Trading of China’s Evergrande shares in Hong Kong suspended
By ALICE FUNG and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Shares in troubled real estate developer China Evergrande Group and its property…
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9 players on Cuba’s U23 baseball team defect in Mexico
HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban government has confirmed that nine of the 24 players on its national team at baseball’s U-23 World Cup defected during…
Continue Reading Japan new PM to seek fresh mandate to handle virus, economy
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he will dissolve the lower house next week…
Continue Reading Whistleblower: Facebook chose profit over public safety
By DAVID BAUDER and MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook prematurely turned off safeguards designed to thwart misinformation…
Continue Reading Oil spill laps at “heartbeat” of California beach community
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — An offshore oil spill in Southern California threatens marine life and scenic beaches…
Continue Reading Koreas talk on hotline restored after North’s missile tests
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says the two Koreas have restored a stalled communication channel after a…
Continue Reading Booms, skimmers among tools used to cleanup from oil spills
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Crews have deployed skimmers and floating barriers known as booms as they try stop oil from a massive spill in…
Continue Reading Montreal plane in crash carrying marriage proposal banner
MONTREAL (AP) — Canadian authorities say a small plane crashed on an island near Old Montreal while towing a marriage proposal banner, killing a…
Continue Reading FIFA urges players to get vaccinated, EPL lags on take-up
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer FIFA says “we encourage COVID-19 vaccinations” in a first direct plea for players to get jabbed. It came as…
Continue Reading Threatened Swedish artist reportedly dead in road accident
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish news media are reporting that the Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who had lived under police protection since his 2007 sketch…
Continue Reading Palestinian president hosts Israeli ministers in West Bank
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian president has hosted two Israeli Cabinet ministers for a late-night meeting, in a new sign of slowly…
Continue Reading German parties hold ‘speed dating’ post-election talks
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s four biggest parties have held a series of bilateral meetings to further sound out each others’ positions before…
Continue Reading Reaching pre-pandemic levels, ‘Venom’ debuts with $90.1M
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pandemic moviegoing is finally starting to look like pre-pandemic moviegoing. Sony Pictures’ Marvel…
Continue Reading George Floyd memorial statue in New York City defaced again
NEW YORK (AP) — A statue memorializing George Floyd in New York City’s Union Square Park has been vandalized. Police say video shows an…
Continue Reading Leaked records open a ‘Pandora’ box of financial secrets
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press Hundreds of world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, celebrities, religious…
Continue Reading Tunsians march to support president’s usurpation of power
By FRANCESCA EBEL Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Thousands of Tunisians protested in Tunis and other cities this weekend in a show of…
Continue Reading Former NASCAR driver Townley killed in Georgia shooting
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Investigators say a former driver in NASCAR’s lower divisions has been killed in a shooting in Georgia that also wounded a…
Continue Reading Austria to introduce new carbon tax from mid-2022
BERLIN (AP) — The Austrian government says it will introduce a new carbon tax from July 1, 2022, and will return that money to residents in the…
Continue Reading 3 Swiss Guards who refused vaccination return to Switzerland
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Three Vatican Swiss Guards who refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19 upon Holy See orders have left the storied corps to…
Continue Reading Naomi Campbell steals Lanvin show at Paris Fashion Week
BY THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Yet again, Naomi Campbell stole the show at Paris Fashion Week. The veteran trod the runway of…
Continue Reading 1 killed, 4 hurt in South Carolina Waffle House shooting
BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A sheriff says one man has been killed in a shooting in the parking lot of a Waffle House near a South Carolina…
Continue Reading Ex-student charged in Houston school shooting that injured 1
HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say a former student at a Houston public charter school has been charged after confessing to shooting and wounding the…
Continue Reading PM vows to rebuild Spanish island hit by volcanic eruption
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s prime minister has vowed to rebuild the island of La Palma, where a volcano eruption has spewed molten lava and a thick…
Continue Reading Man arrested in Utah football player’s shooting death
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police arrested a man early Sunday in connection with the shooting death of Utah sophomore cornerback Aaron Lowe. Homicide…
Continue Reading Yemen official: Rebel missiles hit key city, kill 2 children
BY AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials say Houthi rebels have fired three ballistic missiles at a government-held…
Continue Reading Probe: Catholic Church in France had 3,000 child abusers
PARIS (AP) — An independent commission examining sex abuse within the Roman Catholic Church in France believes that 3,000 child abusers, two-thirds…
Continue Reading Blaze destroys much of island off Honduras’ northern coast
By MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A blaze that ripped through a small, densely populated cay along a Honduran…
Continue Reading 3rd victim dies after angry co-worker’s rampage
DAVENPORT, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a third victim has died following a violent attack where an angry electrician wielding a knife and baseball…
Continue Reading Project aims to ID voting rights marchers of ‘Bloody Sunday’
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The world knows the names of John Lewis and a few more of the voting rights demonstrators who walked across Selma’s Edmund…
Continue Reading 3rd victim dies after angry co-worker’s rampage
DAVENPORT, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a third victim has died following a violent attack where an angry electrician wielding a knife and baseball…
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