By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Analysts say that Pakistan’s crackdown on undocumented migrants risks radicalizing Afghans who have been forced out of the country. More than 250,000 Afghans have left Pakistan in recent weeks as the government rounds up, arrests and kicks out foreigners who it says are in the country illegally.
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German police say a student with a weapon is suspected of having injured another student at a school in the country’s southwest. German news agency dpa says the suspect, a teenager, was detained as part of a large-scale police operation in the town of Offenburg. The injured student was treated by emergency
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer Slightly fewer Americans applied for jobless claims last week, further indicating that the labor market remains strong in an era of high interest rates. The Labor Department reported Thursday that applications for unemployment benefits fell by 3,000 to 217,000 for the week ending Nov. 4. Jobless claim applications are
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s interior minister on Thursday accused the country’s largest police force of being more lenient toward pro-Palestinian demonstrators than other groups, deepening a political feud sparked by the Israel-Hamas war. In a highly unusual attack on the police, Home Secretary Suella Braverman said London’s Metropolitan Police force
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s military government has charged that a major offensive in the country’s northeast by an alliance of armed ethnic minority organizations was funded in part by profits earned by one of the groups from the region’s lucrative drug trade. A state-run newspaper reported that
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Davyd Booth believes strongly that people everywhere are the same and that music touches the heart of everyone. The 73-year-old violinist returned to China this week with 13 fellow members from the Philadelphia Orchestra to mark the 50th anniversary of the orchestra’s first visit and carry on
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German police say a student with a weapon is suspected of having injured a person at a school in the country’s southwest. German news agency dpa says the suspect, a teenager, was detained as part of a large-scale police operation in the town of Offenburg. The injured man was treated by emergency
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street was pointed toward small gains before the bell Thursday as markets recalibrate following recent big swings. Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average each edged 0.1% higher before markets opened. A dearth of fresh economic data and few high-profile earnings
Continue ReadingBy DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India — and for Hindus in particular. It is celebrated across faiths by more than a billion people in the world’s most populous nation and the diaspora. Over five days, people take part in festive gatherings, fireworks displays, feasts and
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes pounded Gaza City overnight into Thursday as ground forces battled Hamas militants in dense urban neighborhoods near a hospital where tens of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering. Gaza’s largest city is the focus of Israel’s campaign to
Continue ReadingBy FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The U.S. ambassador has urged Kosovo’s government to proceed with establishing an association of its Serb majority towns in order to unblock European Union-facilitated normalization talks with Serbia. U.S. Ambassador Jeffrey M. Hovenier said “there is no reason for the government of Kosovo
Continue ReadingBy DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president has signed a controversial bill that earmarks $6.1 million for a presidential yacht and millions more for sport utility vehicles for his wife and other top government officials. Bola Tinubu’s signature on Wednesday came despite widespread anger and criticism over the move in a
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, Kosta Gak and Mariya Knight, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — A Russian missile struck a cargo ship as it docked in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa, killing the pilot and injuring four others, Ukrainian officials said. Ukraine’s southern military command said a Russian tactical aircraft in the Black Sea launched an
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A Belmont University freshman has died after being hit in the head by a stray bullet while walking on a trail near the Nashville campus, officials said. Jillian Ludwig, 18, was shot Tuesday afternoon as she walked on a track in Edgehill Memorial Gardens Park, the Metropolitan Nashville Police
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s interior minister on Thursday accused the country’s largest police force of being more lenient toward pro-Palestinian demonstrators than other groups, deepening a political feud sparked by the Israel-Hamas war. In a highly unusual attack on the police, Home Secretary Suella Braverman said London’s Metropolitan Police force
Continue ReadingBy Jack Forrest and Jeffrey Kopp, CNN (CNN) — A defense attorney for David DePape admitted that her client attacked the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, but argued during the first day of the federal trial against him that his motivation for the assault did not match the charges against him. Jodi Linker,
Continue ReadingBy RANDA KRISS of NerdWallet Mistakes during the holiday season can be detrimental to a business’s bottom line — but small-business owners still have time to put themselves in the best position for success. To avoid common holiday mistakes, business owners should plan ahead and use historical data to anticipate their seasonal needs. They should
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — A new ruling by the Vatican’s doctrine department has opened the door to Catholic baptism for transgender people and babies of same-sex couples. The new rules, dated October 31, come from a set of questions, or dubia, submitted to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Apple might end up on the hook after all for billions of euros in back taxes to Ireland in the latest twist in a longrunning European Union dispute, following a legal opinion Thursday from an adviser to the bloc’s top court. A lower court’s decision that
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian port of Odesa has hit a Liberian-flagged freighter, killing a port worker and wounding another, as well as three citizens of the Philippines, crew members on the ship. Thursday’s report from Ukraine’s armed forces did not name the vessel or its ownership, but infrastructure
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