PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia television station says a news helicopter has crashed in New Jersey, killing both the pilot and photographer on board. WPVI-TV says a pilot and photographer from its news team were in the helicopter when it went down about 8 p.m. Tuesday in Burlington County’s Washington Township. The helicopter was returning
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — Low-cost airlines Ryanair and Malta Air have won a court case against the European Union’s decision to approve billions of euros in state aid by the French government to holding company Air France-KLM during the COVID-19 pandemic. The European General Court ruling came on Wednesday. Ryanair has filed several court challenges against
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas’ top leader traveled to Cairo on Wednesday for talks on the war in Gaza, part of a flurry of diplomacy aimed at securing another cease-fire and hostage swap at a moment when the militant group is putting up stiff resistance
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch bank ING says it is accelerating its phasing out of funding for oil and gas exploration and production activities while it increases financing for renewable energy. The ING announcement Wednesday comes a week after nearly 200 countries at the COP28 climate meeting in Dubai agreed to move away from
Continue ReadingBy Mike Valerio and Amber Sumpter, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Dividing time between his parish and his police family in the City of Angels, there’s a monsignor with a motorcycle, a man who’s both devoted to God – and a devotee of Harleys. Monsignor Frank Hicks revs the engine of his 2002 Harley Davidson
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s harsh rhetoric and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s contentious new law have reignited Republican efforts to make border security the focus of the 2024 election – elevating the fight over immigration policy to new heights. The renewed focus on immigration comes at a politically sensitive moment for President Joe Biden, who is negotiating a
Continue ReadingNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia and Egypt say the latest round of yearslong negotiations to find an agreement over a highly contentious hydroelectric dam Ethiopia has built on the Nile’s main tributary ended with no deal. The countries blamed each other after three days of talks in Addis Ababa ended on Tuesday. Sudan was also
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee and Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden has privately flashed impatience to his senior advisers as his White House struggles to change public opinion on his economic record ahead of the 2024 election, expressing deep frustration that he can’t show off physical construction of many projects that his signature legislative accomplishments will fund. The president is
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has lost in his legal attempt to overturn sanctions imposed by the European Union for his role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Abramovich had filed a lawsuit at the EU’s general court against the European Union Council, which imposed sanctions on
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will use a visit to Milwaukee to highlight a surge in federal support for Black and Latino-owned businesses. Under Biden, the Small Business Administration says it has more than doubled the number of loans to Black-owned small businesses. Biden picked a key 2024 battleground state
Continue ReadingBy Curt Devine, Audrey Ash, Allison Gordon, Daniel Strauss and Jason Carroll, CNN (CNN) — The Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference often lures a who’s who of GOP power players to Michigan. Wealthy donors shake hands with presidential candidates, who give rousing speeches to packed audiences in hopes of winning the conference’s straw poll. The event is typically
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s federal prosecutor has filed a motion for asset forfeiture concerning more than 720 million euros or $789 million of frozen Russian money. The prosecutor’s office said Wednesday that the aim of the motion which was filed on July 7 is to seize the money deposited by a Russian financial institution into
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court has ordered the governor of Okinawa to approve the central government’s modified plan for landfill work at the planned relocation site of a key U.S. military base on the southern island despite persistent local opposition. The decision will move forward the suspended construction at
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas’ top leader arrived in Cairo on Wednesday for talks on the war in Gaza, where the militant group is putting up stiff resistance after more than 10 weeks of heavy Israeli bombardment and fierce urban combat that has killed nearly
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Doctors in the early stages of their careers in England started a 72-hour strike Wednesday in their long-running dispute with the British government over pay levels. Patients in Britain’s state-owned National Health Service have been warned that there will be “significant disruption,” with thousands of appointments and
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN London (CNN) — On the roof of the O2 Arena, one of London’s largest indoor venues, there’s a small cluster of very peculiar wind turbines. They look nothing like the tall, imposing ones that are increasingly deployed both inland and offshore around the world — at less than six feet (1.8
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — The French parliament has approved a divisive immigration bill intended to strengthen France’s ability to deport foreigners considered undesirable. The vote prompted a heated debate after the far-right decided to back the measure. The bill passed the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, with a 349-186 vote late Tuesday. It had
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press World shares advanced on Wednesday after Wall Street ticked higher amid hopes that Japan’s moves to keep interest rates easy for investors could augur similar trends in the rest of the world. The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials were both virtually unchanged. U.K. inflation in November unexpectedly
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas’ top leader arrived in Cairo on Wednesday for talks on the war in Gaza, the militant group said in a statement. The visit by Ismail Haniyeh came a day after Hamas fired rockets that set off air raid sirens in
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States has flown a long-range bomber for joint drills with South Korea and Japan in a show of force against North Korea. The B-1B bomber’s flyover on Wednesday comes days after North Korea performed its first intercontinental ballistic missile test in five months.
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