By The Associated Press A Russian-American journalist working for a U.S. government-funded media company has been detained in Russia and charged with failing to register as a foreign agent. Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty editor Alsu Kurmasheva is the second U.S. journalist to be detained in Russia this year. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB and RAVI NESSMAN Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes pounded locations across the Gaza Strip early Thursday, including parts of the south that Israel had declared safe zones, heightening fears among more than 2 million Palestinians trapped in the territory that nowhere was safe. In the
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — A two-state solution to establish an independent Palestine is the “fundamental way out” of the Israel-Hamas conflict, Xi Jinping said Thursday in the Chinese leader’s first public comments on the war since it broke out nearly two weeks ago. “The top priority now is a ceasefire as soon as
Continue ReadingA Russian-American journalist working for a U.S. government-funded media company has been detained in Russia and charged with failing to register as a foreign agent. Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty editor Alsu Kurmasheva is the second U.S. journalist to be detained in Russia this year. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested for alleged spying
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The foreign ministers of Russia and North Korea hailed their countries’ deepening cooperation during talks in Pyongyang on Thursday, days after the United States said the North had transferred munitions to Russia to boost its warfighting capabilities. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov flew to Pyongyang on Wednesday for a two-day trip.
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Five local students were recognized with this month’s “Do the Right Thing” award which is a partnership between Palm Springs Police and News Channel 3. Heyden Rivera Zavala, Daniel Aleman, Antony Varga Ensiso, Jesus Gutierrez, and Alexis Cervantes were all honored at a special ceremony Wednesday at the Palm Springs Police Headquarters. The students were chosen for
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Thousands of noisy, flag-waving political supporters have created a celebratory atmosphere outside Indonesia’s election commission as candidates started registering for next year’s elections. The world’s third-largest democracy is holding legislative and presidential elections on Feb. 14, 2024. Anies Baswedan, an opposition candidate and
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — European Union interior ministers are debating how to manage the impact of the war between Israel and Hamas on the bloc. Thursday’s meeting in Luxembourg comes a day after a firebomb assault on a Berlin synagogue as well as recent killings in Belgium and France by suspected Islamist extremists. Sweden hosted a
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A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Thursday for a former Cathedral City police officer accused of assaulting and harassing a former girlfriend, as well as swiping fentanyl and ingesting it following a drug raid. Claudiu Murzea, 46, of Rancho Cucamonga is charged with making criminal threats, battery on a domestic partner, violating a protective order,
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A group of former U.S. diplomats and representatives of resettlement organizations has asked Pakistan not to deport thousands of Afghans who have been waiting for U.S. visas under an American program that relocates at-risk Afghan refugees fleeing Taliban rule. The appeal in an open letter on Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A Marine suspected of involvement in the death of another Marine was taken into custody at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Wednesday night, the base said in a statement. The incident happened in an on-base barracks room at the US military training facility in the evening before 10:15
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Humanitarian aid supplies destined for Gaza civilians remain in limbo, as concerns rise about the rapidly worsening conditions for the population stuck in the besieged enclave. Multiple sources told CNN on Thursday that the critical Rafah Crossing is no longer expected to open Friday for a
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported its exports climbed 4.3% in September from a year earlier while imports sank 16.3%, leaving a positive balance of 62.4 trillion yen ($410 billion), the first monthly trade surplus in three months. Provisional customs data released Thursday showed strong exports of vehicles and machinery. In Japan’s fiscal first half,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The foreign ministers of Russia and North Korea met Thursday in Pyongyang for talks expected to focus on how to boost their military ties, days after the United States accused the North of sending fresh shipments of munitions to Russia to support its war efforts in Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — The Czech coalition government has survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote over opposition claims that it is mishandling the economy and immigration. Only 85 opposition lawmakers in the 200-seat lower house of Parliament voted on Thursday to dismiss the five-party government led by conservative Prime Minister Petr Fiala. The main opposition centrist ANO party
Continue ReadingRanger Suárez says last year’s World Series loss is on the minds of the Philadelphia Phillies. “We want to complete what we didn’t complete last year, which was to win the World Series,” he said Wednesday about trying to give the Phillies a 3-0 NL Championship Series lead over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Philadelphia swept the
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police are set to provide new details Thursday on their fatal shooting of a man who crashed a car into the Chinese Consulate earlier this month, including releasing new video from the incident. Police scheduled a virtual town hall in the afternoon to update people on the investigation into
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police are set to provide new details Thursday on their fatal shooting of a man who crashed a car into the Chinese Consulate earlier this month, including releasing new video from the incident. Police scheduled a virtual town hall in the afternoon to update people on the investigation into
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Beth Holloway was after one thing for 18 years: answers about what happened to her missing daughter. She said she got them Wednesday when Joran van der Sloot, long considered the chief suspect in her daughter’s 2005 disappearance in Aruba, admitted in submitted court filings to
Continue ReadingCAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — A Marine was killed in a homicide at Camp Lejeune and a second Marine was held on suspicion of being involved, the base said. Base authorities took the Marine into custody about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday after an incident that occurred in a barracks room on the North Carolina base earlier
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