By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's lower house of Congress approved a bill Wednesday aimed at reducing the time that former President Jair Bolsonaro spends behind bars following his sentence of more than 27 years for attempting a coup. But his successor has ...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Egypt and Iran, two Middle East nations that target gays and lesbians, have complained to FIFA over a World Cup soccer match in Seattle that is planned to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride. Leaders in the nation's soccer federations ...
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A Bulgarian court on Wednesday rejected Lebanon's request to extradite the owner of a ship linked to a cargo of ammonium nitrate at the center of the massive 2020 port explosion in Beirut. Igor Grechushkin, 48, who holds Russian and Cypriot citizenship, was arrested in ...
By CHAN HO-HIM AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund has urged China to fix its economic imbalances, saying the country of 1.4 billion people is too big to rely on exports for its growth. China's global exports have been rising while shipments to ...
LONDON (AP) — Scottish artist Nnena Kalu has been awarded the Turner Prize for work that includes vivid abstract drawings and hanging sculptures, the first artist with a learning disability to win Britain's most famous visual art award. Kalu, 59, who has autism, received the 25,000-pound ...
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect Wednesday as families taking back power from tech giants but warned the implementation would be ...
