MOSCOW (AP) — The lower house of Russia’s parliament has given overwhelming approval to the first reading of a proposed law to prohibit the adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries where gender transitioning is legal. The measure needs to pass two more readings in the Duma before being sent to the upper house
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union’s judicial cooperation agency, Eurojust, has launched a new network to strengthen and further coordinate the continent’s fight against organized crime. The European Judicial Organised Crime Network’s first priority will be tackling drug-related crime. Drug trafficking cases at Eurojust have doubled since 2020. The organization said Wednesday that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Members of Britain’s governing Labour Party have dealt Prime Minister Keir Starmer a blow by rejecting his decision to cut a payment that offsets winter heating costs for millions of retirees. The vote on Wednesday at Labour’s annual conference is not binding, but it’s a setback to Starmer’s efforts
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran state TV says the death toll from an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran rose to 50 after one of the miners injured in the weekend blast died in hospital. A methane gas leak sparked an explosion on Saturday at the mine in Tabas, southeast of the capital,
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Inflation across the economy is cooling, but many Americans are grappling with sticker shock over rising egg prices in the US. On the sunny side up, eggs aren’t nearly as expensive as they were in late 2022 and early 2023 when a spike in bird flu cases severely
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Inflation across the economy is cooling, but many Americans are grappling with sticker shock over rising egg prices in the US. On the sunny side up, eggs aren’t nearly as expensive as they were in late 2022 and early 2023 when a spike in bird flu cases severely impacted
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A strike by more than 1,000 workers at a Samsung India Electronics plant has entered its third week. Management is at an impasse over their demands for recognition of the employees’ union and higher pay. Samsung India Electronics workers union spokesman said that the employees’ strike at the plant
Continue ReadingTexas Tribune, Associated Press The Texas Tribune and The Associated Press spent 24 hours in five cities on Texas’ border with Mexico to measure the impact of a dramatic drop in migrant crossings. In Ciudad Juárez, across from El Paso, no one was camping where, just a few months earlier, hundreds of asylum-seeking families waited
Continue ReadingTexas Tribune, Associated Press As midnight nears, the lights of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, fill the sky on the silent banks of the Rio Grande. A few months ago, hundreds of asylum-seeking families, including crying toddlers, waited for an opening to crawl through razor wire from Juarez into El Paso. No one
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — For decades, video games have relied on scripted, stilted interactions with non-player characters to help shepherd gamers in their journeys. But as artificial intelligence technology improves, game studios are experimenting with generative AI to help build environments, assist game writers in crafting NPC dialogue and lend video games
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed several measures to bolster the state’s gun safety laws. The new laws signed by Newsom Tuesday will expand restrictions on who could own firearms, prevent the proliferation of “ghost guns” and increase protections for domestic violence survivors. The California Legislature is controlled by Democrats and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) — The leaders of Germany’s Greens, one of three parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s troubled coalition government, say they will step down after the latest in a string of disappointing election results. The Greens’ support declined sharply in the European Parliament election in June. Voters ejected them from two state legislatures
Continue ReadingBy Manveena Suri and Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — India has confirmed its first case of a deadlier strain of mpox, which has raised alarm among health officials around the world over the rapid pace of its spread. The clade Ib strain of the virus was confirmed by health authorities in the
Continue ReadingQUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities have brought a nurse they said was arrested over the weekend before state-run media to answer questions about her alleged suicide bombing attempt. The government-organized interview on Wednesday in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, was broadcast on national and local television channels. Balochistan has for years been the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday pledged to build an economy that is both pro-business and helps the middle class as she pushed back against Republican nominee Donald Trump ’s claims that she’s advancing “communist” ideas. The Democratic nominee said in remarks at the Economic Club of Pittsburgh in battleground
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Multiple Secret Service failures ahead of the July rally for former President Donald Trump where a gunman opened fire were “foreseeable, preventable, and directly related to the events resulting in the assassination attempt that day.” That’s according to a bipartisan Senate investigation released Wednesday. Similar to the agency’s own internal
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travels to the United Nations this week with no end in sight to the war in Gaza, a conflict with Hezbollah intensifying and his and Israel’s international legitimacy at a low. Netanyahu will head to New York burdened also by what could be an imminent
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Athletics already have carved out Jekyll-and-Hyde legacy as one of Major League Baseball’s most successful and sad-sack franchises with nine World Series titles and 19 seasons of futility punctuated by 100 or more losses. Now, legions of A’s fans view the team as the sport’s most treacherous under
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer The Asian Development Bank says it expects developing economies in the region to grow at a 5% annual pace this year, up slightly from its earlier estimate of 4.9% growth. The regional lender said the revision reflects faster-than-expected growth in the United States and some other economies, though it warned of potential
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The Kentucky sheriff accused of first-degree murder in the death of a district court judge entered a not guilty plea Wednesday during his first court appearance since the killing that shocked the small community of Letcher County. Shawn “Mickey” Stines, 43, remains jailed without bond after
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