Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Southern Military District headquarters in Rostov-on-Don as he assessed the state of his country’s forces in Ukraine as the war drags on toward winter. It was his second public visit to the headquarters in less than a month.Video shared by a Russian state news agency showed Putin being greeted
LONDON (AP) — The British economy flatlined in the third quarter of the year, official figures showed Friday ahead of a budget statement from the government later this month that it hopes will bolster growth in the run-up to national elections.The Office for National Statistics said growth in the July-to-September period was zero compared to
Nov. 3-9, 2023Workers collected marigold flowers in India and trapped fish in Cambodia. Citizens protested the Israel-Hamas war in South Korea and Indonesia. Air pollution grayed skies in India. An assembly line robot killed a worker in South Korea. People mourned the dead following an earthquake in Nepal, and Britain’s Prince William joined a dragon
BEIJING (AP) — A government official from China’s Tibetan region on Friday rejected allegations of forced assimilation and curbs on religious freedom, while stressing that Tibetan Buddhism should adapt to the Chinese context.Xu Zhitao, vice chairman of the Tibet region government, defended a boarding school system that overseas activists have said takes children away from
LONDON (AP) — A British judge ruled Friday that a lawsuit by Prince Harry, Elton John and five other celebrities accusing a newspaper publisher of unlawful information-gathering should go to a full trial.The claimants, who include John’s husband David Furnish and actors Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost, accuse the publisher of the Daily Mail of
LONDON (AP) — Spirits and beer giant Diageo PLC saw billions wiped off its market value on Friday after it warned that a sharp slowdown in its business in Latin America and the Caribbean was hitting sales and potential profits.In early trading in London, the company’s share price was down by 14% after it told
OXFORD, England (AP) — Fans of Philip Pullman have been waiting almost five years for the final instalment in the author’s sextet of books about his intrepid heroine Lyra and her adventures in multiple worlds. They won’t have to wait too much longer.Pullman says he has written 500 pages of a 540-page novel to conclude
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Foreign dignitaries gathered in Finland’s capital on Friday to bid farewell to former President Martti Ahtisaari, including leaders of countries where he helped reach peace accords. Ahtisaari, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008, died Oct. 16 at the age of 86.More than 800 dignitaries and guests, including Kosovo
NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Manchin’s decision not to seek reelection virtually ensures that the Democratic Party will lose his Senate seat next year in deep-red West Virginia, making the party’s steep path to retaining its razor-thin Senate majority even more difficult.Some Democratic officials are also concerned that Manchin’s announcement frees him to pursue a
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears weren’t too concerned about appearances. All that mattered was that they came out on top.D’Onta Foreman ran for a touchdown and the Bears boosted their shot at the top pick in the draft, beating the Carolina Panthers 16-13 on Thursday night.“At the end of the day, man, all the
