Year: 2022

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says he remains committed to building a fleet of submarines powered by U.S. nuclear technology despite the French president describing the plan as a “confrontation with China.” The previous Australian government infuriated President Emmanuel Macron last year by canceling a contract for a

By SAM MEDNICK and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYSELIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — As violence escalates in Ukraine, human rights abuses have become widespread. The situation is particularly concerning in the southern region of Kherson, where villages were liberated from Russian occupation a week ago. The U.N. says it’s trying to verify allegations of nearly 90

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says a court has ordered 17 suspects jailed pending trial in connection with a deadly street bombing in Istanbul last weekend. They are accused of attempts against the unity of the state, deliberate killings and attempts to kill. The court on Friday released three other suspects from custody

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced Friday to more than 11 years in prison for duping investors in the failed startup that promised to revolutionize blood testing but instead made her a symbol of Silicon Valley ambition that veered into deceit. The sentence

By BARRY HATTON and ARMANDO FRANCA Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos doesn’t shrink from the challenges thrown up by her latest lavish creation. She is a former nightclub bouncer and black-belt karate instructor. The 51-year-old is renowned for her big and in-your-face installations. She is now creating a ceramic wedding

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (AP) — In this part of northeastern Czech Republic, huge piles of coal are stacked up ready to sell to eager buyers and smoke belches from coal-fired plants that are ramping up instead of winding down. Ostrava has been working for decades to end its legacy as

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — At the U.N. climate summit in Egypt, leaders of developing nations have repeatedly said it’s not fair to expect them to cover the costs of rebuilding from devastating weather events in a warming world, plus invest in cleaner industry while they also pay much

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Russia’s top military brass announced in a televised appearance that they were pulling troops out of the key city of Kherson in southern Ukraine, one man missing from the room was President Vladimir Putin. As Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Gen. Sergei Surovikin, Russia’s chief

By KRUTIKA PATHI and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Asia-Pacific leaders meeting in Bangkok appear likely to issue a statement condemning Russia’s war on Ukraine. Their foreign ministers agreed on a statement Friday deploring “in the strongest terms” the invasion by Moscow. But the foreign ministers of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum

By JOHN DANISZEWSKI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — One hundred years ago, a revolutionary Polish patriot argued that Russia’s hunger for territory would continue to destabilize Europe unless Ukraine could gain independence from Moscow. Poland’s Marshal Józef Piłsudski never managed to fulfil his hope for an independent Ukraine connected to Europe. But the farsighted

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press DAWWAYAH, Iraq and ILISU DAM, Turkey (AP) — Next year, the water will come. The pipes have been laid to Ata Yigit’s sprawling farm in Turkey’s southeast connecting it to a dam on the Euphrates River. A dream, soon to become a reality, he says. Over 1,000 kilometers (625 miles)

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers A late-afternoon rally on Wall Street helped stocks close higher Friday, though the major indexes still wound up finishing lower for the week after several days of bumpy trading. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% after wavering between small gains and losses for much of the

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say 20 people were killed when a van fell into a water-filled ditch in flood-hit southern Pakistan. Authorities on Friday said the overnight accident mostly killed women and children, injuring 13 others. The incident took place as Pakistan struggles to recover from record-breaking flooding, which killed roughly 1,700 people