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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s former chief of staff has been named by two Ukrainian anti-corruption watchdogs as a suspect in a major graft probe, bringing the once right-hand man who once wielded enormous influence in the country’s wartime planning under direct scrutiny. Andrii Yermak is officially suspected of taking part in an alleged 460-million hryvnia ($10.5 million) money-laundering scheme, according to Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the […]

PARIS (AP) — Over 1,700 passengers and crew on a British cruise ship were ordered to remain on board after an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness, French authorities said Wednesday. They dismissed any link to a deadly hantavirus outbreak on another vessel that has put European health authorities on alert. The Ambition was midway through a 14-night cruise from Belfast and Liverpool that was due to take in ports in northern […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — During a tumultuous 2025, the United States and China proved how much they could hurt each other in a trade war. Now Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are meeting in Beijing to repair some of the damage. A decade of conflict between the world’s two biggest economies has left U.S.-China trade greatly reduced from the boom times of the 2000s and 2010s, forcing companies to regroup. […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a law requiring nonpartisan elections for most local officials in the five most populous counties in the Atlanta area, leading Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and another Democratic prosecutor to threaten to sue over the bill’s constitutionality. Kemp signed the bill privately Tuesday, the final day after Georgia’s 2026 legislative session for the governor to sign or veto bills. Republicans have […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors started deliberating Wednesday in Harvey Weinstein ’s rape retrial, weighing an unresolved piece of a case that epitomized the #MeToo movement. The jury is tasked with deciding whether the former movie mogul raped hairstylist and actor Jessica Mann in a Manhattan hotel on March 18, 2013. Mann, 40, testified that the two had a consensual relationship, but that Weinstein subjected her to unwanted sex that […]

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Maple Leafs fired coach Craig Berube on Wednesday after he guided the team to a last-place finish in the Atlantic Division this season. The move ended Berube’s two-year run with the Maple Leafs. He helped the club to a 108-point campaign in his first season as coach, but Toronto struggled mightily in 2025-26. “Craig is a tremendous coach and an even better person,” general manager […]

NEW YORK (AP) — An analysis of ancient teeth is giving scientists a rare peek into interactions between human relatives hundreds of thousands of years ago that have left a lasting imprint on our species. A new study reveals genetic clues about a human ancestor called Homo erectus. H. erectus arose in Africa about 2 million years ago and spread to other parts of the globe, including Asia and possibly […]

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Efforts to arrest a Philippine senator who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on a charge of murder as a crime against humanity led to a burst of gunfire Wednesday and a standoff in the Senate building. The tense scenes in Manila came two days after the court based in The Hague unsealed an arrest warrant for Ronald Marapon dela Rosa, who served as […]

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The European Union’s energy commissioner said Wednesday that while there is no immediate threat to jet fuel supplies, the possibility of a longer-term shortage cannot be ruled out. Commissioner Dan Jørgensen told reporters that any shortage will depend on how the Iran war and the situation in the Strait of Hormuz will unfold, as well as how airlines will react after some companies — including the […]