By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has hailed an era of cheaper Australian wine and New Zealand kiwi fruit as free-trade agreements with the two southern hemisphere nations took effect. U.K. Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch said Wednesday’s start of the first all-new trade deals Britain has struck since
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial museum has denounced a political spot by Poland’s ruling party that uses the theme of the Nazi German extermination camp to discourage participation in an upcoming anti-government march. The state-run museum attacked “instrumentalization of the tragedy” of the 1.1 million people were murdered
Continue Reading By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — When child welfare workers and police knocked on Sarah Perkins’ and Joshua Sabey’s front door well past midnight one weekend last summer, the parents were shocked to learn the state of Massachusetts had come to take their two young sons. It’s the kind of harrowing scene that
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A California Appeals Court has paved the way for Leslie Van Houten, a former Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer, to be granted parole – but a lengthy legal battle likely lies ahead. The court’s ruling reverses a 2020 decision from California Gov. Gavin Newsom denying Van Houten’s release,
Continue ReadingBy Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — Most educators leaving the field aren’t retiring or being laid off — they’re quitting. Nearly half of the public education employees — working in elementary, secondary and postsecondary institutions — who left the profession in March resigned, according to preliminary numbers released in May by the US Bureau of
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — A South Carolina convenience store owner has been charged with murder after allegedly chasing a 14-year-old boy and shooting him in the back after suspecting the boy of shoplifting, authorities said. The child, Cyrus Carmack-Belton, had gone into the store in Columbia around 8 p.m. Sunday
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Jury selection is scheduled to begin Wednesday in the trial of the former school resource officer who remained outside a Parkland, Florida, high school as a gunman massacred 17 people, marking the rare prosecution of a law enforcement officer over his response to a mass shooting. Scot Peterson –
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — One-time Silicon Valley darling Elizabeth Holmes reported to prison Tuesday to begin serving out her 11-year sentence after being convicted on multiple charges of defrauding investors. Her life in prison will be quite a change, with mandatory jobs, very early mornings and no black turtlenecks. Here’s what else you
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s intelligence agency has confirmed that a retired agent was among four people killed in Italy when a sudden storm sank a houseboat hired for a pleasure cruise during weekend on a northern Italian lake. The Israeli prime minister’s office issued a statement Wednesday on behalf of the Mossad saying the unnamed
Continue Reading By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds Designing and producing electric vehicles is a tough business, but some startup companies have already started selling EVs hoping to become as successful as Tesla. Edmunds checks out the top EV startups in this week’s Behind the Wheel Column for The Associated Press.
Continue Reading WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia’s state broadcaster says 13 people from the same family have died after eating porridge that authorities believe became toxic when it was mixed with a fermented substance left over from a homemade alcoholic beverage. The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation reported that four more people are in a critical condition in the
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — United Nations appeals judges have significantly expanded the convictions of two allies of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, holding them responsible for involvement in crimes across Bosnia and in one town in Croatia as members of a joint criminal plan to drive out non-Serbs from
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China’s commerce minister met Tesla Ltd. CEO Elon Musk and promised to support the development of foreign companies. Musk joined a series of CEOs from global companies including Apple Inc. who have met with Cabinet officials this year following the end of anti-virus controls that blocked most travel into China. The ruling
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party has warned of the risks posed by advances in artificial intelligence while calling for heightened national security measures. The statement issued after a meeting Tuesday chaired by party leader and President Xi Jinping underscores the tension between the government’s determination to seize global leadership in cutting-edge technology and
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic sports bodies have been meeting amid ongoing uncertainty about if and how Russian athletes could return to their competitions ahead of the 2024 Paris Games. The annual meeting of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations is being held in the Olympic home city
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say seven people have been arrested in raids across Germany against alleged members of a network that helped finance the Islamic State extremist group’s activities in Syria. The suspects — four women and three men, with German, Turkish, Moroccan and Kosovo citizenship — were arrested on Wednesday in five German states,
Continue Reading By JOHNSON LAI and DAVID RISING Associated Press NAHA, Japan (AP) — Typhoon Mawar appeared to be losing force as it headed Wednesday toward Japan’s Okinawa Islands, where the United States maintains a significant military presence, after largely skirting Taiwan and the Philippines. After tearing across Guam last week, Mawar passed by Taiwan on Tuesday
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s defense force chief says the U.S. government has warned that allegations of war crimes against Australian soldiers in Afghanistan could prevent U.S. forces from working with Australia’s Special Air Service Regiment. Gen. Angus Campbell told a Senate committee on Wednesday that he received a letter
Continue Reading By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Latvian lawmakers are set to elect new head of state on Wednesday from a field of three candidates with no clear favorite. The 100-seat Saeima legislature will elect the president for a four-year term. Entrepreneur and businessman Uldis Pilens, civil society activist Elina Pinto and Foreign Minister
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China’s industry minister has met Tesla Ltd. CEO Elon Musk and the ministry said they discussed development of electric and “intelligent networked” vehicles. The ruling Communist Party is trying to revive investor interest in China’s slowing economy. Foreign companies are uneasy following raids on consulting firms and given the strained Chinese relations
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