Month: May 2023

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers are weighing two contentious draft bills. Critics say that the proposed laws on the agenda on Friday violate Poland’s constitution and are clear examples of how the right-wing ruling party is using the law to its own ends. The lower chamber was debating a

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Local media in Kosovo are reporting that Small groups of ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo have clashed with police while trying to block the entrance of the municipal buildings to prevent recently-elected officials from entering them. Police fired tear gas and several cars

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A human rights group says a Uyghur student has been missing in Hong Kong for more than two weeks since he sent a message saying he was being interrogated by Chinese police at the city’s airport. Amnesty International says Abuduwaili Abudureheman, who was born in Xinjiang

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former special counsel John Durham is scheduled to testify before a House committee next month about his recently completed report on the FBI’s investigation of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Durham is due to appear on June 20 in a closed-door session with the

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court has opened a judicial investigation into an alleged hate crime perpetrated by the three people arrested this week for racially abusing Real Madrid player Vinícius Júnior during a game. Vinícius was subjected to racist taunts on Sunday in Valencia at Mestalla Stadium. The Valencia-based court says Vinícius will be

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills is pumping the brakes on a paid family and medical leave proposal promoted by her fellow Democrats. The Mills administration wants the plan changed to reduce the burden on businesses. Her deputy chief of staff, Elise Baldacci, says it’s important to balance the “disparate needs of Maine

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief says he would be prepared to see the British economy slip back into recession if further interest rate hikes are necessary to bring down inflation. Following higher-than-anticipated inflation figures this week, Jeremy Hunt says it’s necessary to prioritize measures to slow the pace of

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Three people have been convicted in the fatal shooting of a former Indiana University football player who was gunned down during unrest in Indianapolis following the death of George Floyd. Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears announced Friday that Marcus Anderson, Alijah Jones and Nakeyah Shields were found guilty of murder and multiple

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man who drove the car that helped pull down the statue of a Civil War hero and abolitionist outside of the Wisconsin state Capitol during a night of protests in 2020 has been sentenced to six months in jail. The statute of Hans Christian Heg was toppled and beheaded during

By ELISE RYAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift has been breaking records and delighting fans on the U.S. leg of her Eras Tour, a splashy celebration of her career and new releases since the pandemic. It’s become a notoriously tough ticket to get. But on the second floor of the Museum of

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis skipped meetings Friday because he was running a fever, the Vatican said. There were no details about how sick Francis was. The last time he spiked a serious fever, in March, the 86-year-old pontiff was rushed to the hospital where he was diagnosed with

BEIRUT (AP) — The World Bank has approved a $300 million additional financing to Lebanon’s poor, giving cash to families struggling in the country’s historic economic meltdown. The World Bank’s financing announced Friday comes two years after it approved a $246 million loan to Lebanon to provide emergency cash assistance. The World Bank said the

BERLIN (AP) — A German court has convicted a man of attempted arson for a New Year’s Eve incident in which he broke a window at a synagogue in Bavaria, then tried to light a firework and throw it into the building. The district court in Bamberg on Friday sentenced the 22-year-old, who also was

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Riders who were born male will be prevented from racing in British Cycling’s elite female events under a new transgender and non-binary participation policy published by the governing body. New rules for competitive events are due to be implemented this year and will see racing split into “open” and “female” categories.