JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia and Vietnam signed multibillion-dollar energy transition deals in 2022 that were heralded as drastic shifts in financing that would enable the coal-dependent countries to pivot to cleaner energy. The deals, known as Just Energy Transition Partnerships, were funded by developed nations to help the two countries phase out and retire
Israeli troops have pulled out of the Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, leaving behind a trail of destruction after a prolonged raid targeting Palestinian militants. (AP video: Aref Tufaha) Israeli troops have pulled out of the Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, leaving behind a trail of destruction after a
U.S. Border Patrol agents who rushed to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas in 2022 failed to establish command and had inadequate training to confront what became one of the nation’s deadliest classroom attacks, according to a federal report released Thursday. But investigators concluded the agents did not violate rules and no disciplinary action was
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is sending Egypt its full $1.3 billion allocation of military aid, setting aside conditions placed by Congress on some of the money over human rights concerns and citing Cairo’s role as a mediator in the Israel-Hamas war . The State Department said Secretary of State Antony Blinken used his
DIDIM, Turkey (AP) — The father of the Turkish-American activist killed by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Thursday welcomed Turkey’s decision to initiate an independent investigation into her death and called on the United States to do the same. Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who held Turkish and American citizenship, was killed last Friday
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is cutting back its activities in Yemen in response to a crackdown by Houthi rebels on staff working for the U.N. and other humanitarian, human rights, development and education organizations, the top U.N. aid official said Thursday. Acting U.N. humanitarian chief Joyce Msuya told the U.N. Security Council
PARIS (AP) — French judicial authorities are investigating the disappearance of two Paralympic athletes from Congo who recently competed in the Paris Games , the prosecutor’s office in the Paris suburb of Bobigny confirmed on Thursday. Prosecutors opened the investigation on Sept. 7, after members of the athletes’ delegation warned authorities of their disappearance two
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The world is wounded, Catholic leaders said Thursday in Ecuador. But an emphasis on supporting the family could be a path towards healing. Catholic leaders from more than 50 countries have discussed this and other topics in Quito, the Ecuadoran capital, during this year’s International Eucharistic Congress, which will run through
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — The father of an Ohio boy killed last year when a Haitian immigrant hit a school bus is imploring Donald Trump and other politicians to stop invoking his son’s name in the debate about immigration. Nathan Clark spoke Tuesday at a Springfield City Council hearing — the same day that the
“Opoziciona stranka ili koalicija koja donese najveći broj potpisa kod Nikodijevića ima 64 naša na to i taj kandidat biće izabran za vršioca dužnosti i očekujemo da ono što je rekao uradi i reši probleme”, rekao je Šapić novinarima na Novom Beogradu. Dodao je da ukoliko se ne pojavi niko od opozicije kao kandidat za
