Year: 2024

By MUNIR AHMED and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nation’s top human rights body expressed concern over the “pattern of harassment” against members of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party ahead of this week’s parliamentary election. During a news briefing in Geneva on Tuesday, Liz Throssell, spokesperson for the U.N. High Commissioner

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan Cabinet minister has resigned after being arrested in a scandal over the government’s alleged purchase of counterfeit drugs during the country’s economic crisis. The government confirmed on Tuesday that Environment Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, who previously was health minister, has resigned. He was

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Small business acquisitions were up and down last year, reflecting the increase in interest rates that threw a chill into the market. But a strong fourth quarter, helped by a signal from the Federal Reserve that it was done raising interest rates, could bode well

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Jury selection has started for a New Hampshire man accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter and spending months moving her body before disposing of it. Adam Montgomery is charged with second-degree murder in the death of his daughter, Harmony, who was reported missing in November 2021,

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump can face trial on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election, rejecting the former president’s claims that he is immune from prosecution and breathing life back into a landmark

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s authorities have called for caution over what they described as “veiled threats” against their citizens living in South Africa before both countries meet in an Africa Cup of Nations semifinal. Both countries already have endured a yearslong rivalry, more so because they have Africa’s biggest

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Norwegian newspaper says a Russian man who reportedly defected from a high-ranking position in the Wagner Group has been given permission to stay in Norway but was refused permanent asylum. The lawyer for Andrey Medvedev told Dagbladet that his client was granted temporary residence “due to the security risk involved

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The news of King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis has refocused attention on the responsibilities of Britain’s monarch. It also has revived a central question about the country’s centuries-old system of government: What does the king actually do? Under Britain’s constitutional monarchy, the king is head of state

By MELINA WALLING Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Ashley Prince and her family have been chasing “normal” for years now. Two years ago, the tornado that whipped through Mayfield peeled the roof off their rental property “like a band-aid.” She and her fiance Dylan watched from inside as the mile-wide storm knocked over the