LAS VEGAS (AP) — Thousands of hotel workers fighting for new union contracts rallied on the Las Vegas Strip on Wednesday evening, halting rush-hour traffic before dozens were arrested for sitting in the street. The stepped-up labor unrest aimed to draw attention to negotiations with three major casino companies.Seated in two separate circles, workers in
BERLIN (AP) — An American man has been charged with murder and other offenses for attacking two women from the U.S. near Neuschwanstein castle in Germany in June and pushing them into a ravine, fatally injuring one of them, prosecutors said Thursday.The indictment against the 31-year-old suspect, whose name hasn’t been released in line with
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian authorities have charged seven people with helping launder hundreds of millions of dollars for a Chinese crime syndicate. Police said Thursday the arrests came after a 14-month investigation that involved multiple Australian agencies and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. They said it was the most complex money laundering investigation
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares skidded Thursday in Europe and Asia after Wall Street tumbled as bond yields tightened their chokehold. Germany’s DAX fell 1.1% to 14,722.60 and the CAC 40 in Paris shed 0.8% to 6,860.72. Britain’s FTSE 100 was down 0.7% at 7,361.04. The future for the S&P 500 dropped 0.7% and that for
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is setting up deportation centers for migrants in the country illegally, including an estimated 1.7 million Afghans, officials said Thursday. It’s the latest development in a government crackdown to expel foreigners without registration or documents.Anyone found staying in the country illegally from next Wednesday will be arrested and sent to the
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops and tanks launched a brief ground raid into northern Gaza overnight into Thursday, the military said, striking several militant targets in order to “prepare the battlefield” ahead of a widely expected ground invasion after more than two weeks of devastating air raids.The raid came after the U.N. warned
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank is ready to leave interest rates unchanged Thursday for the first time in over a year as the Israel-Hamas war spreads even more gloom over already downbeat prospects for Europe’s economy.It would be the bank’s first meeting with no change after a torrid pace of 10 straight
BANGKOK (AP) — China’s Environment Minister Huang Runqiu said Thursday his country wants to strengthen cooperation with the United States to combat climate change, as he met in Beijing with California Gov. Gavin Newsom.Newsom is on a weeklong tour of China where he is pushing for climate cooperation. His trip as governor, once considered routine
The Israeli military said its troops and tanks briefly entered northern Gaza overnight into Thursday, hitting several militant targets as a wider ground incursion loomed after more than two weeks of heavy air raids.Israeli airstrikes have devastated parts of the Gaza Strip, leaving neighborhoods in rubble, and hospitals in Gaza are struggling to treat masses
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Hamsa Diakite can’t remember the last time her family of eight had a good meal.She once sustained them by selling fried bread until a coup in Niger three months ago resulted in sanctions against the West African nation, squeezing incomes in one of the world’s poorest countries and leaving millions like
