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Honda recalls nearly 1.2M vehicles because rear camera image may not appear on dashboard screen

Published:Friday | June 23, 2023 | 4:09 PM

DETROIT (AP) — Honda is recalling nearly 1.2 million vehicles in the US because the rear view camera image may not appear on the dashboard screen. The recall covers certain Odyssey minivans from 2018 to 2023, as well as Pilot SUVs from 2019...

UK recession fears mount after Bank of England hikes borrowing rates by more than expected

Published:Friday | June 23, 2023 | 12:32 PM

LONDON (AP) — Fears that the British economy is heading for recession mounted sharply Thursday after the Bank of England raised borrowing costs by more than anticipated, seeking to combat stubbornly high inflation with a hike that...

Lawyers who submitted bogus case law created by ChatGPT fined US$5,000

Published:Friday | June 23, 2023 | 9:44 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday imposed US$5,000 fines on two lawyers and a law firm in an unprecedented instance in which ChatGPT was blamed for their submission of fictitious legal research in an aviation injury claim...

Climate change leads to growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases, EU agency says

Published:Friday | June 23, 2023 | 9:32 AM

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — European Union officials warned Thursday there is a growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases such as dengue and chikungunya in Europe due to climate change. The European Center for Disease Prevention and...

The pilot and four passengers of the Titan submersible are dead – US Coast Guard

Published:Friday | June 23, 2023 | 1:06 AM

A submersible carrying five people to the Titanic imploded near the site of the shipwreck and killed everyone on board, authorities said Thursday, bringing a tragic end to a saga that included an urgent around-the-clock search and a worldwide vigil...

Biden defends calling Chinese leader Xi a ‘dictator’, still expects to meet with him

Published:Friday | June 23, 2023 | 1:04 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) : President Joe Biden on Thursday defended his harsh public comments on China, including calling President Xi Jinping a dictator, saying his words would have no negative impact on US-China relations and that he still expects to...

Widow of slain Haitian president files lawsuit against suspects for damages, seeking trial

Published:Friday | June 23, 2023 | 1:00 AM

SAN JUAN (AP): Attorneys for the widow of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse filed a lawsuit Thursday in Florida against those accused in his assassination, which is still under investigation. The lawsuit, which was first shared with The...

Eight Mexican army soldiers arrested in 2014 disappearances of 43 students

Published:Thursday | June 22, 2023 | 9:03 PM

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican military official confirmed Thursday that eight soldiers have been detained and taken to a military prison for their possible involvement in events surrounding the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from a rural...

UN puts Russian forces on blacklist for killing children and attacking schools in Ukraine

Published:Thursday | June 22, 2023 | 8:03 PM

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations put Russian forces on its annual blacklist of countries that violate children's rights in conflict for killing boys and girls and attacking schools and hospitals in Ukraine, according to a new...

Update | Pilot, crew of Titan submersible believed to be dead, expedition company says

Published:Thursday | June 22, 2023 | 2:18 PM

The pilot and four passengers of a missing submersible that disappeared en route to the wreckage of the Titanic are believed to be dead, the expedition company said Thursday. Pilot and chief executive Stockton Rush, along with passengers Shahzada...

US Coast Guard says debris field found near Titanic during search for submersible

Published:Thursday | June 22, 2023 | 11:35 AM

The United States Coast Guard said Thursday that an underwater vessel has located a debris field near the Titanic in the search for a missing submersible with five people aboard, a potential breakthrough in an increasingly urgent around-the-clock...

Outlook bleak for passengers on the Titan, despite massive rescue effort

Published:Thursday | June 22, 2023 | 1:41 AM

BOSTON (AP): Time is quickly running out in the search for a missing submersible that lost contact with its mother ship on Sunday as it descended to the wreck of the Titanic with five people aboard. As an international fleet of surveillance...

Death toll reaches 16 in Canada bus crash carrying seniors to a casino

Published:Thursday | June 22, 2023 | 1:39 AM

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP): A woman injured on a bus that collided with a semi-trailer truck at a highway intersection in a rural part of the Canadian province of Manitoba has died in hospital, police said Wednesday, bringing the crash death toll to...

Three sentenced to more than 100 years for killing an ex-Indiana University football player

Published:Thursday | June 22, 2023 | 1:39 AM

INDIANAPOLIS (AP): A judge Wednesday sentenced three people to more than 100 years each in prison for the fatal shooting of a former Indiana University football player who was gunned down during unrest following George Floyd’s murder. Marcus...

Thousands take to the streets in Colombia to protest leftist government’s reforms

Published:Thursday | June 22, 2023 | 1:36 AM

BOGOTA (AP): Thousands of people marched in Colombia on Tuesday to voice their frustration with President Gustavo Petro’s government and its attempts to make sweeping changes to the nation’s health and pension systems, and its labour laws. The...

Biden calling China’s leader a ‘dictator’ opens new rift just after Blinken’s tensions-easing trip

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 8:49 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's remarks calling Chinese leader Xi Jinping a “dictator” and China a country with “real economic difficulties” drew fast condemnation from China on Wednesday, cracking open a...

Paris police look at gas leak as possible cause of explosion and fire that injured 24

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 5:45 PM

PARIS (AP) — A strong explosion rocked a building in Paris' Left Bank on Wednesday, injuring at least 24 people, igniting a fire that sent smoke soaring over the French capital's monuments and prompting an evacuation of other...

Amazon accused of enroling consumers into Prime without consent and making it hard to cancel

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 3:38 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon was sued Wednesday by the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly engaging in a yearslong effort to enrol consumers without consent into Amazon Prime and making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions. In a...

US approves chicken made from cultivated cells, the nation’s first ‘lab-grown’ meat

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 1:30 PM

For the first time, United States regulators on Wednesday approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells, allowing two California companies to offer “lab-grown” meat to the nation's restaurant tables and eventually, supermarket...

Italians pursuing parenthood via surrogates abroad could face prosecution under proposed law

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 10:58 AM

ROME (AP) — Italy's lawmakers are debating a bill that would make it a crime for Italian citizens to try to become parents through a surrogate's pregnancy abroad, even in countries where the practice is legal. A 2004 law...

Windrush scandal rumbles on five years after UK government’s apology

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 8:20 AM

LONDON (AP) — When Thomas Tobierre's wife, Caroline, died in 2021, he didn't know how he was going to pay for her funeral. That's because he had drained his savings while caught up in a United Kingdom immigration...

Officials sanctioned over conflict-related rapes of hundreds of women, girls

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 1:18 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): The US on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a South Sudanese military officer and governor accused in connection with the rapes of hundreds of women and girls. They are the first US sanctions issued with a dedicated focus on conflict-...

New NATO member swears in most right-wing gov’t in decades

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 1:16 AM

HELSINKI (AP): Finland, which recently became NATO’s 31st member, swore in a new coalition government on Tuesday that is considered the most right-wing one in the Nordic country’s modern history. President Sauli Niinistö appointed the 19-member...

41 women killed in prison riot

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 1:16 AM

TEGUCIGALPA (AP): A riot at a women’s prison northwest of the Honduran capital has killed at least 41 women, most of them burned to death, a Honduran police official said. Yuri Mora, the spokesman for Honduras’ national police investigation agency...

41 women die in grisly riot in Honduran prison that president blames on ‘mara’ gangs

Published:Tuesday | June 20, 2023 | 7:36 PM

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A grisly riot at a women's prison in Honduras Tuesday left at least 41 women dead, most burned to death, in violence the country's president blamed on “mara” street gangs that often wield broad...

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