Associated Press MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Taylor Swift came out on top at the 2024 MTV EMAs on Sunday, walking away with best artist, best U.S. act, best live act and best video for “Fortnight” (featuring Post Malone). Swift, who is finishing up her Eras tour on the other side of the Atlantic, thanked the
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Paris police said Sunday that 4,000 officers and 1,600 stadium staff will be deployed for a France-Israel soccer match to ensure security in and around the stadium and on public transportation a week after violence against Israeli fans in Amsterdam. France and Israel are playing in a UEFA Nations League match on
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Winger Tim Weah was picked for the U.S. roster for the CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinals against Jamaica but must sit out coach Mauricio Pochettino’s first competitive match while completing a suspension for his red card in the Copa America loss to Panama. Weah was given a two-game suspension
Continue Reading Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police detained dozens of people Sunday for taking part in a demonstration in central Amsterdam that had been outlawed following violence targeting fans of an Israeli soccer club. Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema banned all demonstrations over the weekend in the aftermath of the grim scenes of youths on
Continue Reading CNN By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Need a little inspiration to get off the couch this Sunday? Look no further than this octogenarian who recently completed her 21st marathon! Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. The weekend that was • The Justice Department announced federal
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Need a little inspiration to get off the couch this Sunday? Look no further than this octogenarian who recently completed her 21st marathon! Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. The weekend that was • The Justice Department announced federal charges
Continue Reading Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Rivals of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have thwarted a plan by her Awami League party to hold a rally in the capital. The party is attempting to make a comeback after she was ousted in August in a mass uprising. The rally was planned for Sunday but
Continue Reading By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — In Amsterdam’s Red Light District, the hologram of a woman sits behind a window. She looks out at passers-by, then appears to knock on the window and breathe on the glass. The glass seemingly fogs up, and the word “help” appears. This hologram is modeled on Bernadett “Betty” Szabó,
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The two biggest events in world sports are coming to America. And if President-elect Donald Trump is not thinking about them yet, organizers of the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics certainly are. The World Cup and the Summer Games are rare globally shared cultural moments with
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Brian Leija, a 31-year-old small-business owner from Belton, Texas, was not surprised that a growing number of Latino men of his generation voted for Donald Trump for president this year. Leija had voted for the Republican in 2016 and 2020. Leija’s rationale was simple: He said he has benefited from
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has ambitious Day 1 plans for when he moves back into the White House in January. His list includes starting mass deportations of migrants and rolling back Biden administration policies on education. He’s also promising to reshape the federal government by firing potentially thousands of federal workers he
Continue Reading By Mia Alberti, Charbel Mallo, Tim Lister, Ibrahim Dahman, Eve Brennan and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — More than 80 people have been killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon, northern Gaza and Syria since late Saturday, according to reports. The National News Agency (NNA) reported airstrikes on the town of Almat in central Lebanon on
Continue Reading Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A shooting early Sunday during homecoming weekend at Tuskegee University in Alabama left one person dead and injured 16 others, a dozen of them by gunfire, authorities said. One arrest was announced hours later. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said Jaquez Myrick, 25, of Montgomery, was taken into custody while
Continue Reading Associated Press FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) — Index cards taped to a large board on the wall at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, reveal the sometimes blunt and gritty reasons that new recruits took a chance at a last-ditch program to get into the Army. “Eviction notices motivate me,” one said. Others talked about getting free
Continue Reading JOHANNESBURG (AP) — People in Mauritius are voting for a new Parliament with the ruling party seeking to secure a second five-year term for Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth. His government has faced criticism recently after it banned social media websites following a wiretapping scandal in which recorded conversations involving politicians, businesspeople, activists and journalists leaked
Continue Reading By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Catherine, Princess of Wales joined the royal family as they paid their respects to all those who have lost their lives in conflicts at the annual Remembrance Day service in London on Sunday. King Charles III, who recently returned from his first long-haul multi-country tour since his cancer
Continue Reading VIENNA (AP) — The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog says he will travel to Iran in the coming days to hold talks regarding the country’s nuclear program. The visit comes amid wider tensions gripping the Mideast over the Israel-Hamas war and uncertainty over how U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will approach Iran. The Director
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar, Chris Boyette, Michelle Watson and Cindy VonQuednow, CNN (CNN) — Authorities have arrested a man in connection with a shooting that killed one person and injured more than a dozen others on the last day of homecoming week at Alabama’s Tuskegee University early Sunday morning, according to the university and state authorities.
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — A children’s book written by British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has been withdrawn from sale after it was criticized for causing offense to Indigenous Australians. The Guardian newspaper reported Saturday that the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Corporation blasted “Billy And The Epic Escape” for employing a series of tropes
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims. The Foreign Ministry on Sunday posted online geographic coordinates for the baselines around Scarborough Shoal. A nation’s territorial waters and exclusive economic
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