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By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner returned to a Russian court Thursday to face her trial on drug charges as a senior Russian diplomat warned that U.S. criticism of how Russia’s handling the case wouldn’t help her release prospects. Griner’s trial began last week amid a growing
Continue ReadingBy Mark Thompson, CNN Business Boris Johnson was ultimately forced to resign as UK prime minister Thursday as dozens of members of his party quit the government after one ethics scandal too many. But his popularity outside parliament has also been badly dented by surging inflation and stagnation in the British economy, a cost-of-living crisis
Continue ReadingCNN By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Boris Johnson was ultimately forced to resign as UK prime minister Thursday as dozens of members of his party quit the government after one ethics scandal too many. But his popularity outside parliament has also been badly dented by surging inflation and stagnation in the British economy, a cost-of-living
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DAP Health is opening its newest sexual wellness clinic in Indio, bringing more of its services to eastern Coachella Valley. The clinic is going to open its doors on July 11. A variety of services are going to be offered at the new location like testing and treatment for gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia, among other
Continue Reading By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and MICHAL DYJUK Associated Press SZYPLISZKI, Poland (AP) — The presidents of NATO members Poland and Lithuania have voiced confidence that allied troops can fully safeguard a strategically vital corridor, which links their countries, between Russian ally Belarus and a Russian Baltic Sea exclave. Concern over NATO’s ability to defend the so
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — Two leading human right groups are accusing Egyptian authorities of failing to conduct an impartial and transparent investigation into the suspicious death in custody of an economic researcher. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International accused in a joint statement on Thursday Egyptian prosecutors of turning a blind eye to evidence that 48-year-old
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By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is bracing for a heat wave, with temperatures in some areas forecast to climb as high as 43 C (109 F) this weekend just as a severe drought grips the country. The Civil Protection Agency, a Portuguese government body that coordinates official responses to emergencies,
Continue Reading By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is bracing for a heat wave, with temperatures in some areas forecast to climb as high as 43 C (109 F) this weekend just as a severe drought grips the country. The Civil Protection Agency, a Portuguese government body that coordinates official responses to emergencies,
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned Thursday, acknowledging that it was “clearly the will” of his party that he should go. He stepped down immediately as leader of his Conservative Party but plans to remain as prime minister while the leadership contest
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt and Matt Foster, CNN Canadian swimmer Mary-Sophie Harvey says she was drugged on the final night of the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, last month in Budapest. The swimmer, who won a bronze medal in the women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay said she remembers “celebrating my competition,” but then came a “four-to-six hour window
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CNN By Devon M. Sayers and Jamiel Lynch, CNN A mysterious Georgia monument was damaged Wednesday when an explosive device was detonated near the attraction, prompting authorities to then demolish it for safety reasons, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. Investigators are now searching for whoever set off the explosive at the nearly 20-foot monument
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Thursday could be our last day of below-normal temperatures over the forecast period. Daytime highs are likely to reach 106° by this afternoon. Sunny skies stick around and a light breeze kicks in for the evening. KESQ Enough dry air continues to filter into Southern California to keep humidity at bay for now. Dew points
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business For much of the past decade, tech companies have showered their corporate employees with money and lavish perks to attract and retain talent in a hyper-competitive industry. That dynamic only kicked into overdrive the past couple of years amid a pandemic-fueled boom for tech products and services. “The hiring …
Continue Reading By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations are gathering in Indonesia’s resort island of Bali for talks bound to be dominated by the conflict in Ukraine despite an agenda focused on global cooperation and food and energy security. The one-day gathering
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Cotton: it’s the touch, the feel, the fabric of our lives. It’s also in the middle of what economists are calling a “market bloodbath” and in desperate need of a “tourniquet to stop the bleeding.” Each day last week, cotton futures encountered triple-digit losses, and the December futures contract closed
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN Tennis star Nick Kyrgios says ongoing allegations of assault made it “hard” to focus on his quarterfinal match at Wimbledon on Wednesday. The Australian, who beat Chile’s Cristian Garín in straight sets to reach the semifinals, has been summoned to court next month in Canberra after allegedly assaulting his former girlfriend
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU and MAAMOUN YOUSSEF Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a prison attack in Nigeria’s capital which freed nearly 900 inmates including 60 of its members. Nigerian security forces on Thursday continued to search for at least 400 escaped prisoners still at large. While Nigeria
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive is warning that the continent is facing one of its toughest years when it comes to natural disasters like droughts and wildfires because of increasing climate change. EU Commissioner Maros Sefcovic says that “the present drought in Europe could become the worst ever.” Extremely dry weather is hitting
Continue Reading By IRENE YAGÜE and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — The first bull run in three years took place Thursday at the San Fermín festival in the Spanish city of Pamplona. No one was gored, but several runners took knocks and hard falls as tens of thousands people reveled in the return of
Continue Reading By HAL M. BUNDRICK of NerdWallet A movement is growing to shorten the workweek, but trade-offs and barriers should be considered. A four-day workweek can be challenging, for example, if most everyone else is still working on that fifth day and you’re getting emails and messages as usual. Widespread adoption may depend on companies believing
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