Month: June 2023

Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A former student entered a school and then began shooting in Brazil’s southern Parana state Monday, killing a 16-year-old girl and severely wounding another teen, a spokesperson for the city of Cambé told The Associated Press by phone. The gunman, aged 20 or 21, entered the Professora Helena

PARIS (AP) — India’s IndiGo airline is buying 500 passenger jets from European planemaker Airbus. The record-setting order Monday underscores surging demand for air travel fueled by India’s economic growth. The country’s dominant carrier is buying the A320 aircraft in what the companies say is the single biggest purchase agreement in commercial aviation history. Executives

By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — This has been one of the most turbulent election seasons in Guatemala’s modern history. Some of the most popular aspirants for Guatemala’s presidency have been sidelined and will not appear on the ballot in the June 25 election. Electoral authorities and courts have blocked some

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese officials say a judge has questioned auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn in Beirut over possible links to a former French Cabinet minister who was charged with “passive corruption” two years ago for dealing with him. Lebanese officials said the former head of Nissan and Renault denied Monday

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has told a public inquiry that his government made a mistake by focusing too much on preparations for a flu pandemic rather than considering other types of pandemic in the years before the COVID-19 outbreak. Cameron led Britain’s Conservative government from

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press IBRASH, Egypt (AP) — Dozens of migrants who packed a fishing vessel that sank off Greece last week came from impoverished farming communities in Egypt’s Nile Delta. Days after the tragedy, one mother fears that her son is among those who drowned when the trawler carrying as many as 750

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG and ROGELIO SOLIS Associated Press/Report for America LOUIN, Miss. (AP) — Multiple tornadoes swept through Mississippi overnight, killing one and injuring nearly two dozen, officials said Monday. State emergency workers were still working with counties to assess the damage from storms in which high temperatures and hail in some areas accompanied tornadoes.

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations says International donors have promised Monday almost $1.5 billion in additional aid to conflict-stricken Sudan. Attending Monday’s session in Geneva were representatives from Egypt, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the African Union and the European Union. Sudan has been rocked by fighting for over two

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eight-time major champion Tom Watson wants answers on the PGA Tour’s new business partnership with Saudi backers of LIV Golf, asking in a letter Monday to Commissioner Jay Monahan if the deal was the only way to solve the tour’s financial hardship. That was one

LONDON (AP) — A soccer fan has been banned from attending matches for four years for wearing a shirt to this month’s FA Cup final that made an offensive reference to the Hillsborough Stadium disaster where 97 Liverpool fans died. James White smiled and chuckled after receiving his punishment. White pleaded guilty to displaying threatening

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The Tunisian government says a police officer guarding the Brazilian Embassy in Tunisia has been fatally stabbed in an unexplained attack. The Interior Ministry says a suspect was shot in the leg by police and arrested. A ministry spokesperson says the suspect is a 53-year-old teacher who had suffered psychiatric troubles,