LONDON (AP) — If an ancient prophecy is right, Michael “Barney” Chandler has just got the most important job in England.The 56-year-old former Royal Marine is the new ravenmaster at the Tower of London, responsible for looking after the feathered protectors of the 1,000-year-old fortress.According to legend, if the ravens leave the 11th-century tower beside
Feb. 23–29, 2024Indigenous people in Guatemala remembered the victims of their country’s civil war, while Paraguay’s Indigenous communities protested for the recovery of ancestral lands. Bolivians moved to shelters as their homes filled with flood water from an overflowing river. Cuba held its annual Habano Festival where cigar enthusiasts visited tobacco farms and tasted new
Feb. 23-March 1, 2024From rains in Bolivia to voting in South Carolina to the Screen Actors Guild Awards, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.The selection was curated by AP photo editor James Okungu in New York
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to host Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Friday for talks at the White House as the Democratic administration struggles to persuade House Republicans to pass legislation that would replenish aid to Ukraine and as both leaders face political headwinds at home.Biden has sought to assure European leaders
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran began voting Friday in its first parliamentary elections since the mass 2022 protests over its mandatory hijab laws after the death of Mahsa Amini, with questions looming over just how many people will turn out for the poll.Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 84, cast one of the
MOANDA, Congo (AP) — The oil drills that loom down the road from Adore Ngaka’s home remind him daily of everything he’s lost. The extraction in his village in western Congo has polluted the soil, withered his crops and forced the family to burn through savings to survive, he said. Pointing to a stunted ear
MOANDA, Congo (AP) — The central African nation of Congo is offering 30 oil and gas blocks around the country for auction. It’s a prospect that concerns environmentalists and some of the people who live near the drilling that has so far been limited to a small area near its far western border on the
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The most powerful Pacific storm of the season started barreling into the Sierra Nevada on Thursday, packing multiple feet of snow and dangerous winds that forecasters say will create blizzard conditions likely to close major highways and trigger power outages into the weekend.Much of the Sierra Nevada was under a blizzard
Film i TV | 29.02.2024 | access_time 23:45 Italijanski reditelj Paolo Tavijani koji je sa bratom Vitoriom režirao upečatljive filmove uključujući i remek delo “Ja sam bog otac” dobitnika Zlatne palme u Kanu 1977. godine, umro je danas u 93. godini, javio je gradonačelnik Rima.”Sa Paolom Tavijanijem napušta nas veliki majstor italijanskog filma. On je
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Tour booking agents and managers of a New Zealand island where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people in 2019 were ordered Friday to pay nearly $13 million (US$7.8 million) in fines and reparations. The holding company of the island’s owners, a boat tour operator and three companies that operated helicopter
