By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — There are concerns in the European Union that Sweden’s ambitions for its presidency of the Council of the European Union won’t materialize into concrete progress. That’s because of the strong domestic influence of a far-right Swedish party. Occupying the rotating 6-month presidency allows a member nation to
Continue ReadingBy VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos says it will launch a new spacecraft to take some of the International Space Station’s crew back to Earth after their capsule was damaged and leaked coolant. Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio arrived at the station
Continue ReadingKATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Thousands of supporters of Nepal’s former royal family have held a rally demanding the restoration of monarchy in the Himalayan nation. They gathered around the statue of King Prithvi Narayan Shah, who started the Shah dynasty in the 18th century. The last king _ Gyanendra _ was forced to step down
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — A report by the World Economic Forum says climate change is the global economy’s biggest long-term challenge but one the world is least prepared to tackle because of short-term problems led by a cost-of-living crisis. The group released its Global Risks Report ahead of its annual
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — A report by the World Economic Forum says climate change is the global economy’s biggest long-term challenge but one the world is least prepared to tackle because of short-term problems led by a cost-of-living crisis. The group released its Global Risks Report ahead of its annual
Continue ReadingMatt Foster, Alex Hardie and Al Goodman, CNN Brazilian football player Dani Alves is under investigation for an alleged sexual assault that took place in Barcelona last month, the Catalonia Higher Court of Justice confirmed on Tuesday. “Barcelona investigating magistrate’s court number 15 has opened proceedings for an alleged crime of sexual assault due to
Continue ReadingBy RISDEL KASASIRA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s latest outbreak of the Ebola virus is over. Uganda’s government and the World Health Organization made the announcement Wednesday. Health Minister Ruth Aceng told journalists that no new cases had been registered in the past 42 days. Uganda had recorded 142 cases including 56 deaths
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. and the European Union are inching closer to settling a post-Brexit trade dispute that has brought economic headaches and political turmoil to Northern Ireland. In a significant breakthrough this week, the two sides struck a data-sharing agreement that will give the EU access to real-time
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. and the European Union are inching closer to settling a post-Brexit trade dispute that has brought economic headaches and political turmoil to Northern Ireland. In a significant breakthrough this week, the two sides struck a data-sharing agreement that will give the EU access to real-time
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan and South Korea are defending their public health restrictions on travelers from China after Beijing stopped issuing new visas in both countries in apparent retaliation. Chinese embassies stopped issuing new visas for South Koreans and Japanese on Tuesday. It wasn’t clear whether China
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA MENDOZA and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Laurie Morse shoveled wet sand into bags in the pouring rain Wednesday, preparing to stack them along her garage in a last ditch effort to keep out a rising creek on California’s central coast, as the storm-ravaged state braced for another round
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN I’ve been working steadily for hours now, but feel as if I haven’t even started. My attention is being pulled from my assigned task — writing this story — by a myriad of what I believe are necessary work interruptions. (OK, a couple were from my cat, who also firmly believes
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The fate of a devastated salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine hung in the balance Wednesday in one of the bloodiest battles of Russia’s invasion, while Ukraine’s unflagging resistance and other challenges prompted Moscow to shake up its military leadership again. Russian forces used jets, mortars and
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Saifi and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Two teenage girls reported missing in Pakistan last week have been found more than 750 miles from home after attempting to travel to South Korea to meet K-pop super band BTS, police in the South Asian country said. The two girls, aged 13 and 14, went missing on
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism police are investigating after border officers seized cargo contaminated with uranium at London’s Heathrow Airport. The Metropolitan Police force said Wednesday that “a very small amount of contaminated material was identified after routine screening within a package incoming to the U.K.” on Dec. 29. It said the force’s Counterterrorism Command
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Classes resume Wednesday at the University of Idaho, just weeks after many students abandoned the campus amid anxiety over the lack of an arrest in the gruesome stabbing deaths of four students in November. The arrest of a suspect over winter break, however, has alleviated many students’ fears, allowing them to
Continue ReadingBy Junko Ogura and Michelle Toh, CNN Japan has culled just under 10 million birds as it confronts a massive outbreak of avian flu, which is threatening to put further strain on poultry supply and increase the price of eggs. In a statement Tuesday, the agriculture ministry said 9.98 million animals had been killed this
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — More than four years after gunmen killed emerging rap star XXXTentacion during a robbery outside a South Florida motorcycle shop, three suspects are now scheduled to go on trial. Shooting suspect Michael Boatwright, 28, and his accused accomplices, Dedrick Williams, 26, and Trayvon Newsome, 24,
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Thursday ahead of a closely watched report on U.S. inflation viewed as a good indicator of whether Wall Street’s recent rising optimism is warranted or overdone. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 wobbled in early trading and was up 0.1% at 26,471.87. Australia’s S&P/ASX
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Thursday ahead of a closely watched report on U.S. inflation viewed as a good indicator of whether Wall Street’s recent rising optimism is warranted or overdone. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 wobbled in early trading and was up 0.1% at 26,471.87. Australia’s S&P/ASX
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