By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A group of men who say they were sexually abused by a Japanese boy band producer have expressed hope the company will provide financial compensation and introduce measures to prevent a recurrence. They say producer Johnny Kitagawa sexually preyed on young dancers and singers for decades, having
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Iran has slowed the pace at which it is enriching uranium to nearly weapons-grade levels, according to a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press on Monday. That could be a sign Tehran is trying to ease tensions after years of strain
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Un residente local saca sus pertenencias de una casa residencial destruida tras un ataque con misiles en la región de Kiev, el 27 de agosto de 2023, en medio de la invasión rusa de Ucrania. (Foto de ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP vía Getty Images) Este seguimiento terminó. Puedes ver las últimas noticias de la
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Supreme Court has dismissed Okinawa’s rejection of a central government plan to build U.S. Marine Corps runways on the island and ordered the prefecture to approve it despite protests by locals who oppose the American troops’ presence. Monday’s ruling upheld a high court ruling in March
Continue ReadingALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Long-standing tensions between Morocco and Algeria have moved up a notch with a deadly confrontation at sea last week between the Algerian Coast Guard and several men on water scooters. Algeria’s Defense Ministry has acknowledged that its forces fired on a group of people on water scooters who strayed into Algerian
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Real Madrid’s return to the Santiago Bernabéu after vacating its home stadium due to building works was supposed to be a celebration for Madridistas but, as time ticked away, the Spanish giant was being pegged to a 1-1 draw by Getafe. Enter Jude Bellingham who, deep into added time,
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, destituyó a su ministro de Defensa, citando la necesidad de “nuevos enfoques” mientras la guerra con Rusia entra en su decimonoveno mes. “Esta semana se le pedirá al Parlamento que tome una decisión sobre el personal… He decidido reemplazar al ministro de Defensa de Ucrania.
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — The trial has opened in Stockholm of a Russia-born Swedish citizen charged with collecting information for the Russian military intelligence service GRU for almost a decade. Sergey Skvortsov is accused of “gross illegal intelligence activities against Sweden and against a foreign power,” according to prosecutor Henrik Olin. He identified the foreign power
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A 46% pay raise. A 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay. A restoration of traditional pensions. The demands that a more combative United Auto Workers union has pressed on General Motors, Stellantis and Ford — demands that even the UAW’s own president calls “audacious” —
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Police in Sweden say clashes have erupted in an immigrant neighborhood in the third largest city after an anti-Muslim protester set fire to a copy of the Quran. Police in Malmo say they were pelted with rocks and dozens of cars were set on fire, including in an underground garage. They described
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El piloto de un pequeño avión de una sola hélice que cayó en picada y se estrelló después de arrojar humo rosa sobre una fiesta de revelación de género en Navolato, México, murió, dijeron las autoridades a CNN este domingo. Un video que se volvió viral en las redes sociales mostraba
Continue ReadingBy ASIM TANVEER Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Police say last month’s mob attacks on churches and homes of Christians in eastern Pakistan erupted after three Christians falsely implicated two others in a blasphemy case due to a personal dispute. Police said Monday the breakthrough in the investigation came after police arrested the three
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that a landmark deal allowing Ukraine to export grain safely through the Black Sea amid the war won’t be restored until the West meets Moscow’s demands on its own agricultural exports. Ukraine and its Western allies have dismissed the Kremlin’s demands as a ploy to
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is apparently skipping this week’s Group of 20 summit in India as bilateral relations remain icy. Instead, Premier Li Qiang will represent China at the Sept. 9-10 gathering, the Foreign Ministry said Monday in a one-sentence notice on its website. Relations between China and India have grown frosty
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau (CNN) — China on Monday indicated that leader Xi Jinping would skip an important gathering of the world’s 20 top economies for the first time with Premier Li Qiang traveling to the event in New Delhi this weekend in his place. Xi’s absence from the G20 summit comes
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN, SAM MEDNICK and CARA ANNA Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The era of France’s arm-twisting interventionism in Africa may finally be over. France has sat by militarily despite moves by putschists to seize control of former French colonies in recent years. It comes after France repeated military interventions from Libya to
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Este es un vistazo a la conmemoración del Día del Trabajo, conocido también como Labor Day, una festividad nacional que se celebra en Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico para honrar a los trabajadores. En 2024, el Día del Trabajo es el 2 de septiembre. Datos El Día del Trabajo se celebra
Continue ReadingCNN By Yulia Kesaieva and Josh Pennington, CNN (CNN) — Russian forces attacked Ukrainian port facilities on the Danube River used for food exports on Sunday, a day before Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to discuss reviving a grain export deal with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. At least two people were injured in
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — A sick expedition member has been evacuated from a remote Antarctic outpost in the depths of winter following a rescue operation spanning thousands of kilometers, Australian authorities said Monday. In a statement, the Australian Antarctic Division said the icebreaking ship RSV Nuyina had sailed more than 3,000 kilometers (1,800
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA and EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The first African Climate Summit opened Monday with heads of state and others asserting a stronger voice on a worldwide issue that affects their continent the most even though its 1.3 billion people contribute to global warming the least. Kenyan President William Ruto’s
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