Battery technology in the crashed Venice bus made it less prone to catastrophic fires,...
MILAN (AP) — Italy’s transport minister is questioning the spread of electric vehicle technology following the fiery crash of a fully electric shuttle bus...
Sunak plans to raise the legal smoking age in England each year until it...
LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday proposed raising the legal age that people in England can buy cigarettes by one...
First Nations premier to lead a Canadian province after historic election win in Manitoba
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — The Canadian province of Manitoba has elected the first First Nations premier of a province in Canada.Manitobans elected an NDP...
UK police open a corporate manslaughter investigation into a hospital where a nurse killed...
LONDON (AP) — British police have opened an investigation into corporate manslaughter at a northern England hospital after a neonatal nurse was convicted of...
SoftBank’s Son says AI will surpass human intelligence in a decade, urges Japanese firms...
TOKYO (AP) — Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son on Wednesday said he believes artificial intelligence will surpass human intelligence within a decade, urging Japanese companies...
Sirens blare across Russia as it holds nationwide emergency drills
MOSCOW (AP) — Sirens wailed across Russia and TV stations interrupted regular programming to broadcast warnings Wednesday as part of sweeping drills intended to...
Western countries want a UN team created to monitor rights violations and abuses in...
GENEVA (AP) — Four Western countries floated a proposal Wednesday for the United Nations’ top human rights body to appoint a team of experts...
Thousands of US health care workers go on strike in multiple states over wages...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Picketing began Wednesday morning at Kaiser Permanente hospitals as some 75,000 health care workers go on strike in Virginia, California...
Japan hopes to resolve China’s seafood ban over Fukushima’s wastewater release within WTO’s scope
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Japan hopes to resolve China's ban on its seafood following the release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi...
Former Russian state TV journalist gets 8 1/2-year sentence in absentia for Ukraine war...
A Moscow court on Wednesday sentenced a former state TV journalist 8 1/2 years in prison in absentia for protesting Russia's war in Ukraine,...