Month: June 2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian authorities say a boy was shot and killed by police after his father stole a car in the southwestern Khuzestan province and drove off with him. The chief of police in Shushtar County said officers tried to stop the “stolen vehicle by shooting at it,” but the boy

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian authorities say a boy was shot and killed by the police after his father stole a car in the southwestern Khuzestan province and drove off with him. The chief of police in Shushtar County said officers tried to stop the “stolen vehicle by shooting at it,” but the

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — One of the two giant inflatable ducks floating in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor deflated on Saturday, just a day after they were unveiled to revelers. Crowds of residents and tourists flocked in the scorching heat to the promenade near the government headquarters in Admiralty to snap

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French judges on Saturday handed preliminary charges of attempted murder to a man suspected of stabbing four young children and two adults in a French Alps park, an attack that reverberated across France and beyond. The suspect, a 31-year-old Syrian refugee with permanent Swedish

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military reported intense fighting with Russian forces on Saturday, while the country’s nuclear energy agency said it put the last operating reactor at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant into a “cold shutdown” for safety as Russia’s war on Ukraine drags on through its 16th month.

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson left chaos in his wake Saturday after quitting Parliament with a blast at fellow lawmakers he accused of ousting him in a “witch hunt.” As opponents jeered, the Conservative government absorbed the shock of yet another Johnson earthquake, while a band

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Police in Somalia say nine people, including three soldiers, were killed in Friday night’s extremist attack on a beachside hotel in the capital, Mogadishu. The police statement said 10 other people were wounded while 84 people were rescued from the hourslong assault that ended early Saturday

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Country Club is opening itself to the world’s largest golf audiences with the arrival of the 123rd U.S. Open next week. For its first century of existence, the club and its two courses were rarely seen by anyone except its wealthy members.

ROME (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis spent another good night in the Rome hospital where he is recovering from abdominal surgery. The 86-year-old pontiff underwent an operation on Wednesday to repair a hernia and remove scar tissue that had formed following previous intestinal surgery. The Vatican said it would provide more details on

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano has erupted, spewing ash as high as 3 kilometers (2 miles) into the air, officials said Saturday. The volcano island located in Indonesia’s Sunda Strait between the main Java and Sumatra islands has erupted at least seven times since late Friday, Indonesia’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation

PARIS (AP) — The man suspected of stabbing four young children and two adults in a park in the French Alps is facing potential charges Saturday. The children are between 22 months and 3 years old, and remain hospitalized. The French president expressed hope after speaking to their doctors Friday that their conditions would continue

By JIM GOMEZ and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press BONGA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of people who fled their homes in the central Philippines to escape a restive volcano have to contend with another threat that’s complicating the ongoing evacuations: monsoon rains that could be unleashed by an approaching typhoon. More than 6,000 villagers have been

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s nuclear energy agency says it has put the last operating reactor at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant into a “cold shutdown” — a safety precaution amid catastrophic flooding from the collapse of a nearby dam as Russia’s war on Ukraine drags on through its 16th