By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A prominent Irish nun says women’s voices are being heard at Pope Francis’ big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church. Sister Patricia Murray is executive secretary of the main umbrella group of women’s religious orders. She provided an update Monday on the status of discussions
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer IOC president Thomas Bach says presidential term limits “are necessary.” He also took a public swipe at potential successor Sebastian Coe because some colleagues think he is campaigning too early. Bach spoke one day after some International Olympic Committee members urged him to stay as their leader for four
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders will hold an emergency summit on Tuesday as concern mounts that the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas could fuel inter-communal tensions in Europe and bring more refugees in search of sanctuary. The leaders will also attempt to
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — France defender Jean-Clair Todibo has apologized after he was filmed laughing during a a minute’s silence in memory of the victims of the war between Israel and Hamas. The minute’s silence also paid tribute to a teacher killed in France by a suspected extremist and was held before France’s 2-1 win over
Continue ReadingCNN, WBBM By Holly Yan, Brad Parks, Lauren Mascarenhas and Virginia Langmaid, CNN Joliet, Illinois (CNN) — Loved ones and strangers united in grief Monday at the funeral of a 6-year-old Chicago-area boy who was killed because he was Muslim, officials say. Wadea Al Fayoume was stabbed 26 times Saturday by his family’s landlord in
Continue ReadingEUREKA, Calif. (AP) — Several earthquakes shook the far northern coast region of California early Monday but authorities received no reports of harm from the jolts. A magnitude 4.8 quake struck beneath wilderness 33.7 miles (54.4 kilometers) south of the city of Eureka at 3:20 a.m., the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was followed by
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has criticized Russia’s announcement that it’s joining China in banning the imports of Japanese seafood in response to the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant. Russia said it will start implementing import restrictions on Japanese seafood on Monday, nearly two
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal prosecutor on Monday pressed the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s election interference case in Washington to impose a gag order aimed at reining in the former president’s diatribes against likely witnesses and others, saying the restrictions would not impact his
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are rising Monday as some of last week’s moves driven by worries about war in the Middle East unwind. The S&P 500 was 1.1% higher in late trading and on track for its best day since the Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Martti Ahtisaari, the former president of Finland and global peace broker who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 for his work to resolve international conflicts, died Monday. He was 86. The foundation he created for preventing and resolving violent conflicts said in a statement it
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford has called on autoworkers to come together and end a monthlong strike that he says could cost the company the ability to invest in the future. In a rare speech during contract talks in Dearborn, Michigan, Ford said high
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, David Wright and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is dominating GOP primary fundraising as the White House race barrels toward the first nominating contests of 2024, with the former president raising donations at an accelerating pace and building the financial cushion to swamp his rivals on the airwaves and
Continue ReadingBy SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Commercial operations have begun at Cambodia’s newest and biggest airport, designed to serve as an upgraded gateway to the country’s major tourist attraction, the centuries-old Angkor Wat temple complex in the northwestern province of Siem Reap. The Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport was built at a
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Donald Trump are in court in Washington on Monday as a judge considers a proposed gag order aimed at reining in the former president’s diatribes against likely witnesses and others in his 2020 election interference case
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The lawyer representing 184 former Facebook content moderators based in Kenya who have sued the site’s parent company, Meta, over working conditions and pay has told the judge that Meta was not sincere in trying to reach an out-of-court settlement as agreed in the last court
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott expressed relief in saying initial tests indicate Damien Harris is trending in a positive direction after a neck injury led to the running back being taken by ambulance to the hospital. McDermott said Harris has full movement in providing
Continue ReadingBy LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Leaders from the European Union offered a new growth plan to the Western Balkans that opens some access to the EU single market while asking for deep-rooted reforms ahead of membership in the bloc for the six countries. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen outlined
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected North Carolina’s appeal in a dispute with animal rights groups over a law aimed at preventing undercover employees at farms and other workplaces from taking documents or recording video. The justices Monday left in place a legal victory for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in
Continue ReadingMUMBAI, India (AP) — Cricket’s return to the Olympic program for the 2028 Los Angeles Games drew an enthusiastic response from around the world. Cricket, a bat-and-ball game that is hugely popular in south Asia, was one of five sports added to the LA Games by the International Olympic Committee on Monday. Flag football, baseball-softball,
Continue ReadingMUMBAI, India (AP) — Cricket’s return to the Olympic program for the 2028 Los Angeles Games drew an enthusiastic response from around the world. Cricket, a bat-and-ball game that is hugely popular in south Asia, was one of five sports added to the LA Games by the International Olympic Committee on Monday. Flag football, baseball-softball,
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