By Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman, Michael Schwartz and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders on Monday for areas in southern Gaza, including eastern Khan Younis and Rafah. This forced residents, many already displaced, to find new shelter, due to the suggestion of the possibility of another ground operation. The
Continue Reading Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Ten members of a Cambodian environmental activist group that campaigned against destructive infrastructure projects and alleged corruption have been sentenced to six years in prison on charges of conspiring against the state. Three of the members of the group Mother Nature Cambodia were also convicted on Tuesday of
Continue Reading By Duarte Mendonca, Manveena Suri and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — India’s T20 World Cup-winning cricket team will finally be able to fly home Tuesday after being stuck in Barbados due to Hurricane Beryl, a powerful storm churning through the Caribbean. The team, which claimed a seven-run victory over South Africa on Saturday to lift the
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder and Eugenia Yosef, CNN (CNN) — The head of Gaza’s largest hospital has claimed he was repeatedly tortured during his seven months in Israeli detention, following his sudden release Monday, in a move that highlighted growing rifts in the Israeli establishment. Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya, the director of the
Continue Reading AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla zoomed higher and helped drive the U.S. stock market to more records on Tuesday. The S&P 500 added 0.6% to top its all-time high set two weeks ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 162 points, or 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite added 0.8% to its own
Continue Reading Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Authorities say floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 16 people over the last two weeks in India’s northeast, where more than 300,000 have been displaced from their submerged homes. The Indian army and air force have been assisting with rescue efforts in Assam, one
Continue Reading Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has made his first visit to neighboring Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion. He has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the war is Europe’s “most important issue,” and has recommended an immediate cease-fire. Orban is widely seen as having the warmest relations with Russian
Continue Reading Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police say a 14-year-old boy dressed in military clothing was arrested after allegedly stabbing a 22-year-old student in the neck at the University of Sydney. Police say the student was taken to hospital Tuesday in a stable condition. The suspect was treated in hospital for cuts and was kept
Continue Reading AP Science Writer Hurricane Beryl’s explosive growth into an unprecedented early storm shows the literal hot water the Atlantic and Caribbean are in right now and the kind of season ahead. Beryl smashed storm records even before its major hurricane level winds approached land. The powerful storm is acting more like the monsters that form
Continue Reading Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Over 20 years ago, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stood before a crowd at Friday prayers to denounce the United States for its disenchanted electorate. “It is disgraceful for a nation to have a 35% or 40% voter turnout, as happens in some of the nations
Continue Reading Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a Chinese-sponsored resolution urging wealthy and developed nations to close the widening gap with poorer developing countries and ensure they have equal opportunities to use and benefit from artificial intelligence. The U.S.-supported resolution was approved Monday. The first U.N. resolution on artificial intelligence
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A driver whose car struck pedestrians waiting at a crowded intersection in South Korea’s capital, killing nine people, will be investigated on allegations of accidental homicide. Police said Tuesday that a passenger car the previous night had hit pedestrians waiting at a traffic signal in a crowded central Seoul area,
Continue Reading By Mariya Knight and Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has foiled an alleged plot to overthrow the government that “would have played into Russia’s hands,” security officials in the war-torn country said Monday. In a Telegram post, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) claimed the plot organizers planned to trigger a riot in Kyiv on June
Continue Reading Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man was sentenced to 60 years in prison Tuesday for killing five members of an extended Senegalese family in a house fire, a crime which the victims’ friends and relatives say has forever changed their lives and their community, both in the U.S. and in the west African
Continue Reading Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Gang violence in Haiti has displaced more than 300,000 children since March, the U.N. children’s agency said Tuesday as the Caribbean country struggles to curb killings and kidnappings. Children are more than half of the nearly 580,000 people who have become homeless in the last four months.
Continue Reading Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have advanced a bill that would regulate powerful artificial intelligence systems. The bill advanced Tuesday would require AI companies to test their systems and add safety measures so they can’t be potentially manipulated to wipe out the state’s electric grid or help build chemical weapons. The bill’s
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ended its term by ruling for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, a decision that almost certainly means Donald Trump won’t stand trial before the November election. That closely watched ruling, which drew sharp dissent from the minority justices, was among a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One Columbia resident is urging other residents to take precautions after a recent burglary in at her home. Liana Vessell has lived in her home — in a neighborhood just west of the University of Missouri’s campus — for 13 years with her husband and two children. Vessel described the night of
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gregg Berhalter gave a single-word answer after the United States was eliminated from the Copa America with a loss to Uruguay when asked whether he was the right man to lead the Americans into the 2026 World Cup. “Yes,” Berhalter said. Plenty of others are sure to
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gregg Berhalter gave a single-word answer after the United States was eliminated from the Copa America with a loss to Uruguay when asked whether he was the right man to lead the Americans into the 2026 World Cup. “Yes,” Berhalter said. Plenty of others are sure to
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