PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A court in Cambodia has barred three environmental activists from traveling to Sweden next month to receive the prestigious Right Livelihood Award. A copy of a letter from the Phnom Penh Municipal Court’s chief prosecutor said in response to a travel request from the members of the group Mother Nature
Continue ReadingBy BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Tuareg rebels in Mali say they have captured another military base from the army in the country’s north, as fighting intensifies. Attaye Ag Mohamed, spokesman for the Azawad armed movement, says the rebels seized the military base in the city of Bamba between Timbuktu and Gao
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump denounced the civil fraud case over his business practices as a politically motivated “scam” as he arrived defiantly for a trial in the lawsuit, which could cost him control of Trump Tower and other prized properties. “This is a continuation of
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump denounced the civil fraud case over his business practices as a politically motivated “scam” as he arrived defiantly for a trial in the lawsuit, which could cost him control of Trump Tower and other prized properties. “This is a continuation of
Continue ReadingBy MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization has authorized a second malaria vaccine in a decision that could offer countries a cheaper and a more readily available option than the world’s first shot against the parasitic disease. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday the U.N. health agency is
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Emirati president-designate of the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks has called on oil and gas companies to be “central to the solution” to fighting climate change as the industry boosts its production to enjoy rising energy prices. His remarks on Monday
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer Major League Baseball’s playoffs open Tuesday with Toronto at Minnesota, Texas at Tampa Bay, Arizona at Milwaukee and Miami at Philadelphia. Defending champion Houston gets five days off until the Division Series start, as do Atlanta, Baltimore and the Los Angeles Dodgers. There will be a lot of familiar
Continue ReadingOTTAWA, Ill. (AP) — A 104-year-old Chicago woman is hoping to be certified as the oldest person to ever skydive after leaving her walker on the ground and making a tandem jump in northern Illinois. “Age is just a number,” Dorothy Hoffner told a cheering crowd moments after touching the ground Sunday at Skydive Chicago
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) — Border Patrol apprehended more than 200,000 migrants crossing the US-Mexico border unlawfully in September, according to a Homeland Security official, marking the highest total this year and underscoring the ongoing challenges for the Biden administration amid mass migration in the region. Federal authorities are grappling with a new
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court said Monday that it will not take up former Donald Trump lawyer John Eastman’s request to undo a ruling that allowed the House January 6 select committee to access emails he said were shielded by attorney-client privilege. Eastman had asked the Supreme Court to reverse
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The highest mortgage rates in more than two decades are keeping many prospective homebuyers out of the market and discouraging homeowners who locked in ultra-low rates from listing their home for sale. The combination of elevated rates and low home inventory has worsened the affordability
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy, Michelle Watson and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Charlotte Sena, the 9-year-old girl who went missing while on a camping trip at a New York state park two days ago, has been found safe and a suspect has been detained, authorities said Monday evening. Before she was found, Charlotte’s parents received a
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Government officials say a new inspection has been ordered at the stadium that hosted the 2004 Athens Olympics after rust was found along the iconic arched roof. The site was forced to close. The 70,000-seat Olympic Stadium and nearby Olympic Velodrome are covered by white-ribbed steel
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s name isn’t on the ballot in 2023. But you wouldn’t know it from campaigns Republican candidates for governor are running in Kentucky and Mississippi. The Republican nominees are Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron and first-term Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves.
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s president has asked the leader of the winning party in the country’s parliamentary election to try to form a coalition government. Populist former Prime Minister Robert Fico and his leftist Smer party captured 22.9% of the vote on Saturday. It will have 42 seats in the 150-seat Parliament. If he
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting Monday as the constrictor of higher interest rates tightens its coils around Wall Street. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in early trading, coming off its worst month of the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 17 points, or 0.1%, at 33,490, as of 9:35
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court said Monday that it will not take up a longshot challenge to Donald Trump’s eligibility to run for president because of his alleged role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. The case was brought by John Anthony Castro, a little-known candidate
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump showed up on Monday for a trial in a lawsuit that could cost him control of Trump Tower and other prized properties, after vowing to defend his reputation in a case he calls “a sham.” Trump, who built his political career
Continue ReadingCNN, WGRB By Steve Almasy, Michelle Watson and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Charlotte Sena, the 9-year-old girl who went missing while on a camping trip at a New York state park two days ago, has been found safe and a suspect has been detained, authorities said Monday evening. Before she was found, Charlotte’s parents
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas and two of her teammates on Spain’s women’s national team have appeared before a judge as witnesses in the investigation of former soccer federation president Luis Rubiales for kissing a player on the lips. Putellas, Irene Paredes and Misa Rodríguez all answered questions from the judge
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