Month: July 2023

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It was Scotland on parade. Bagpipes, kilts, drums and a Shetland pony named Corporal Cruachan IV marched down Edinburgh’s Royal Mile on Wednesday to honor King Charles III. Two months after his lavish coronation at Westminster Abbey in London, Scotland hosted its own event to mark the

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press KANGVAI, India (AP) — India’s remote northeastern state of Manipur is caught in a deadly conflict between two ethnic communities that have armed themselves and launched brutal attacks against one another. At least 120 people have been killed since May. Witnesses interviewed by The Associated Press described how angry mobs

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press ATTARAT, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s Attarat power plant was envisioned as a landmark project promising to provide the desert kingdom with a major source of energy while solidifying its relations with China. But weeks after its official opening, the site, a sea of black, crumbly rock in the barren desert

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press KANGVAI, India (AP) — Zuan Vaiphei is armed and prepared to kill. He is also ready to die. Vaiphei spends most of his days behind the sandbag walls of a makeshift bunker, his fingers resting on the trigger of a 12-gauge shotgun. Some 1,000 yards ahead of him, between a

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Less than a year after taking office, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim faces a critical first test in state elections next month that pits his government against a powerful Islamic opposition. The Election Commission said Wednesday that over 9.7 million voters will head to the ballot

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street edged lower Wednesday following a rally that had sent it roaring 16% higher for the year so far. The S&P 500 fell 8.77 points, or 0.2%, to 4,446.82 to drift lower from its highest level since April 2022. The Dow Jones Industrial Average

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New York City elections officials will begin releasing preliminary results from ranked choice voting in last week’s City Council primaries. The city is still tabulating first round results, so those results may change in the coming days and weeks as additional ballots are tallied. Voting in the

By AAMER MADHANI and CHRIS MEGERIAN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has welcomed Sweden’s prime minister at the White House in a show of solidarity as the United States presses for the Nordic nation’s entry into NATO. This comes a week before the alliance’s summit. Biden said Wednesday it was “very important” for Sweden

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press STAR, Idaho (AP) — Once he and his wife, Jennifer, moved to a Boise suburb last year, Tim Kohl could finally express himself. Kohl did what the couple never dared at their previous house outside of Los Angeles — the newly-retired Los Angeles police officer flew a U.S. flag and

By MORGAN LEE and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist 2019 attack at a Walmart has returned to federal court for sentencing. Patrick Crusius is facing multiple life sentences after pleading guilty to one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S.

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press STAR, Idaho (AP) — Once he and his wife, Jennifer, moved to a Boise suburb last year, Tim Kohl could finally express himself. Kohl did what the couple never dared at their previous house outside Los Angeles — the newly-retired Los Angeles police officer flew a U.S. flag and a

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has criticized Hong Kong authorities over their pursuit of two pro-democracy activists who live in Australia. Hong Kong is offering rewards for the arrests of eight pro-democracy activists now living in the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia who are accused of national security offenses. Albanese

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press FUTABA, Japan (AP) — The head of the U.N. atomic agency toured Japan’s tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Wednesday and said he is satisfied with still-contentious plans to release treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Mariano Grossi observed where the treated water

The television actor Allison Mack, who pleaded guilty for her role in a sex-trafficking case tied to the cult-like group NXIVM, has been released from a California prison, according to a government website. Mack, best known for her role as a young Superman’s close friend on “Smallville,” was sentenced to three years behind bars in