KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that he has begun a visit to Saudi Arabia where Arab leaders are holding a summit. Zelenskyy said in a tweet Friday that his aim is to “enhance bilateral relations and Ukraine’s ties with the Arab world.” Among other topics he mentioned were Russia’s annexation
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government has unveiled its long-awaited semiconductor strategy. It’s catching up with similar efforts by Western allies seeking to reduce reliance on Asian production of the computer chips in everything from smartphones to washing machines. Under the U.K. plan revealed Friday, the country’s semiconductor industry will get up to $1.2 billion in
Continue Reading MORAINE, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio say a man was killed and a second victim was wounded in a shooting at an auto plant Thursday night. Police Sgt. Andrew Parish says police and firefighters responded just after 9 p.m. to a report of an active shooter at the facility in Moraine operated by DMAX
Continue Reading By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia is hosting an Arab League summit that is welcoming back Syrian President Bashar Assad after a 12-year suspension from the league. The summit on Friday also saw a surprise visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to rally support against Russia. Russian airstrikes have
Continue Reading By PAOLO SANTALUCIA, SETH BORENSTEIN and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Climate experts say the floods that sent rivers of mud tearing through towns in Italy’s northeast this week are the result of extreme weather phenomena that are becoming increasingly frequent around the world. That includes prolonged periods of drought punctuated by intense
Continue Reading By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The official death toll from the powerful cyclone that struck Myanmar has burgeoned to at least 145, including 117 members of the Muslim Rohingya minority, state television reported Friday. It said the figure applied to the western state of Rakhine, where Cyclone Mocha did the most damage,
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(CNN/KYMA, KECY) – The Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug to treat symptoms of menopause. Veozah treats hot flashes and night sweats by blocking receptors in the brain that play a role in regulating body temperature. Women with a higher risk of stroke, heart attacks or some types of cancer are sometimes advised
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Holding this week’s Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, the site of the world’s first atomic bomb attack, is an attempt by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to promote an anti-nuclear message. For many survivors, it’s also a rare — and possibly final — chance to demonstrate
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(CNN/KYMA, KECY) – A panel of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted to grant accelerated approval to an experimental gene therapy. SRP-9001 treats Duchenne muscular dystrophy in a single dose. However, it hasn’t been clinically proven and the FDA has expressed safety concerns. But, parents of children who have received it got
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(CNN/KYMA, KECY) – Researchers with DBV Technologies said an experimental skin-patch to treat peanut allergies is showing some promise. Scientists tested the ‘Viaskin peanut patch’ on more than 350 toddlers. The patch features the equivalent of one-one thousandth of a peanut. After a year, two-thirds of the children with a less sensitive peanut allergy could
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(CNN/KYMA, KECY) – Ford is releasing this truck in the United States that’s already pretty familiar to people in other countries. The mid-size ‘Ranger’ is sold is more than 180 global markets; and is a best-seller in 17 of them. It’s smaller than Ford’s big F-10 trucks that are top dogs domestically, but larger than
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting lower Friday, but it’s still heading for its best week since March. The S&P 500 was 0.1% lower in late trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 82 points, or 0.2%, at 33,454, as of 3 p.m. Eastern time, while
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It’s the beginning of a new era for Arizona Western, Cibola’s Rori Hoffmeyer makes the next step in her basketball career, and a special night for local Special Olympics athletes, all in Thursday’s sportscast
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has executed three men accused of deadly violence during last year’s anti-government protests despite objections from human rights groups. The judiciary’s website, announced the executions of three men early on Friday. Authorities say they killed a police officer and two members of the paramilitary Basij group in Isfahan
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk beat Frederik Andersen in the final seconds of the fourth overtime to give the Florida Panthers a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes early Friday in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final. Tkachuck took a feed from Sam Bennett after Florida won
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Police shocked a 95-year-old woman with a stun gun as she approached them with a walking frame and a steak knife in an Australian nursing home, sending her to the hospital. The extraordinary police takedown of Clare Nowland, who has dementia, on Wednesday has prompted a
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Athletes and officers came together in an event everyone was more than happy to participate in
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Echoing the crackdown on freedoms in neighboring Hong Kong, the former Portuguese colony of Macao has revised its legal system to face “new adverse challenges in terms of national security.” The government of the tiny enclave, heavily dependent on its gambling industry, said changes to the Law on Safeguarding National Security are
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From the black and gold to the navy blue and orange – Rori Hoffmeyer will put on a new jersey in the fall after signing with Pima Community College.
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has promised to build more railway and other trade links with Central Asia and proposed jointly developing oil and gas sources at a meeting with the region’s leaders that highlighted Beijing’s growing influence. The two-day China-Central Asia Summit in the western city of Xi’an came as President Joe
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