Month: February 2023

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — As legal sports gambling proliferates, the number of Americans betting on the Super Bowl and the total amount they’re wagering is surging — although most of the action is still off the books. An estimated 1 in 5 American adults will make some sort of

By FRANK JORDANS and SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands announced Tuesday that they plan to provide Ukraine with at least 100 refurbished Leopard 1 battle tanks in the coming months, a pledge that comes as Kyiv anticipates a new Russian offensive around the anniversary of its invasion.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Three migrants died and 16 have been rescued off the Greek island of Lesbos after a dinghy transporting them from the nearby coast of Turkey hit rocks in high winds. The Greek coast guard said that a rescue effort involving two patrol boats, a helicopter and ground crews was underway to

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Two pilots walked away with minor injuries after a Boeing 737 jet converted for firefighting crashed in Australia, officials said Tuesday. The twin-engine tanker owned by Canadian-based Coulson Aviation crashed in Fitzgerald River National Park in southern Western Australia state while fighting wildfires late Monday. Both pilots received only minor injuries

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new report by the U.N.’s international development agency says that sub-Saharan Africa is the new global epicenter of violent Islamic extremism and that people are increasingly joining as a result of economic factors and less by religious ones. The report by the UNDP released on

By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer The Ghana Football Association says former Chelsea and Newcastle forward Christian Atsu has been rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building following the powerful earthquake that struck Turkey and neighboring Syria on Monday. Atsu’s club and agent said Thursday the Ghana international’s well-being and whereabouts were unknown. Atsu

By SYLVIE CORBET and JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Public transportation, schools and electricity supplies have been disrupted in France as demonstrators take to the streets for a third round of nationwide strikes and protests against the government’s pension reform plans. Rail operator SNCF said train traffic was severely disrupted across the

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s defense minister has taken a leave of absence for an undetermined period of time after he felt unwell and went to a Copenhagen hospital for a medical checkup last week. The 49-year-old Jakob Ellemann-Jensen is also deputy prime minister and he heads the Liberals that are part of Denmark’s governing

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese video game maker Nintendo has recorded a slight drop in in profit for April-December as it recorded strong sales of its Switch console games. Nintendo’s net profit in the first nine months of the fiscal year through March was 346 billion yen, or $2.6 billion,