Month: June 2024

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer DALLAS (AP) — Summer kicks off in the Northern Hemisphere with the summer solstice on Thursday. The Earth…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Hundreds of people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Abortion rights have found an unlikely champion in swing state Pennsylvania. Sen. Bob Casey…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A senior prosecutor in Ukraine says authorities have created a national registry to…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Scores of Greek firefighters and water-bombing aircraft have tamed a large wildfire on the fringes of Athens that forced…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s government says it has tightened controls over adoptions from abroad but…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military chief has demanded China return several rifles and equipment…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Cyril Ramaphosa has been sworn in for a second term as South Africa’s president in a…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ABOARD THE USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER IN THE RED SEA (AP) — The combat markings emblazoned on…

PARIS (AP) — French police say an officer in the northern suburbs of Paris has opened fire and killed an attacker who assaulted a cleaning worker…

By The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi, has been sentenced to…

By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Gerald Watkins watched Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and other New York Yankees wade…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm is criticizing France for running up excessive debt, a stinging…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The father of a Malaysian man who attacked a police station and killed two police officers last month has been…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Most politicians try to avoid slips, stumbles and undignified photos. Not Ed Davey. The leader of…

PARIS (AP) — Police in the restive French Pacific territory of New Caledonia have rounded up 11 people, including an independence leader. They have…

By FOSTER KLUG and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Demilitarized Zone between the two rival Koreas might be the most…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — With just over a month before the Paris Olympics, Louis Vuitton celebrated the beauty of humans…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — World stocks were mixed on Wednesday after U.S. benchmarks ticked to more records following the…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. has returned to the Bank of England’s target rate of 2% for the first time in…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Kazuko Shiraishi, a leading name in modern Japanese “beat” poetry, has died. She was 93.…