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Month: June 2023

Palestinian leader Abbas ends China trip after backing Beijing’s crackdown on Muslim minorities

BEIJING (AP) — Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has wrapped up a trip to China, after seeking economic aid and voicing support for Beijing’s repressive policies toward its Muslim minorities. During his four-day visit, Abbas met with Chinese President and head of the ruling Communist Party Xi Jinping. The sides then issued a joint statement endorsing

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$930 million in grants announced in Biden’s effort to expand internet access to every home in the US

By KAVISH HARJAI Associated Press The federal effort to expand internet access to every U.S. home has taken a major step forward with the announcement of $930 million in grants to shore up connections in dozens of places where significant connectivity gaps persist. Those places include remote parts of Alaska and rural Texas. The so-called

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A nun commends Dodgers’ handling of Pride Night controversy. Some archbishops call it blasphemy

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Devout baseball fans might view their teams’ performance as heavenly or hellish, depending on the quality of play. Currently, it’s the Los Angeles Dodgers’ handling of their annual Pride Night — not the team’s record — that has provoked emotional reactions from religious people, including prominent faith leaders, Catholic

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A nun commends Dodgers’ handling of Pride Night controversy. Some archbishops call it blasphemy

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Devout baseball fans might view their teams’ performance as heavenly or hellish, depending on the quality of play. Currently, it’s the Los Angeles Dodgers’ handling of their annual Pride Night — not the team’s record — that has provoked emotional reactions from religious people, including prominent faith leaders, Catholic

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The world’s most eco-conscious airlines

By Elissa Garay, CNN (CNN) — Most sustainability experts will scoff at the idea of “sustainable” and “airlines” in the same sentence. “Today, at this moment, it’s not yet realistic to fly fully sustainably,” says Pedro Piris-Cabezas, a global transportation expert and economist at the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund. Yet that doesn’t mean the airline

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German police appeal for witness footage of attack in which Americans were thrown into Alpine gorge

BERLIN (AP) — German police are appealing for further footage of an attack near Neuschwanstein castle in which an American man allegedly pushed two women down a steep slope killing one of them. A suspect was arrested following Wednesday’s attack. German news agency dpa quoted police Friday saying they’ve so far only received about a

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