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May 2, 2024

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  • Cyprus gives Chevron another 6 months to come up with a timetable on a natural gas field development

    May 2, 2024, 12:55 a.m.

    NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The Cyprus government has given Chevron another six months to come up with a revised plan to develop a sizeable natural gas deposit off the island nation’s southern coastline after an earlier plan proposed by the ...

  • Colombia's president says country will break diplomatic relations with Israel over war in Gaza

    May 2, 2024, 12:55 a.m.

    BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday announced his government will break diplomatic relations with Israel effective Thursday in the latest escalation of tensions between the countries over the Israel-Hamas war . Petro again described Israel’s siege ...

  • Draisaitl scores twice as Oilers beat Kings 4-3 to advance to 2nd round

    May 2, 2024, 12:27 a.m.

    EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings played a tight-checking series at even strength. The special teams matchup, however, was lopsided — and that’s why it ended in five games. “That was a difference in this ...

  • Drone footage shows devastation in Ukraine's strategic eastern city of Chasiv Yar as Russians near

    May 2, 2024, 12:27 a.m.

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Months of relentless Russian artillery pounding have devastated a strategic city in eastern Ukraine, new drone footage obtained by The Associated Press shows, with barely a building left intact, homes and municipal offices charred and a ...

  • Georgian lawmakers move closer to passing 'Russian law' targeting the media. Protesters gather again

    May 2, 2024, 12:23 a.m.

    TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s Parliament moved a step closer Wednesday to passing a law that critics fear will stifle media freedom and endanger the country’s European Union membership bid, as police used water cannons, tear gas and pepper spray ...

  • Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters remain on UCLA campus despite police ordering them to leave

    May 2, 2024, 12:17 a.m.

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters Thursday remained behind barricades on the UCLA campus despite police orders to leave as officers were poised to move in on their fortified encampment that was ringed by an even larger crowd, ...

  • South Korea's parliament approves independent investigation of the devastating 2022 Halloween crush

    May 2, 2024, 12:14 a.m.

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s parliament on Thursday approved legislation mandating a new, independent investigation into the 2022 Halloween crush in Seoul that killed 159 people. The single-chamber National Assembly passed the bill by a 256-0 vote. It ...

  • Stock market today: Asian markets wobble after Fed sticks with current interest rates

    May 2, 2024, 12:09 a.m.

    HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets wobbled in Thursday trading after U.S. stocks swung to a mixed finish with the Federal Reserve delaying cuts to interest rates . U.S. futures surged and oil prices were higher. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index ...

  • What is at stake in UK local voting ahead of a looming general election

    May 2, 2024, 12:09 a.m.

    LONDON (AP) — Millions of voters in England and Wales will cast their ballots on Thursday in an array of local elections that will be the last big test before a U.K. general election that all indicators show will see ...

  • Microsoft will invest $2.2 billion in cloud and AI services in Malaysia

    May 2, 2024, 12:07 a.m.

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Microsoft is investing $2.2 billion over the next four years in Malaysia's new cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure as well as partnering with the government to establish a national AI center, its CEO Satya Nadella ...

  • AM Prep-Segue

    May 2, 2024, 12:05 a.m.

    Harvey Weinstein's attorney says he's not a threat NEW YORK (AP) — The lawyer for former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein says his client is an older, sickly man who is no threat to anyone, but getting him out on bail ...

  • AM Prep-Music

    May 2, 2024, 12:05 a.m.

    Duane Eddy dies NEW YORK (AP) – Guitarist Duane Eddy has died of cancer in Franklin, Tennessee, according to his wife. Eddy was 86. Eddy was a pioneering guitar player who created the twang sound with producer Lee Hazlewood in ...

  • AM Prep-Kickers

    May 2, 2024, 12:05 a.m.

    Man says his emotional support alligator, known for its big social media audience, has gone missing BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man says his emotional support alligator named Wally has gone missing amid the coastal marshes of Georgia. Joie ...

  • AM Prep-Cyber Corner

    May 2, 2024, 12:05 a.m.

    Google and Apple now threatened by the US antitrust laws that helped build their technology empires SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has launched a double-barreled antitrust attack on Google’s dominant search engine and Apple’s trendsetting iPhone. The ...

  • AM Prep-Cooler Copy

    May 2, 2024, 12:05 a.m.

    Greece boosts special firefighting units to cope with its growing heat risk KRYO PIGADI, Greece (AP) — Under pressure to cope with the impact of rising temperatures, Greece’s emergency response planners are shifting tactics this summer. They’ll be relying more ...

  • AP-Scorecard

    May 2, 2024, 12:04 a.m.

    Here are the scores from yesterday's sports events: ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Detroit 4 St. Louis 1 Final Milwaukee 7 Tampa Bay 1 Final Oakland 4 Pittsburgh 0 Final Atlanta 5 Seattle 2 Final Philadelphia 2 L.A. Angels 1 Final Boston ...

  • AP-Scorecard

    May 1, 2024, 11:55 p.m.

    TODAY'S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Detroit 4 St. Louis 1 Final Milwaukee 7 Tampa Bay 1 Final Oakland 4 Pittsburgh 0 Final Atlanta 5 Seattle 2 Final Philadelphia 2 L.A. Angels 1 Final Boston 6 San Francisco 2 Final ...

  • Tension grows on UCLA campus as police order dispersal of large pro-Palestinian gathering

    May 1, 2024, 11:46 p.m.

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police in riot gear massed on the UCLA campus and ordered a large group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators inside a fortified encampment to leave the area or face arrest late Wednesday, one night after violence instigated by ...

  • Judge denies bail to teen charged with terror-related offenses after stabbings at Sydney church

    May 1, 2024, 11:45 p.m.

    SYDNEY (AP) — A judge denied bail Thursday to a 15-year-old boy alleged to be in a network planning terrorist acts and who claimed to be a friend of another teen accused of stabbing a Sydney bishop last month. The ...

  • Cambodia's Defense Ministry says explosion at military base that killed 20 soldiers was an accident

    May 1, 2024, 11:43 p.m.

    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A huge explosion at a military base in southwestern Cambodia that killed 20 soldiers and injured many others was an accident caused by a “technical issue” stemming from the old and degraded ammunition that was ...

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