Month: May 2023

BERLIN (AP) — Germany has given final approval for a Chinese company to take a significant minority stake in the operator of a container terminal at the Hamburg port. The deal was crafted following concerns that a larger buy-in might pose a national security risk. The government said on Wednesday that it would abide by

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House next month. Biden is aiming to court an Indo-Pacific leader with whom he’s sought stronger ties at a time when the United States looks to blunt China’s growing assertiveness in

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Vermont’s Republican governor has signed abortion and gender affirming shield bills into law that are the first in the country to include protecting access to a medication widely used in abortions even if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration withdraws its approval of the pill, mifepristone. The legislation protects providers

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government has scrapped plan to remove all remaining EU laws from British statute books by the end of this year. Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch said Wednesday that the government would instead draw up a list of about 600 specific laws that would be revoked. Critics

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer For two decades, scientists have been comparing every person’s full set of DNA they study to a template that relies mostly on genetic material from one man affectionately known as “the guy from Buffalo.” But they’ve long known that this template for comparison, or “reference genome,” has serious limits

NEW YORK (AP) — Fiction from such prize-winning authors as Jonathan Lethem, Lauren Groff, and Sigrid Nunez as well as a biography of the late Rep. John Lewis are among the upcoming works excerpted in a free e-book compilation published Wednesday. “Buzz Books 2023: Fall/Winter,” released by the industry newsletter Publishers Lunch, includes dozens of

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The head of the Church of England has made a rare intervention in Parliament to condemn the British government’s controversial migration bill, calling the policy “isolationist, morally unacceptable and politically impractical.” Addressing the House of Lords, Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, condemned the Illegal Migration Bill

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Almost everyone knows Steve Jobs’ uncanny vision, relentless drive and technological wizardry hatched the iPhone, a breakthrough that continues to reshape culture 16 years after the late Apple co-founder introduced the device to the world. But when Jobs unveiled the first iPhone in 2007, another smartphone was the must-have

MADRID (AP) — Spain plans to ban outdoor work during periods of extreme heat. Second Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz told reporters Wednesday that the government will modify occupational risk legislation to prohibit outdoor work when the weather agency issues red or orange alerts. The agency frequently issues such alerts when temperature increases pose a