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TELL, West Bank (AP) — Three Palestinian teenagers have been killed in the occupied West Bank this week in a spike of renewed violence, the latest shot dead by Israeli forces during a mid-week raid. Palestinians in the northern West Bank village of Tell mourned the death of Youssef Shtayyeh on Friday after health officials said he was gunned down by Israeli forces in the nearby city of Nablus. Waving […]

MILAN (AP) — Artist Maurizio Cattelan, the provocateur behind such works as a golden toilet titled “America,” opened MilanDesignWeek by inviting people for an informal exchange of favorite objects in front of Milan’s Duomo cathedral, where he stamped “White Trash” on participants’ necks and hands. The mood in Milan was buoyant as guests moved from cocktail to cocktail in some of Milan’s most inviting venues on Monday before the doors […]

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Regina Garcia Cano reported and wrote The Associated Press story that chronicled the efforts of two women to protest the Venezuelan government over the detentions of their husbands. Garcia Cano, along with video journalist Juan Arraez and photographer Ariana Cubillos, shadowed the women and as many as 30 others during their 64-day protest outside a police station in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, where their husbands and loved […]

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Mileidy Mendoza and Sandra Rosales stood vigil at the gates of a detention center in Venezuela’s capital as a police officer barked names into the night. With each call, a prisoner stumbled out the doors and into another woman’s tearful embrace. Fifteen men and two women. All alleged political prisoners. All freed just hours into Valentine’s Day thanks to the work of Mendoza, Rosales and more […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as the Senate prepared to launch into a late-night vote series, Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana went to the floor to vent. Frustrated and seemingly exhausted Wednesday, Kennedy said he wanted more time to debate his amendments to a budget resolution to fund immigration enforcement agencies. But he had another complaint. “Frankly I am worried about the health of some of our members,” Kennedy said […]

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian authorities said Friday they have arrested a former intelligence officer who appeared in a video leaked four years ago that purportedly showed him and his comrades fatally shooting dozens of people during the country’s conflict. Amjad Yousef was arrested in the central province of Hama, where he had been hiding, the Interior Ministry said, and posted a photo of him in a striped prison uniform. […]

BEIJING (AP) — China’s top automakers are showcasing their latest models and technologies from intelligent driving to ultrafast charging in Beijing as they compete with global rivals in overseas markets. Analysts say the biennial auto show in China’s capital, which opened to media on Friday, shows how its auto industry is setting the global pace for cutting-edge technologies in areas such as electric vehicles and batteries, eclipsing many foreign brands […]

(Corrects to say prevent in paragraph 1) By Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU, April 23 (Reuters) – The European Central Bank will hold its deposit rate on April 30 but hike it in June, according to just over half of economists polled by Reuters, in a bid to prevent a war-fuelled energy shock from knocking the euro zone economy off balance. Economists, however, failed to agree on what would follow June’s quarter-point […]

April 24 (Reuters) – Data center provider Csquare said on Friday it has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the United States, banking on improving investor appetite for new listings. The IPO market has picked up pace in recent days, with waning fears of a drawn-out Middle East conflict boosting investor confidence and encouraging companies to pursue listings. Fashion retailer Tailored Brands and sandwich chain Jersey Mike’s have […]