in across India to watch the opening of a vast Hindu temple on Monday, in a ceremony considered to be the crowning moment for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist ambitions months before he seeks to win a rare third term in elections. The inauguration
Continue ReadingMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It’s the start of quarterfinals at the Australian Open. Novak Djokovic continues his quest for a record 25th Grand Slam singles title, and record-extending 11th at Melbourne Park, when he plays Taylor Fritz in the second match of the afternoon. The top-ranked Djokovic has won all eight of their previous meetings.
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asian markets Monday after Wall Street returned to record heights Friday, while Hong Kong’s benchmark dropped over 2%, hovering near a 15-month low. European markets opened higher. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.2% and the S&P 500 was up
Continue ReadingMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A protestor threw papers onto an Australian Open court and briefly delayed the fourth-round match between Olympic champion Alexander Zverev and Cameron Norrie of Britain. A person wearing a face mask threw anti-war pamphlets from the stands onto the court behind the baseline during the third set. Ball kids gathered up
Continue ReadingBy BISWAJEET BANERJEE and VINEETA DEEPAK Associated Press AYODHYA, India (AP) — About 80 chartered flights have landed at the new international airport of India’s holy city of Ayodhya for Monday’s partial opening of the controversial grand temple for one of Hinduism’s most revered deities, Lord Ram. Ayodhya’s airport can barely accommodate the influx of
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