By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Within hours of the horrific attack by Hamas, the U.S. began moving warships and aircraft to the region to be ready to provide Israel with whatever it needs to respond. A second U.S. carrier strike group departed Norfolk, Virginia, for the region on Friday. Scores of aircraft
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH KRAUSS and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians lined up outside bakeries and grocery stores in Gaza on Thursday after spending the night surrounded by the ruins of pulverized neighborhoods darkened by a near-total power outage. Israel launched new airstrikes and said it was preparing for a possible ground invasion. International
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has admitted fraud at a court hearing after prosecutors charged him with failing to declare millions of dollars held in a trust in Singapore to Britain’s government. The 92-year-old billionaire appeared at Southwark Crown Court in central London. Ecclestone headed Formula One racing and controlled the
Continue ReadingHELSINKI (AP) — The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service says Finland’s relationship with Russia has significantly deteriorated due to the Nordic country’s membership in NATO and over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and related sanctions. Moscow now views its western neighbor as a hostile country, the agency, known by the abbreviation SUPO, said. It added in
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk’s social media platform X has removed hundreds of Hamas-linked accounts and taken down or labeled thousands of pieces of content since the militant group’s attack on Israel, according to the CEO of the company formerly known as Twitter. Linda Yaccarino on Thursday outlined efforts
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares mostly rose Thursday as investors awaited the release of U.S. consumer price data and kept a cautious watch on the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. France’s CAC 40 added 0.4% in early trading to 7,161.62. Germany’s DAX rose 0.5% to
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say a former member of communist East Germany’s secret police has been charged with murder over the killing of a Polish national at a border crossing in divided Berlin in 1974. The indictment against the 79-year-old man was filed at the state court in the German capital. It relates to an
Continue ReadingNYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA has postponed Israel’s European Championship qualifying game against host Kosovo on Sunday. The decision by European soccer’s governing body following Hamas’ surprise attack adds to a fixture backlog. UEFA said in a statement Thursday that the game in Pristina cannot be played “because the Israeli authorities currently do not allow
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju, Haley Talbot and Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announced he was dropping out of the speaker’s race Thursday after House Republicans failed to coalesce behind him in the aftermath of Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster. “I just shared with my colleagues that I’m withdrawing
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A Chinese-born journalist has thanked the Australian government for her return to Australia “in one piece” after her three-year detention in China in an espionage case that strained bilateral ties. Cheng Lei’s comments broadcast on Thursday challenged China’s version that she was deported this week under
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government says it will ask a court to revoke the legal status of the Unification Church after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s assassination raised questions about the group’s fundraising and recruitment tactics. Education Minister Masahito Moriyama said the ministry proposed seeking the revocation after interviewing 170
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The Malaysian government has questioned a move by Goldman Sachs to file for arbitration in a dispute connected with the multibillion-dollar looting of a sovereign wealth fund. Johari Abdul Ghani, head of a task force to recover assets lost from fund known as 1MDB, said it was too early for
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany is offering military help to Israel and promising to crack down on support for the militant Hamas group at home following the group’s attack on Israel. Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday underlined Germany’s historical responsibility for Israel’s security. The Defense Ministry said it agreed to an Israeli request to use up
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Talks bitterly broke off between Hollywood actors and studios late Wednesday, killing any hopes that the three-month strike by performers would come to an end anytime soon. The studios announced that they had suspended contract negotiations, saying the gap between the two sides was too
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Talks bitterly broke off between Hollywood actors and studios late Wednesday, killing any hopes that the three-month strike by performers would come to an end anytime soon. The studios announced that they had suspended contract negotiations, saying the gap between the two sides was too
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A kindergarten teacher who gave melatonin gummies to special education students at an elementary school in Humble, Texas, has resigned, school officials said. The Pine Forest Elementary School teacher gave the gummies “to a few of her students,” and the district learned of it on September
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan is closely watching the war in the Middle East sparked by the unprecedented attack on Israel by Hamas militants from Gaza for lessons amid what the self-governing island says is a campaign of intimidation and threats by China. The latest Hamas-Israel conflict has claimed at least 2,400 lives on both
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Dozens of activists in Norway are blocking the entrance to one of the main operators of a wind farm they say hinders the rights of the Sami Indigenous people to raise reindeer. At the center of the dispute are the 151 turbines located in the central Fosen district. The activists say
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam and Tanushree Pandey, CNN (CNN) — Booker Prize-winning Indian author Arundhati Roy could be prosecuted for allegedly seditious comments made over a decade ago, after a top official in Delhi said there was enough evidence to lay charges. Roy rose to international prominence for her novels, including 1997 Booker Prize winner “The
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top automaker Toyota and Idemitsu, a major oil company, say they will cooperate on technology for mass production of solid-state batteries that promise to be a key component in future electric vehicles. The deal, announced Thursday, is an important step for Toyota, which has promised
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