HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks surged on Friday with Japan’s Nikkei leading regional gains after Wall Street romped to records following the Federal Reserve’s big cut to interest rates . U.S. futures and oil prices were lower. The Bank of Japan ended a two-day monetary policy meeting and announced it would keep its benchmark
Sept. 13-19, 2024 Demonstrators in Peru demanded more action from their government to combat fires in the Amazon. Mexicans celebrated Independence Day in the Zocalo, Mexico City’s main square. Youths attended a march for religious freedom Rio de Janeiro. This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week
NEW YORK (AP) — Activists geared up Friday for protests around the world to demand action on climate change just as a pair of major weeklong climate events were getting underway in New York City. The planned actions in Berlin, Brussels, Rio de Janeiro, New Delhi and many other cities were being organized by the
Another mission specialist who worked with the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded last year while on its way to the Titanic wreckage is scheduled to testify before a U.S. Coast Guard investigatory panel Friday. The investigatory panel has listened to three days of testimony that raised questions about the company’s operations before
Nagrada za životno uručena je glumcu Aleksandru Berčeku (74) uoči prvog Nacionalnog festivalu filma i televizije koji će 2025. godine biti priređen na Zlatiboru. Ministar kulture Nikola Selaković je, kako je saopšteno, rekao da je Berčekov doprinos kulturi nemerljiv i da Berčekova “veličanstvena karijera obuhvata najbolje iz srpskog filma, teatra i televizije”. Selaković je ocenio da je nagrada data
MIAMI (AP) — Shohei Ohtani looked up at a visiting crowd that turned out to cheer him and the Los Angeles Dodgers — and ended up getting to witness one of the greatest individual performances, and seasons, in major league history. Fans lifted their phones to capture the moment and chanted “M-V-P!” as Ohtani rounded
A federal judge has partially sided with the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a now-imprisoned white Kansas City, Missouri, police detective, ruling that the officer should not have entered the man’s backyard. U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips ruled Wednesday that Eric DeValkenaere violated 26-year-old Cameron Lamb’s Fourth Amendment protection against
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A high-powered U.N. advisory body said Thursday that global governance of artificial intelligence is “imperative” and urged the United Nations to lay the foundations for the first inclusive global institutions to regulate the fast-growing technology. In a 100-page report, the group said AI “is transforming our world,” offering tremendous potential for
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel warned U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in a call Tuesday that a military operation was going to take place in Lebanon but gave no details, U.S. officials said Thursday. The same day of the call, in an attack widely blamed on Israel, thousands of pagers belonging to Hezbollah militants exploded. The
RENO, Nev. (AP) — U.S. land managers said Thursday they’ve completed a final environmental review of a proposed Nevada lithium mine that would supply minerals critical to electric vehicles and a clean energy future while still protecting an endangered wildflower . “This environmental analysis is the product of the hard work of experts from multiple
