by Zoe Whitfield, CNN London (CNN) — Around the time of 2003, as the British Fashion Council’s talent-fostering initiative Newgen turned 10, the UK was involved in a number of era-defining events: Britain invaded Iraq under the orders of Prime Minister Tony Blair; legislation banning local authorities and schools from ‘promoting homosexuality’ was repealed; and
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London police have been forced to call on neighboring departments and the military for backup after scores of specially trained firearms officers refused to carry guns after the murder charge filed against one of their colleagues. The action deepened the sense of crisis in Britain’s largest police
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press NEW PLYMOUTH, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins was on the campaign trail Monday visiting an art gallery when his guide asked him what he pictured when he looked up at a towering wooden sculpture. “I was actually just contemplating that,” Hipkins replied. “And I don’t
Continue ReadingBy AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — A powerful blast has rocked Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region as ethnic Armenians are streaming out of the breakaway territory following its retaking by the Azerbaijani military. The Azerbaijani military claimed full control over the region last week after three decades of separatist rule. Nagorno-Karabakh’s authorities agreed to
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Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan authorities have fined a golf ball manufacturer $75,000 and warned of criminal charges after a major factory fire killed nine people and left one other missing. The mayor of Pingtung county said at a news conference that Launch Technologies Co. had 3,000 tons of organic peroxides on site, far more
Continue Reading Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — It was the summer where everyone went to Europe. And now it’s fall, when the continent really comes into its own as the leaves – and visitor numbers – start to drop. A recent report from luxury travel network Virtuoso named Paris, London and Florence as the most booked cities
Continue ReadingBy NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press LYON, France (AP) — A trial is opening in a French counterterrorism court over the killing of two police officers in their home in 2016, in front of their 3-year-old son. The attacker said he was acting in the name of the Islamic State group. The assailant was killed by
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm is blocking leading U.S. online travel agency Booking from acquiring Sweden’s flight booking provider Etraveli Group. The European Commisson says the deal would have allowed Booking to increase its dominant position on the market on the continent. The Commission said Monday it had warned Booking Holdings about
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Oil prices have risen, meaning drivers are paying more for gasoline and truckers and farmers more for diesel. The increase also complicates the global fight against inflation and feeds Russia’s war chest. That poses problems for politicians as well as the people having to spend
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — First came the castle. Then the golf course. The nearly 300,000 fans due to descend on the Marco Simone club for the Ryder Cup this week will be able to see the 11th-century castle with the same name from various points of the course.
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By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Evergrande’s plan to restructure its massive debts is in trouble because of a regulatory probe into its main subsidiary, the embattled Chinese developer said Sunday. The company said in a statement that it is “unable to meet the qualifications” for issuing new notes, which refer to short
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un jefe de la mafia italiana que pasó casi tres décadas evadiendo a las autoridades antes de ser arrestado en enero de este año murió mientras recibía tratamiento médico, según informes de medios de comunicación italianos. Matteo Messina Denaro, quien se cree que ordenó decenas de asesinatos relacionados con la
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, y su predecesor en la Oficina Oval, Donald Trump, están a punto de librar el enfrentamiento más directo hasta el momento de su posible revancha mientras los republicanos de extrema derecha de la Cámara de Representantes llevan a la nación al borde de
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By Katie Bo Lillis, Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN Washington (CNN) — Every morning, Gen. Mark Milley’s staff pulls transcripts from Fox News prime-time shows to see if they’re talking about him. Those transcripts sometimes become part of the glut of media materials that Milley consumes on a given day from the major papers,
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Last year’s spike in inflation, to the highest level in four decades, was painful enough for American households. Yet the cure — much higher interest rates, to cool spending and hiring — was expected to bring even more pain. Grim forecasts from economists had predicted that
Continue Reading By Lauren Fox, Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — With six days until the government runs out of money, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has a choice to make: Does he risk a shutdown to keep his job or does he cross his Republican hardliners by working with Democrats? It’s a defining moment that
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The chairman of Hong Kong’s leading journalist group received a five-day jail term after he was found guilty of obstructing a police officer on Monday in a court case that sparked concerns about the city’s declining press freedom. Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A top German bishop says a scandal centering on sexual abuse allegations against a long-deceased cardinal has created a “very difficult situation” for the troubled Catholic Church in Germany. He spoke hours after a statue of the late cleric was removed from its perch outside Essen Cathedral
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Fall has only just begun, but it’s not too soon to look ahead to winter, especially since this one may look drastically different than recent years because of El Niño. This winter will be the first in a few years to feel the effects of the phenomenon, which
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