COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s top prosecuting authority says it has approved the extradition of a Danish national accused of involvement in an arms smuggling case in India 28 years ago, but that a court of law must make the final decision. Niels Holck has admitted taking part in dropping assault rifles, rocket launchers and
Continue Reading By GHAITH ALSAYED and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press IDLIB, Syria (AP) — A convoy carrying U.N. aid has entered Syria’s last rebel-held enclave from government-held territory, the first such shipment to cross battle lines since February’s deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. The United Nations says the convoy with humanitarian supplies crossed from
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The governor of Japan’s southern prefecture of Okinawa has called for more diplomatic efforts toward peace on the 78th anniversary of one of World War II’s bloodiest battles. Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki says a new military building on the islands has residents fearing becoming embroiled in regional
Continue Reading By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Pro-government Cambodian lawmakers have unanimously approved changes to the country’s election law that will ban anyone who fails to vote from running as a candidate in future elections. All National Assembly members belong to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party, and critics say the
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament has approved plans to attract more skilled workers to Europe’s biggest economy and help address labor shortages in a growing number of professions. Lawmakers voted on Friday in favor of the legislation, which foresees a “points system” taking into account professional experience and other factors, along the lines of systems
Continue Reading By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Interstate 95 reopened Friday less than two weeks after a deadly collapse in Philadelphia, a quicker-than-expected rebuild to get traffic flowing again on a heavily traveled stretch of the East Coast’s main north-south highway. Workers put the finishing touches on an interim six-lane
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Zion Rose is well aware that the percentage of Black players in Major League Baseball has been on the decline for decades. But the 18-year-old catcher from Chicago, still sweaty from a workout during MLB’s Draft Combine this week at Chase Field in Phoenix, said he’s
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By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Zion Rose is well aware that the percentage of Black U.S. players in Major League Baseball has been on the decline for decades. But the 18-year-old catcher from Chicago, still sweaty from a workout during MLB’s Draft Combine this week at Chase Field in Phoenix, said
Continue Reading By The Associated Press All but one of the 30 of the Major League Baseball teams are hosting Pride Nights this season, most during Pride Month, which celebrates and supports LGBTQ+ culture and rights. The Texas Rangers are the only team without a Pride Night. They say they are committed to making everyone feel welcome
Continue Reading By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Many maternal care doctors in states that have restrictive abortion laws are facing the choice of whether to stay or leave after last year’s Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. The doctors are weighing tough questions about medical ethics, their own families and whether they can provide
Continue Reading By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A gang rampaged through the Cite Soleil slum, killing and raping and setting fire to hundreds of wood-and-tin homes. Forced out of the neighborhood, one family of four lived on the streets of Port-au-Prince until they were struck by a truck as they slept. Two brothers,
Continue Reading By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — When Berlin Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal first talked about his dream of building Germany’s biggest Jewish educational and cultural complex since the Holocaust, most people who heard about the plan were skeptical. But five years after the groundbreaking, Teichtal, a Berlin rabbi and head of the local Chabad
Continue Reading By The Associated Press For months, the outspoken millionaire head of the Wagner private mercenary force bombarded Russia’s military leaders with expletive-ridden insults in a rift that has weakened the country’s forces amid the war in Ukraine. Yevgeny Prigozhin accused them of not providing him with munitions in the key battle for the eastern city
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament has approved the construction of a memorial in Berlin to the Jehovah’s Witnesses persecuted under the Nazis. The country’s culture minister hopes the plan will help end their status as “forgotten victims.” On Thursday evening, lawmakers backed a motion formally calling on the government to support construction of the
Continue Reading By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Cindy has formed behind Tropical Storm Bret. Forecasters say it’s the first time there are two storms in the tropical Atlantic in June since record keeping began. The historic event signals an early and aggressive start to the Atlantic hurricane season that
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Another drop for stocks helped drag Wall Street to its first losing week in the last six. The S&P 500 closed 0.8% lower Friday, pulling back further from last week when it reached its highest level in more than a year. The Dow dropped 218
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A suspected Russian diplomat is apparently squatting on the site of Moscow’s proposed new embassy in Canberra after the Australian government vetoed the plan on security grounds and passed legislation that Russia will try to overturn in Australia’s highest court. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese dismissed the
Continue Reading By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have taken shelter in government-run relief camps as heavy monsoon rains batter villages in India’s northeast. One person has died in the floodwaters. An Assam state government relief agency said Friday that the state is on red alert and bracing for
Continue Reading BANGKOK (AP) — A fire extinguisher exploded during a high school’s annual fire drill Friday in Thailand’s capital, killing one student and injuring five others, a rescuer said. The CO2-type fire extinguisher may have become defective from sun or heat exposure, said Anyawut Phoampai of the Ruam Katanyu Foundation, one of Thailand’s biggest rescue organizations,
Continue Reading KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Four Thai nationals have been charged with human trafficking in a Malaysian court over the 2015 discovery of mass graves and human trafficking camps at the country’s border with Thailand. Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution said in a statement that the four were among 10 Thai citizens the government had sought
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