Month: October 2023

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press KYBURZ, Calif. (AP) — On a steep mountainside where walls of flames torched the forest on their way toward Lake Tahoe in 2021, blackened trees stand in silhouette against a gray sky. “If you can find a live tree, point to it,” Hugh Safford, an environmental science and policy researcher

The Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Stellantis says it plans to invest about 1.5 billion euros, or about $1.6 billion, in Leapmotor, a Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer. The European-based maker of Jeep and Ram and Leapmotor said in a statement late Wednesday that they have formed a strategic partnership and joint venture that aims to

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea, the U.S. and Japan have strongly condemned what they call North Korea’s supply of munitions and military equipment to Russia. A joint statement issued Thursday by the top diplomats of South Korea, the U.S. and Japan said such weapons shipments will sharply increase

By DIDI TANG and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s top diplomat says dialogue between Beijing and Washington should not only be resumed but deepened. The comments by Wang Yi, the Chinese foreign minister, raise hopes the relationship between the world’s two largest economies can be steadied in the midst of potentially world-changing

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ top criminal appeals court has stopped the scheduled execution of a Texas inmate who had been condemned for killing another prisoner more than 26 years ago. William Speer had been set to receive a lethal injection Thursday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. The

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has joined an EU summit saying that he was right to meet the EU’s foremost enemy, Russian President Vladimir Putin. Orban says he’s the only one actively seeking peace in Ukraine. His stance on Russia is expected to be backed by new

By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press Muslim and Jewish civil rights groups say they’ve seen large increases in reports of harassment, bias and sometimes physical assaults against members of their communities since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. The Anti-Defamation League and the Council on American-Islamic Relations saw increases in reported instances, many involving violence or threats

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Economic crises are rippling through the countries bordering Israel, raising the possibility of a chain reaction from the war with Hamas that further worsens the financial health and political stability of Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon and creates problems well beyond. Each of the three

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press DEARBORN, Michigan (AP) — Many of Michigan’s top Democrats, including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, took part in a huge pro-Israel rally at a suburban Detroit synagogue days after Hamas’ deadly attack on the country earlier this month, with some of them dancing and joining in chants of “Am

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A lawsuit that plaintiffs say could deter mass voter challenges around the country ahead of the 2024 election is headed to trial in Georgia. A group associated with Democrat Stacey Abrams accuses Texas-based True the Vote of trying to intimidate voters ahead of a 2021 Senate runoff

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — In a city where damaged buildings are everywhere, a destroyed pizzeria stands out as a painful reminder of lives and livelihoods dashed in an instant. A Russian ballistic missile struck the popular eatery in eastern Ukraine in June, killing 13 people including an award-winning Ukrainian writer

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press The new leader of one of the chambers of Congress that will certify the winner of next year’s presidential election helped spearhead the attempt to overturn the last one, raising alarms that Republicans could try to subvert the will of the voters if they remain in power despite safeguards enacted

By SAMY MAGDY and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Mahmoud Shalabi did not evacuate his home in northern Gaza despite the frightful Israeli warnings of a looming, far more brutal assault to come as it presses ahead with its war against the Hamas militant group. The Palestinian aid worker