MUNICH (AP) — Thousands of beer lovers lined up early Saturday to be among the first to clink their mugs in an Oktoberfest tent as they waited for the world’s largest folk festival to begin for the 189th time. Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter will officially open Oktoberfest at noon when he inserts the tap into
TOKYO (AP) — Heavy rain pounded Japan’s northcentral region of Noto on Saturday which triggered landslides and swollen rivers to overflow, flooding homes and stranding some residents in the region still recovering from a deadly earthquake earlier this year. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the highest level of heavy rain across several cities in the
AVIGNON, France (AP) — The trial of dozens of men accused of raping an unconscious woman whose husband repeatedly drugged her over the course of nearly a decade has highlighted the difficulties that sexual violence victims can face in France. Dominique Pelicot, 71, and his 50 co-defendants face up to 20 years in prison if
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region has been freed by separatist rebels, Indonesian authorities said Saturday. Philip Mark Mehrtens, the pilot from Christchurch who was working for Indonesian aviation company Susi Air, was handed over early Saturday to the
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking a more hands-off approach than usual during a week of dramatic escalation between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, with top U.S. officials holding back from full-on crisis diplomacy for fear of making matters worse. The public restraint follows explosions of the militant group’s pagers and walkie-talkies
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that nearly 98,000 people whose citizenship documents hadn’t been confirmed can vote in state and local races. The court’s decision comes after officials uncovered a database error that for two decades mistakenly designated the voters as having access to the full ballot. Secretary of State Adrian
MELAMCHI, Nepal (AP) — In between the Himalayas’ towering mountains, the town of Melamchi is no stranger to extreme weather, and its landscape bears the scars of years of floods and landslides. Located just 50 kilometers (31 miles) outside Kathmandu, lush green mountainsides are dotted with landslips and rubble. Amid the debris, people live and
BEIRUT (AP) — The Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs Friday was one of the Lebanese militant group’s top military officials, in charge of its elite forces, and had been on Washington’s wanted list for years. Ibrahim Akil, 61, was the second top commander of Hezbollah to be killed in
“Na konferenciji smo vodili hipotetičku debatu, ‘of rekord’, pokušavajući da smislimo kako da se ostvare sugestije samog predsednika Ukrajine Zelenskog da se povrati Krim. On je govorio o diplomatskom putu. Moje reči citirane su na nepošten način”, kazao je danas Šikorski poljskim novinarima u Vašingtonu. Ukrajinski mediji preneli su da je Šikorski tokom nedavne strateške
ATLANTA (AP) — Zoo Atlanta’s last four giant pandas will be moved to China next month, as its 25-year agreement with the country comes to an end. “While Zoo Atlanta will certainly miss Lun Lun, Yang Yang, Ya Lun, and Xi Lun, and their departure is bittersweet, they have created a momentous legacy here in
