By Jennifer Hansler, Mostafa Salem, Becky Anderson and Rob Picheta, CNN Doha and Washington (CNN) — Five Americans freed from Iranian detention on Monday are on their way back to the United States after initially stopping in Doha, Qatar, according to a US official and a source familiar with the matter. The five, all of
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By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese police have detained some staff of Evergrande’s wealth management unit after the company failed to repay investors, in the first criminal probe launched against the embattled property developer since it was hit by a massive debt crisis in late 2021. Shares in the company tumbled as
Continue ReadingMORGANTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Nine teenagers who escaped from a detention center in Pennsylvania after overpowering staff and crawling under a fence were captured less than 12 hours later, state police said Monday. “It probably was planned, but poorly planned,” said Pennsylvania State Police Trooper David Beohm. Beohm said the first four were taken into
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Mizzou pulled off an upset Saturday when kicker Harrison Mevis made a last-second, SEC-record kick to seal the win over then-No. 15 Kansas State.
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By Jessie Yeung and Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — More than 10% of Japan’s population is now age 80 or older, the government said Monday, the latest worrying milestone in the rapidly graying country’s demographic crisis. According to figures released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the proportion of Japan’s elderly, defined
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Elon Musk, the head of electric carmaker Tesla, to establish a factory in Turkey. Erdogan’s office says the request came during a meeting in New York, where Erdogan is attending the U.N. General Assembly. The statement from Erdogan’s office also says the two discussed
Continue Reading By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Before Australians last voted in a referendum on First Nations people in 1967, Uncle Bob Anderson set up a table and chair at a tram stop in central Brisbane. From his rail-side office, he’d tell anyone who would stop and listen that Australia counted its horses, cows,
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Russia is calling a Ukrainian case alleging that Moscow abused the Genocide Convention to justify its invasion last year an “abuse of process.” The comment came Monday as lawyers for Moscow sought to have judges at the United Nation’s highest court throw out Kyiv’s case.
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon judge will decide whether a gun control law approved by voters last year is lawful under the state constitution. Measure 114 requires a permit, criminal background check and training course to buy a gun while also banning high-capacity magazines.
Continue ReadingBy RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Two years after the Taliban banned girls from school beyond sixth grade, Afghanistan is the only country in the world with restrictions on female education. Now, the rights of Afghan women and children are on the agenda of the United Nations General Assembly Monday in New York.
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — A confluence of crises jarring America’s political, democratic, judicial and economic systems, often fueled by Donald Trump and far-right Republicans, threatens to severely test Joe Biden’s presidency amid rising doubts over his reelection bid. As the 2024 White House race heats up, it’s becoming clear that extraordinary, historic
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — China’s top diplomat is in Russia for security talks after two days of meetings with U.S. President Joe Biden’s national security adviser over the weekend in Malta. Foreign Minister Wang Yi began talks Monday with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and will meet other Russian officials during his visit that will last
Continue ReadingADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — The Chevron Corp. says a liquefied natural gas plant in Australia has resumed full production after a fault cut output by one-fifth for three days. A turbine at the Wheatstone LNG plant in Western Australia state tripped last Thursday as around 500 unionized Chevron staff escalated strike action over pay and
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — A 4.8-magnitude earthquake has rattled parts of Tuscany. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Italy’s vulcanology institute says the quake’s epicenter was near Marradi, northeast of Florence, and struck at 5:10 a.m. It was preceded by some smaller temblors. The vulcanology agency noted that the area is considered at
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Jann Wenner, cofundador de la revista Rolling Stone, fue destituido de la junta directiva de la Fundación del Salón de la Fama del Rock & Roll después de enfrentar críticas generalizadas por los comentarios que hizo en una entrevista del New York Times publicada el viernes sobre músicas femeninas y negras.
Continue ReadingBy KAREL JANICEK Associated Press MICHALOVCE, Slovakia (AP) — A populist former prime minister whose party is favored to win Slovakia’s early parliamentary election plans to reverse the country’s military and political support for neighboring Ukraine if he returns to power. It’s a direct challenge to the European Union and NATO. Robert Fico and his
Continue ReadingBy KAREL JANICEK Associated Press MICHALOVCE, Slovakia (AP) — A populist former prime minister whose party is favored to win Slovakia’s early parliamentary election plans to reverse the country’s military and political support for neighboring Ukraine, in a direct challenge to the European Union and NATO, if he returns to power. Robert Fico, who led
Continue ReadingBy CHEYANNE MUMPHREY and JUAN LOZANO Associated Press MONT BELVIEU, Texas (AP) — A Black high school student in Texas has served more than two weeks of in-school suspensions for wearing twisted dreadlocks to school. When he arrived Monday with the same hairstyle, he was suspended again, his mother said. Darryl George, a junior at
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The commitments were far-reaching and ambitious. Among them: End extreme poverty and hunger. Ensure every child on Earth gets a quality secondary education. Achieve gender equality. Make significant inroads in tackling climate change. Create “universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.”
Continue ReadingBy MALLIKA SEN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — For two years, it was the coronavirus pandemic. Then, it was Russia’s war in Ukraine. Throughout it all, the perils of climate change, poverty and inequality have steadily, increasingly thrummed through each convening of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly. As the 78th session opens,
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