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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The first Olympic Esports Games are set to be added soon to the IOC’s portfolio of events as it seeks to attract and retain young audiences. The International Olympic Committee says it will ask members to approve a proposal to create a video game Olympics when they meet next month in
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Friday to “immediately” order a cease-fire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv started withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in 2022 and renounced plans to join NATO. Ukraine responded by calling Putin’s proposal “manipulative” and “absurd.” Putin’s remarks came as Switzerland
Continue ReadingCLINTON, N.Y. (AP) — Police say two men have died after falling into a manure tanker in upstate New York. The fatal episode happened Thursday morning at Champion Farm in the central New York town of Clinton. Police say one of the men tried to retrieve a piece of equipment that had fallen into the
Continue ReadingBy DORANY PINEDA and TERRY CHEA Associated Press PIXLEY, Calif. (AP) — The stench of cow feces, urine and ammonia forces residents to keep windows and doors closed in parts of California’s farming country. Some people constantly run air purifiers at home to counter the smell and, they say, fight off air-related ailments. “We have
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are edging back from their records on Friday as caution creeps into financial markets heading into the weekend. The S&P 500 was 0.2% lower in afternoon trading after setting an all-time high every day earlier this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Zeleny and Eric Bradner, CNN Grand Rapids, Michigan (CNN) — Gussie Farris, 86, spends no time worrying about the ages of the oldest presidential candidates in American history. For those who do, this loyal supporter of President Joe Biden has sharp words about Donald Trump. “Because Trump is big and loud, he doesn’t
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — A truism of American politics is that older voters prefer the Republican and younger voters prefer the Democrat. That’s what happened in 2020, when Democrat Joe Biden won voters under 50 and Republican Donald Trump won voters over 50, according to exit polls. Biden’s margin among
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY MEYER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — U.S. bishops on Friday approved new guidelines for ministering to Indigenous Catholics, a long in-the-works effort to reinvigorate the ministry and assure those communities that they don’t need to feel torn between their Native identity and their Catholic one. “You are both. Your cultural embodiment of
Continue ReadingBy DORANY PINEDA and TERRY CHEA Associated Press PIXLEY, Calif. (AP) — The stench of cow feces, urine and ammonia forces residents to keep windows and doors closed in parts of California’s farming country. Some people constantly run air purifiers at home to counter the smell and, they say, fight off air-related ailments. “We have
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. general election campaign has now passed the halfway mark. The main political parties finally have published their plans for government should they win on July 4. Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer tussled over tax. Starmer is predicted
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA SURK and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Leaders of France’s new leftist alliance have warned that the far right is “at the door of power.” Allied in a coalition known as the New Popular Front, they outlined their plan to prevent the surging far right from taking power in upcoming national
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By Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — The African National Congress and its staunchest adversary, the White-led, Democratic Alliance, forged an unprecedented alliance Friday, agreeing to collaborate in South Africa’s new government of national unity, a stunning turn of events that ends 30 years of ANC political dominance. “After two weeks of thorough negotiations that only
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was expected to be reelected for a second term Friday after his African National Congress party signed a last-minute coalition agreement with its long-time political rival during the first sitting of the new Parliament. John Steenhuisen,
Continue Reading By Raja Razek, Paradise Afshar and Mallika Kallingal, CNN (CNN) — An escaped inmate in Houston who was considered “dangerous” has been captured after an hours-long manhunt, authorities said. Joshua Nigel Thomas Sanders, 35, was captured at around 3 a.m. Friday in east Harris County, sheriff’s office Major Saul Suarez said during an early morning
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — First lady Dr. Jill Biden is hitting the campaign trail on a double mission this week, courting older voters to support her husband’s reelection bid while also tackling voters’ concerns about his age. “This isn’t just about stopping an extremist, and this election is most certainly not about age,”
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER and DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — Tesla shareholders voted Thursday to restore CEO Elon Musk’s record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year, sending a strong vote of confidence in his leadership of the world’s largest electric vehicle maker. The favorable
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER and DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — Tesla shareholders voted Thursday to restore CEO Elon Musk’s record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year, sending a strong vote of confidence in his leadership of the world’s largest electric vehicle maker. The favorable
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan and Alayna Treene, CNN New York (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump told some of America’s most powerful business leaders this week that he plans to once against slash corporate taxes, four people familiar with the matter told CNN. During his meeting on Thursday with CEOs in Washington, Trump told the executives
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Friday to “immediately” order a cease-fire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv started withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in 2022 and renounced plans to join NATO. Ukraine responded by calling Putin’s proposal “manipulative” and “absurd.” Putin’s remarks came as Switzerland
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