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By ALICE FUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong has passed a legislation to stop the sale and distribution of Styrofoam products and single-use plastic cutlery as a way to reduce the amount of plastic waste in the city. Restaurants in Hong Kong will not be able to provide single-use cutlery to dine-in
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is celebrating after a series of candidates supported by his party won weekend races for mayor. Tusk declared victory in the second round of the country’s local elections late Sunday and listed the many cities where candidates backed by his Civic
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Opening statements in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial are set to begin Monday morning, setting the stage for weeks of unsavory and salacious testimony about the former president’s personal life and placing his legal troubles at the center of his closely contested campaign against President Joe Biden. A panel of
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Most typical 15-year-olds would be worried about their grades or the intricacies of social life as a teenager. But Miles Russell is no ordinary 15-year-old. He spent his weekend worrying about making the cut at a professional golf event and setting records against seasoned veterans at the LECOM Suncoast
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Barcelona manager Xavi and goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen have labeled La Liga “embarrassing” for its lack of goal-line technology after the team was denied what it thought was a legitimate goal in Sunday’s 3-2 El Clásico defeat by Real Madrid. The incident occurred in the 28th minute after Real
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape has accused Joe Biden of disparaging the South Pacific island nation by implying that an uncle of the U.S. president had been eaten by “cannibals” there during World War II. Biden spoke at a Pennsylvania war memorial last week
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Four Germans were caught laying white roses in memory of Adolf Hitler at the house where the Nazi dictator was born in western Austria on the anniversary of his birth, and one gave a Hitler salute as they posed for photos, police said Monday. Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, in
Continue ReadingBy Colin McCullough, CNN (CNN) — Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney said Monday if the Supreme Court does not resolve the issue of presidential immunity “quickly and decisively,” it will have a “profoundly negative impact” on the country. In a New York Times Op-Ed, Cheney argues that, “If delay prevents this Trump case from being tried
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has test-fired suspected short-range ballistic missiles into the sea as speculation swirled that it could soon launch a banned satellite into orbit. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the weapons launched from the North’s capital region flew about 185
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. labor organization is warning that over 70% of the world’s workforce is likely to be exposed to excessive heat during their careers, citing increased concern about exposure to sunlight. It also warned of air pollution, pesticides and other hazards that could lead to health problems
Continue ReadingBy FRANCINE SINARINZI and EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Deadly floods are wreaking havoc in many parts of East Africa that face torrential rainfall. Burundi’s government is calling for international help to deal with the aftermath. Climate experts say flooding in Burundi and elsewhere in the region is part of extreme conditions
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Israeli police said they have arrested two people after a car slammed into pedestrians in Jerusalem on Monday, lightly wounding three. Footage taken by a CCTV camera and aired by Israeli media showed a car plowing into three ultra-Orthodox Jews, sending at least two flying over the dashboard. Palestinians have carried
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By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — China has accused the United States of “stoking military confrontation” with the recent deployment of a powerful missile launcher capable of firing weapons with a range of up to 1,600 kilometers to exercises in the Philippines. The US Army’s Mid-Range Capability (MRC) ground-based missile system arrives
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Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged that the country’s first deportation flights could leave in 10-12 weeks as he promised to end the Parliamentary deadlock over the measure. Sunak made the comments at a news conference Monday morning, making his case directly to the public after
Continue ReadingBy ALEXA ST. JOHN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities. He also plans to expand his New Deal-style American Climate Corps green jobs training program. The grants
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press The federal government will for the first time require nursing homes to have minimum staffing levels after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed grim realities in poorly staffed facilities for older Americans. Vice President Kamala Harris is set to announce the final rules Monday on a trip to La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares were broadly higher in Europe and Asia on Monday as investors focused on the latest flurry of corporate earnings. The upbeat start to the week contrasted with the gloom on Wall Street after big technology stocks logged their worst week since the COVID crash in 2020. But U.S.
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Three people suspected of spying for China and arranging to transfer information on technology with potential military uses have been arrested in Germany. Prosecutors said Monday the three German citizens are accused of having acted for Chinese intelligence since some point before June 2022. They are also
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials say Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif soon after arriving in the capital, Islamabad, for a three-day visit. The visit which began Monday is part of efforts by Islamabad and Tehran to mend ties which had briefly been strained in
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