Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — At least seven people have been arrested in Germany and Sweden on suspicion of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes in Syria in 2012-2014. The authorities in the two countries said Wednesday that four were arrested in Germany and three in Sweden in a coordinated effort. Germany’s federal
Continue ReadingBy David Rind, CNN (CNN) — I’ve always questioned Ferris Bueller’s judgment. Not because he skipped school, deceived his parents, and broke countless laws while playing hooky. I question him because he had such a good time at that damn parade. Before the first note of “Twist and Shout” even played, I wondered why he
Continue ReadingBy Alex Leeds Matthews and Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — Ready, set, let’s eat hot dogs! Americans consume more than 20 billion hot dogs each year, most of them during the summer months. Between Memorial Day and Labor Day, Americans eat an estimated 818 hot dogs every second, according to the National Hot Dog and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry to two Union soldiers who stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory during the Civil War and drove it north for 87 miles (140 kilometers) as they destroyed railroad tracks and telegraph lines. U.S. Army Pvts. Philip
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Beryl was roaring by Jamaica Wednesday, bringing fierce winds and heavy rain after the powerful Category 4 storm earlier killed at least seven people and caused significant damage in the southeast Caribbean. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Beryl’s eyewall was “brushing the south coast of Jamaica.” Wind-whipped
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s state news agency says a French citizen arrested in Moscow has pleaded guilty to criminal charges involving illegally collecting information on military issues in the country. Laurent Vinatier was arrested in June as tensions flared between Moscow and Paris following French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments about the possibility of deploying French
Continue ReadingAP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok and its bite-sized videos arrived in the United States as a global version of the Chinese app Douyin. Less than six years later, the social media platform is deeply woven into the fabric of American consumerism, having shortened the shelf life of trends and revamped how people
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN Tohatchi, New Mexico (CNN) — Katherine Benally sat between two open windows in her small home and looked out over a sun-baked field in the Chuska Mountain foothills of the vast Navajo Nation. As she waited for the cooling cross breeze, the 74-year-old recalled fondly the days when her family
Continue ReadingAP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok and its bite-sized videos arrived in the United States as a global version of the Chinese app Douyin. Less than six years later, the social media platform is deeply woven into the fabric of American consumerism, having shortened the shelf life of trends and revamped how people
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — More than 120 people died Tuesday in a stampede after a large religious gathering in northern India, one of the deadliest such accidents in recent years. Authorities are investigating. The stampede among thousands of attendees is believed to have begun as the event, led by a Hindu guru known
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — In the fall of 2019, the recently-appointed Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced an election that was about one issue: Brexit. The 2016 Brexit referendum, won narrowly by those backing an exit from the European Union, had triggered a chaotic period in politics. With Labour’s Brexit policy unclear and its left-wing
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday after Wall Street’s record-breaking rally powered on. Shares fell in Chinese markets but rose in the rest of the region. U.S. futures were nearly unchanged and oil prices fell. On Wednesday, U.S. stocks kept rising in a holiday-shortened session after weak
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HATHRAS, India (AP) — Authorities in India say severe overcrowding and a lack of exits contributed to a stampede at a religious festival that left at least 121 people dead. Nearly a quarter of a million people attended Tuesday’s event. As police search for the organizers, an attorney for the preacher says he
Continue ReadingBy Eric Cheung and Nectar Gan, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — The Chinese coast guard detained a Taiwanese fishing vessel in waters off China’s southeast coast on Tuesday night, in the latest flare-up of tensions around a group of frontline islands controlled by Taipei. In a statement, Taiwan’s coast guard said the fishing boat, Tachinman 88,
Continue ReadingStory by Reuters Sierra Leone officially banned child marriage on Tuesday with President Julius Maada Bio signing into law a bill to end the practice that remains widespread. Advocates hope the new legislation will better protect girls in Sierra Leone, around a third of whom are married before they turn 18, increasing the maternal death
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian court has dismissed a bid by imprisoned former Prime Minister Najib Razak to serve his remaining corruption sentence under house arrest. In an application in April, Najib had said that then-King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah issued an addendum order during a Jan. 29 pardons board meeting, allowing
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PAARL, South Africa (AP) — Freya, a 6-month-old lion cub rescued from the wildlife trade in Lebanon, poked a curious nose out of her transport crate and sniffed the air. Satisfied, she took her first cautious steps in her new forever home in a sanctuary in South Africa. Freya’s relocation to the Drakenstein
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hard-line Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili may have been Tehran’s top nuclear negotiator for years, but he won no plaudits from Western diplomats sitting across the table as he repeatedly lectured them on everything while offering nothing. “As the weaving of Iranian carpets progresses in millimeter, precise,
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan has issued its first new banknotes in two decades, yen packed with 3D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the state-of-the-art anti-counterfeit traits of the new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills were historic. The people featured on the bills, Eiichi Shibusawa,
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Zack Littell pitched five innings of four-hit ball before the rain arrived, four Tampa Bay relievers allowed one run the rest of the way, and the Rays beat beat the Royals 5-1. Brandon Lowe homered, Isaac Paredes drove in a pair of runs and Richie Palacios had
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