Month: July 2023

By The Associated Press Tesla says its first electric pickup has rolled off the assembly line. Elon Musk’s company tweeted a photo Saturday showing scores of workers in helmets and yellow vests surrounding the vehicle, which Tesla calls the Cybertruck. The truck is behind schedule. Back in 2019, Tesla said production would start in late

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United Nations agency responsible for overseeing humanitarian aid has described conditions placed by the Syrian government on aid deliveries from Turkey to northwest Syria as “unacceptable.” The future delivery of aid across Syria’s northern border was thrown into question Tuesday after the U.N. Security Council failed

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Scorching temperatures across Europe have forced the closure of the Acropolis in Athens for a second day. Meteorologists say even hotter weather is expected next week, when the mercury is forecast to top 40 degrees Celsius, or about 104 degrees Fahrenheit, in several popular Mediterranean tourist destinations.

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Thousands of participants of the Budapest Pride march wound through the streets of the Hungarian capital on Saturday with marchers voicing their anxiety over the increasing pressure on the LGBTQ+ community from the country’s right-wing government. The 28th annual event comes as the country’s laws, which

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushed on Saturday to a hospital after feeling dizzy, his office said, adding that it appeared the veteran Israeli leader was suffering from dehydration. Netanyahu, 73, remained at Israel’s Sheba Hospital, where he continued to undergo medical tests, his office said. In

By SOPHENG CHEANG and GRANT PECK Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Two senior members of the only major functioning opposition party in Cambodia have been arrested for allegedly teaching voters how to cast a spoiled ballot in this month’s general election. They are the first people to be arrested under the country’s recently

NEWRY, Maine (AP) — A competitor was killed in a crash on the first day of a rally race through a forest in western Maine, leading organizers to cancel the event’s second day. WMTW-TV reports that Erin Kelly, a 48-year-old woman from Marshall, Virginia, was killed Friday when her team’s car crashed near Lower Richardson

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Marketa Vondrousova came to the All England Club a year ago unable to play tennis at all. She had a cast on her surgically repaired left wrist, so her visit was limited to sightseeing around London with her sister and cheering for a friend who

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The extremist rebel group Allied Democratic Forces has been accused of killing at least 12 people in Ituri province in northeastern Congo. Local farmers discovered their bodies in the bush early Friday as they went to work their fields. A local civil society organization said Saturday

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Days of heavy rain in South Korea have left at least 26 people dead and 10 others missing in landslides, floods and other incidents. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety says the 26 fatalities were reported on Friday and Saturday, all in the central

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Marketa Vondrousova became the lowest-ranked woman to win Wimbledon, defeating 2022 runner-up Ons Jabeur 6-4, 6-4 in the final Saturday. Vondrousova is a 24-year-old left-hander from the Czech Republic who is ranked 42nd and was the first unseeded woman to play for the title at

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says he has been rushed to a hospital. Netanyahu’s office said he was in “good condition” but undergoing medical evaluation. It gave no further details.

The Associated Press An independent monitoring group says a large convoy carrying fighters from the Wagner private army has been spotted entering Belarus from Russia. The group Belaruski Hajun said at least 60 trucks, buses and other large vehicles crossed into country accompanied by Belarusian police. The group said the vehicles had license plates from

By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek police are searching for the killers of a North Macedonian businessman at a holiday resort in northern Greece. Police say two masked men riding a motorcycle approached a villa in the resort of Hanioti, southeast of Thessaloniki, which the 39-year-old businessman was renting along with

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The man who said he would burn the Torah and the Bible outside the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm gave up his plan and instead held a one-person demonstration against burning holy books. The man is in his 30s and had been issued a permit for the protest by Stockholm police for the