Month: September 2024

Associated Press The operator of an experimental submersible that imploded while seeking out the sunken Titanic was either putting profits over safety or pushing humankind’s boundaries. The differing viewpoints emerged as the Coast Guard panel wrapped up two weeks of testimony into the Titan tragedy with new information that could’ve changed how rescuers responded and

Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers has welcomed efforts by China to perk up its slowing economy. Chalmers was wrapping up a two-day visit to Beijing, the first by an Australian treasurer to China in seven years, as strained bilateral relations mend. Chalmers told reporters that Australia’s economy was slowing because of

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer took the international stage at the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday for the first time with a message: His nation is returning to “responsible global leadership.” The Labour Party leader, who won a landslide election victory in July, told the annual gathering of

AP Science Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A trio of leaders of international climate negotiations on Thursday urged colleagues to step up efforts to fight global warming, but outside groups and endangered nations told those leaders to look in the mirror, take their own advice — and stop pumping out fossil fuels. At the United

Associated Press/Report for America ST. ROSE, La. (AP) — A fire department official shut down a public hearing overseen by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for a proposed ammonia production facility as public interest surged and crowds overflowed a public library in St. Charles Parish. Residents said they were concerned about chemical exposure from

Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — Germany’s beer industry relies on education and research to combat the climate change that’s wreaking havoc on farms and breweries across the country. The art and craft of hops-farming and beer-brewing in Germany dates back more than a thousand years and requires strict scholarship. From the Society of Hop Research

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has never been shy about his globetrotting ways. But he’s not always said how he bankrolled years’ worth of overseas adventures. Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment Thursday saying the Democrat took trips to France, China, Sri Lanka, India, Hungary, Ghana and Turkey that

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s governing party has picked former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba as its leader, setting him up to become prime minister next week. The party’s leadership is a ticket to the top job because the Liberal Democratic Party’s governing coalition controls parliament. Considered a defense policy expert, Ishiba secured a come-from-behind