By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Union’s executive body raised its economic growth forecast, saying Europe had dodged a winter recession that was feared amid an energy crisis. But stubbornly high inflation is likely to keep hurting the economy by sapping people’s ability to spend. In a spring forecast Monday,
Continue Reading By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Thousands of government supporters in Pakistan are calling on the country’s top judge to resign for ordering the release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, whose dramatic arrest last week sparked deadly nationwide clashes. An estimated 20,000 demonstrators gathered in the capital, Islamabad, on Monday to protest
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Just in time for the summer dining season, the U.S. government has given its blessing to restaurants that want to allow pet dogs in their outdoor spaces. But even though nearly half of states already allow canine dining outdoors, the issue is far from settled, with many diners and
Continue Reading By SUZAN FRASER and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish election officials said Monday that in two weeks conservative President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will face his main rival in a runoff that will decide who leads a country struggling with sky-high inflation as it plays a key role in the Middle East
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in Britain Monday on his whirlwind European tour, as the staunch ally of Kyiv promised to give Ukraine hundreds more missiles and attack drones in an effort to change the course of the war. Zelenskyy landed by helicopter at Chequers,
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese envoy is preparing to visit Ukraine and Russia, but there appeared to be little chance of a breakthrough to end the 15-month-long invasion. Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s government says it is neutral but has given Moscow political and diplomatic support. Beijing released a proposed peace plan in February, but that
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press DUNKIRK, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has ambitions to build factories to boost job creation and make his country’s economy more independent. It’s a big challenge, as France reels from protracted protests, rising food and energy prices and other fallout from the Ukraine war. Macron is wooing
Continue Reading RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian Health officials say Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank. Monday’s death was the latest in a spiral of violence that has rocked the region. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the 22-year-old was killed after being shot in the chest in the flashpoint
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — In a modern conservation laboratory on the grounds of the former Auschwitz camp, a man wearing blue rubber gloves uses a scalpel to scrape away rust from the eyelets of small brown shoes worn by children before they were murdered in gas chambers. Colleagues at the
Continue Reading By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In a vertical city like New York, any serious effort to address climate change has to focus on the greenhouse gas emissions caused by buildings. In large part, that means emissions released from giant boilers that heat water for people’s showers, sinks and radiators. The
Continue Reading By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In a vertical city like New York, any serious effort to address climate change has to focus on the greenhouse gas emissions caused by buildings. Mainly that means emissions released from giant boilers that heat water for people’s showers, sinks and radiators. The boilers generally
Continue Reading EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Vegas Golden Knights are back in familiar territory in the Western Conference final. Jonathan Marchessault scored three goals for his second career postseason hat trick as the Golden Knights beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 in Game 6 of their second-round series on Sunday night to reach the semifinal round for
Continue Reading SYDNEY (AP) — Searchers have found what appear to be pieces of the wetsuit and surfboard belonging to a 46-year-old surfer who was attacked by a shark off South Australia’s coast, and police said they were continuing to search for his remains Monday. School teacher Simon Baccanello was attacked Saturday while surfing with others near
Continue Reading By REBECCA SANTANA and RICK GENTILO Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A passenger walks up to an airport security checkpoint, slips an ID card into a slot and looks into a camera atop a small screen. The screen flashes “Photo Complete” and the person walks through — all without having to hand over their identification
Continue Reading By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kehinde Wiley was already well into his influential art career when his portrait of Barack Obama — arms crossed, perched on a chair amid brilliant foliage — was unveiled in 2018. But there’s no doubt it changed the artist’s life. Here’s one way he describes
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Biden administration officials on Monday sought to dispel worries they want to exclude oil drilling, livestock grazing and other activities from vast government-owned lands, as they faced pushback from Republicans and ranchers and over a contentious proposal to put conservation on equal footing with industry. The
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is urging the United Nations to suspend Israel’s membership in the U.N. unless it implements resolutions establishing separate Jewish and Arab states and the return of Palestinian refugees. Abbas spoke Monday during the first official U.N. commemoration of the flight of
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Off-year elections on Tuesday in Kentucky and Pennsylvania could send early signals about the mood of voters ahead of next year’s races for the White House and Congress. The Kentucky governor’s race is a table-setter for what should be a bruising general election contest. Republican voters
Continue Reading By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — With other state lawmakers seated around her in the Ohio House, Democratic state Rep. Tavia Galonski got to her feet and began to loudly chant, “One person, one vote!” The former Teamster’s cry spread quickly through the visitors gallery, then began to rise from the
Continue Reading By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — As a citizen of the Quapaw Nation, Ahnili Johnson-Jennings has always seen Dartmouth College as the university for Native American students. Her father graduated from the school, founded in 1769 to educate Native Americans, and she had come to rely on its network of students, professors and
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