COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Swedish parliament committee says Sweden should increase its annual military budget by nearly 54 billion kronor ($5 billion) by 2030 to strengthen its air defenses and increase the number of conscripts, among other measures. Sweden joined NATO in March. The report, which was presented to the government on Friday, said
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Defense lawyers in Donald Trump’s hush money trial dug Friday into assertions of the former publisher of the National Enquirer and his efforts to protect Trump from negative stories during the 2016 election. David Pecker returned to the witness stand for the fourth day as defense attorneys tried to poke holes
Continue ReadingBy RYAN J. FOLEY, CARLA K. JOHNSON and SHELBY LUM Associated Press The practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts, an investigation led by The Associated Press has found. At least 94 people died
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY, BASSEM MROUE and DAVID RISING Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt sent a high-level delegation to Israel on Friday with the hope of brokering a cease-fire agreement with Hamas in Gaza, two officials said. At the same time, it warned that a possible Israeli offensive focused on Gaza’s city of Rafah —
Continue ReadingBy RYAN J. FOLEY, CARLA K. JOHNSON and SHELBY LUM Associated Press Demetrio Jackson was desperate for medical help when the paramedics arrived. The 43-year-old was surrounded by police who arrested him after responding to a trespassing call in a Wisconsin parking lot. Officers had shocked him with a Taser and pinned him as he
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A former researcher working in the U.K. Parliament and another man charged with spying for China have been granted bail after a court appearance in London. Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry didn’t enter pleas Friday in Westminster Magistrates’ Court. They are charged with violating the Official Secrets Act by providing information or
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By Matt Egan and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — College campuses across America have been shaken by unrest that has resulted in clashes with police, shut down some classrooms and captured the attention of the nation. Although much of the initial focus has been on antisemitic incidents and how university officials and police
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By Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “In space, no one can hear you scream.” “Alien” premiered with that memorable advertising line in June 1979. Nonetheless, science fiction fans being what they are (see “Star Wars” and “May the Fourth”), the film’s de facto anniversary comes this weekend, in the form of an April 26 re-release
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police have searched the office of the hard-line incoming leader of a doctors association and confiscated his mobile phone. He faces an accusation that he incited the protracted walkouts by thousands of medical interns and residents. The office of Lim Hyun-taek, who is
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine forces have killed an Abu Sayyaf militant who had been implicated in past beheadings including of 10 Filipino marines and two kidnapped Vietnamese. Philippine police backed by military intelligence agents killed Nawapi Abdulsaid in a brief gunbattle Wednesday night in the remote coastal town of
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso has suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio stations for their coverage of a report by Human Rights Watch on a mass killing of civilians carried out by the country’s armed forces. Burkina Faso’s communication spokesperson said that both radio stations would be
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — TikTok is in the crosshairs of authorities in the U.S., where new law threatens a nationwide ban unless its China-based parent ByteDance divests. It would be the biggest blow yet to the popular video-sharing app, which has faced various restrictions around the world. TikTok is already
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Tras años de retrasos y una vertiginosa serie de contratiempos durante los vuelos de prueba, la nave espacial Starliner de Boeing está finalmente lista para realizar su lanzamiento inaugural con tripulación. La misión está en camino de despegar de Florida tan pronto como el 6 de mayo, llevando a los
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s vision of the future of the automobile — electrified and digitally connected — is on display at the ongoing Beijing auto show. Organizers say that 117 new models are making their debut at Auto China 2024, which runs through May 4. They range from eye-poppingly cutting
Continue ReadingBy MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A premature Palestinian infant, rescued from her mother’s womb shortly after the woman was killed in an Israeli airstrike, has died, her uncle said Friday. Sabreen Jouda died in a Gaza hospital on Thursday after her health deteriorated and medical teams were
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El telescopio espacial Hubble captó una nueva y asombrosa imagen del gas brillante expulsado por una estrella moribunda, que en este caso resulta parecerse a una “mancuerna cósmica”. El retrato también puede incluir pruebas de que la estrella engulló a otra, en una forma de canibalismo estelar, antes de colapsar.
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Turnips, radishes, potatoes… This is not the beginning of Emily Blunt’s shopping list, but rather the items that appeared all over her latest red carpet outfit. Attending the Paris movie premiere of “The Fall Guy,” in which she stars, Blunt looked the picture of health — literally — in
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La actriz ganadora del Oscar Anne Hathaway contó que tuvo que besar a una serie de actores durante un proceso de audición en la década de 2000 para “probar la química” ante la cámara. A sus 41 años y con decenas de películas a sus espaldas, Hathaway reveló que al
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Poultry producers will be required to bring salmonella bacteria in certain chicken products to very low levels to help prevent food poisoning under a final rule issued Friday by U.S. agriculture officials. When the regulation takes effect in 2025, salmonella will be considered an adulterant — a contaminant that
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — During nearly three hours of historic Supreme Court arguments, John Roberts said little. But the cagey chief justice made some points abundantly clear. A lower court decision that Donald Trump lacks absolute immunity will not stand as written. The court cannot rely on the good faith of prosecutors. And whatever
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