Category: AP

Jun 8

Senate confirms highest-ranking Muslim in gov’t after earlier GOP blockade

Article content WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Dilawar Syed as deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration, ending more than two years of delays after a blockade by Republicans in the last Congress. Syed will be the highest-ranking Muslim official in the U.S. government. Article content Republicans on the Small Business Committee […]
Jun 7

Senators call on TikTok CEO to explain ‘inaccurate’ statements about how company manages US data

Article content NEW YORK (AP) — Two U.S. senators are asking TikTok to explain what they called “misleading or inaccurate” responses about how it stores and provides access to U.S. user data after recent news reports raised questions about how the Chinese-owned social media platform handles some sensitive information. In a letter sent Tuesday to […]
Jun 6

Reports: Italian ex-premier, business executives investigated over Colombia deal for ships, planes

Article content ROME (AP) — Police on Tuesday searched the offices and homes of a former Italian premier and several leading business executives in an investigation of alleged corruption involving the sale of military planes, ships and submarines to Colombia, Italian state television reported. Massimo D’Alema, a leftist politician who served as Italian premier from […]
Jun 5

U.S. sanctions Russia-backed actors over Moldovan destabilization protests

Article content WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. sanctioned a group of Russian-intelligence linked individuals Monday for their role in allegedly helping the Kremlin destabilize Moldova’s democratically-elected government through protests in Moldova’s capitol earlier this year. Article content Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated seven members of a group linked to sanctioned Moldovan oligarch, Ilan […]
Jun 4

Senegal’s government suspends mobile internet access amid days of deadly clashes

Article content DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s government temporarily suspended mobile phone data on Sunday as the country reels from days of deadly clashes between police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. Article content The ministry of communication, telecommunications and digital economy said that because of the diffusion of “subversive messages in a context […]
Jun 4

Hundreds of thousands march in Poland anti-government protests to show support for democracy

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Vanessa Gera Published Jun 04, 2023  •  5 minute read Join the conversation Article content WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people marched in an anti-government protest in Poland’s capital on Sunday, with citizens traveling from across the country to voice […]
Jun 4

Guinea-Bissau votes to elect legislature more than a year after president dissolved parliament

Article content BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Bissau-Guineans voted Sunday in a highly anticipated election to fill Guinea-Bissau’s national legislature, more than a year after the West African nation’s president dissolved parliament. Nearly 1 million voters were registered to elect more than 100 lawmakers from six parties with active seats in the National People’s Assembly, according […]