Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Leaders across Europe and from the United States have reacted with relief mixed with concern to the result of the French legislative election. The far-right National Rally in France didn’t come out as the strongest party as many pro-European leaders had feared. But with no party securing a majority in
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The nation’s housing market sales slump is dragging on into its third straight year, as evidenced by another weak spring homebuying season. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in the March-May period from a year earlier, and early June data point to another down month. The lackluster
Continue ReadingBy Lou Robinson, CNN (CNN) — As the presidential race in the United States heats up, many other countries around the world are also conducting pivotal elections in 2024. More than 70 nations – home to nearly half the world’s people – have already or will soon select their own leaders at the polls, according
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Two years after marijuana was decriminalized in Thailand, nearly a hundred of its advocates marched to the prime minister’s office to protest a possible ban on general use. A proposal was approved to relist cannabis as a narcotic to be only allowed for medical and research purposes. Cannabis activists and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that he expects the upcoming NATO summit to provide specific steps to strengthen his country’s air defenses against Russia, hours after a Russian missile attack killed at least 31 people and wounded 154 others in various locations, including a children’s hospital in Kyiv.
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has taken his first trip outside the capital since resuming his duties after an assassination attempt. Fico visited a farm northeast of the capital of Bratislava along with agriculture minister Richard Takáč to check the grain harvest. He said Slovakia was not ready to lift
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — It’s that time of year again: officials in the US are on alert for shark attacks that, while rare, pose a threat to summer beachgoers. Learn how to survive an unwanted shark encounter — or better yet, avoid one entirely. Here’s what else you need to know to Get
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — It’s that time of year again: officials in the US are on alert for shark attacks that, while rare, pose a threat to summer beachgoers. Learn how to survive an unwanted shark encounter — or better yet, avoid one entirely. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — One of Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic minority groups battling the military government says it captured an airport serving the country’s top beach resort, marking the first time resistance forces have seized such a facility. It’s the latest major setback for the military government that took took power in 2021 after
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — For Ukrainian hurdler Anna Ryzhykova, each stride on the Paris Olympic track will have meaning far beyond the time she clocks. Her competitions are no longer strictly an individual battle, but war on a different front. Her goal is not just gold, but also to rivet global attention on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It was the largest and most destructive wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history. The government-sparked conflagration known as the Hermit’s Peak-Calf Canyon Fire forever changed the lives, and livelihoods, of thousands of residents in numerous rural communities. Two years later, independent government investigators say there are still gaps that
Continue ReadingBy Svitlana Vlasova, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Maria Kostenko, Victoria Butenko and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — A Russian missile strike partially destroyed a children’s hospital in Kyiv on Monday, causing terrified patients and their families to flee for their lives. Moscow launched a brazen daytime aerial assault on targets in cities across Ukraine during
Continue ReadingAP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Christian Walker is a two-time Gold Glove winner, helped lead his team to the World Series last season, has hit at least 33 home runs in each of the past two seasons and is currently on pace for about 40 homers this season. The Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman is
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jill Biden says she’s “all in” on President Joe Biden’s reelection bid as he insists anew that he isn’t leaving the race. Some Democrats want Biden to drop out because of his poor debate performance against Republican Donald Trump. But the Democratic incumbent has brushed aside those calls. The
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The entertainment giant Paramount will merge with Skydance, closing out a decades-long run by the Redstone family in Hollywood and injecting desperately needed cash into a legacy studio that has struggled to adapt to a shifting entertainment landscape. It also signals the rise of a new power player,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces are advancing deeper into the Gaza Strip’s largest city in pursuit of militants who have regrouped there. Hamas warned that the latest raids and displacement in Gaza City could lead to the collapse of long-running negotiations over a cease-fire and hostage release. The two sides
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say a fishing boat carrying nearly 300 migrants to Europe has safely reached a southern island after a large rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea. There are no immediate reports of injury or ill health among the 283 migrants. A coast guard statement says a search was launched before
Continue ReadingCAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Authorities say nearly 1,000 homes in informal settlements in Cape Town, South Africa, have been destroyed by gale-force winds, displacing around 4,000 people. South Africa’s second biggest city is bracing for a week of damaging weather after the national weather service said it and surrounding areas are expected to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles blasted cities across Ukraine on Monday, damaging the country’s largest children’s hospital and other buildings in a fierce assault that interrupted heart surgeries and forced young cancer patients to take their treatments outdoors. At least 31 people were killed, officials said. The daytime barrage targeted five Ukrainian
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has refused the resignation of the country’s prime minister, asking him to remain temporarily as the head of the government after chaotic election results left the government in limbo. French voters split the legislature on the left, center and far-right, leaving no faction even close to
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