MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine coast guard says an inter-island ferry with more than 160 passengers and crew has caught fire off, leaving one dead and another missing. The rest have been rescued. Footage on social media showed people in life vests bobbing in the sea, with the vessel engulfed in thick black smoke.
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Paul McCartney’s Glastonbury Festival show was two years late. Fans thought it was worth the wait. The former Beatle pulled out all the stops — and brought on big-name rock ’n’ roll guest stars — for a 2½-hour concert at the southwest England festival on Saturday night. McCartney was due to play
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis and Nicole Chavez, CNN Civil and reproductive rights groups say the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is yet another attack on communities of color which will leave millions of Black and brown women without access to abortion care. Since the ruling became public Friday, leaders of Black, Latino,
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Leaders of three French energy companies have called on the French public to immediately reduce consumption of fuel, oil, electricity and gas amid shortages and soaring prices due to Russia’s supply cuts and the war in Ukraine. The leaders of TotalEnergies, EDF and Engie said in a joint statement published in the
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PARIS (AP) — Leaders of three French energy companies have called on the French public to immediately reduce consumption of fuel, oil, electricity and gas amid shortages and soaring prices due to Russia’s supply cuts and the war in Ukraine. The leaders of TotalEnergies, EDF and Engie said in a joint statement published in the
Continue Reading MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Explorers say they found the wreckage of the USS Samuel B. Roberts, a U.S. Navy destroyer that engaged a superior Japanese fleet in the largest sea battle of World War II in the Philippines. They say it’s the deepest wreck ever discovered at 22,916 feet. American explorer Victor Vescovo, founder of
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By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Parades celebrating LGBTQ pride kick off in some of America’s biggest cities Sunday amid new fears about the potential erosion of freedoms won through decades of activism. The annual marches in New York, San Francisco, Chicago and elsewhere take place just two days after one
Continue Reading By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Parades celebrating LGBTQ pride kick off in some of America’s biggest cities Sunday amid new fears about the potential erosion of freedoms won through decades of activism. The annual marches in New York, San Francisco, Chicago and elsewhere take place just two days after one
Continue Reading By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s prime minister has convened what is likely his last Cabinet meeting as premier, with parliament expected to dissolve itself this week, triggering new elections in the fall. Naftali Bennett’s decision to head to elections puts an end to an ambitious political project that united
Continue Reading DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media is reporting that hundreds of Syrian paratroopers took part in a joint drill with their Russian counterparts in the war-torn country in the second joint maneuver this month. The agency did not give further details in its Saturday night report about the drill or say where they took
Continue ReadingBy Jacquelyne Germain, CNN Beyoncé has hailed this summer’s liberation anthem with the release of her new single “Break My Soul” — and its Black queer roots are undeniable. The song’s release earlier this week comes at the intersection of Juneteenth, Pride Month and Black Music month. A house track at its core, the song
Continue ReadingCamille Knight and Elias Lemercier, CNN It’s a typical Wednesday lunchtime in Paris, the streets buzzing with tourists, terraces packed with tables, when the wail of an air raid siren fills the air. Its groan tears across the city for nearly two minutes, reaching a crescendo above the midday traffic before dying away. It’s a
Continue Reading By EBRAHIM NOROOZI and RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press GAYAN, Afghanistan (AP) — Villagers see destruction everywhere and help in short supply days after an earthquake devastated a remote region of southeast Afghanistan and killed at least 1,150 people by authorities’ estimates. Those who were barely scraping by have lost everything. Many have yet to be
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Europe and the United States have barred the import of Russian oil to cut off a crucial revenue source for the Kremlin. But the plan to pile pain on President Vladimir Putin, forcing him to reconsider his war in Ukraine, hasn’t worked. Russia is making just as much money from
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi and Gregory Krieg, CNN Several states are working to protect abortion rights — and efforts were ramping up among Democratic leaders and lawmakers on Sunday — following the US Supreme Court’s ruling eliminating the federal constitutional right to an abortion, with Saturday marking the first full day without the nationwide protection in
Continue ReadingBy CNN’s Teele Rebane, Eyad Kourdi and Reuters South Africa was on Sunday mourning the deaths of 22 young people — some of them as young as 13 — at a tavern in East London. National police minister Bheki Cele told reporters when visiting the scene that he could not yet say what happened at
Continue Reading Text by Dakin Andone, Visuals by Leanza Abucayan, CNN Minutes after a gunman killed 10 people in a Boulder, Colorado, grocery store in March 2021, a woman stood in the back of the supermarket where she worked in Denver, about 30 miles away, staring at harrowing images of the scene as she scrolled through her
Continue Reading By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — When the couple awoke to the rumble of war on Feb. 24, they’d been dating for just over a year. Russia was invading and Ihor Zakvatskyi knew there was no more time to lose. He fished out the engagement ring he’d bought but, until then, not
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press ELMAU, Germany (AP) — President Joe Biden said Sunday that the United States and other Group of Seven leading economies will ban imports of gold from Russia, the latest in a series of sanctions that the club of democracies hopes will further isolate Russia economically
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press ELMAU, Germany (AP) — President Joe Biden said Sunday that the United States and other Group of Seven leading economies will ban imports of gold from Russia, the latest in a series of sanctions that the club of democracies hopes will further isolate Russia economically
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