Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. held steady at the Bank of England’s target rate of 2% in June. The Office for National Statistics said Wednesday that the largest upward contribution came from restaurants and hotels, with some economists attributing the increases to Taylor Swift’s tour of the U.K. The biggest downward
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip Wednesday in the Seine River, fulfilling a promise to show that the long-polluted waterway was clean enough to host swimming competitions during the 2024 Olympics as well as part of the opening ceremony, now only nine days away. Daily water quality tests in
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — In a year of major elections setting the course of many countries for years to come, China’s ruling Communist Party is holding top-level meetings in Beijing to draft policies for reviving its slowing economy. The closed-door meetings come at a time of growing pressure to fix chronic problems dragging
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer The head of upcoming climate negotiations is telling world leaders that a new financial aid package for poor and disaster-struck nations is the urgent and make-or-break goal of United Nations talks this fall. Mukhtar Babayev, the Azerbaijan ecology minister who will preside over the November talks in his home country, said time
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The fatal stabbing of two people by a man at a residential compound in southern China has ignited an online debate that has amplified during a summer scarred by a spree of similar crimes across the country. Two days after those June 28 killings in the Guangxi region, national
Continue ReadingBy Michael Mitsanas, Audry Jeong and Yoonjung Seo, CNN (CNN) — A prominent North Korea expert and former CIA analyst has been indicted by a New York grand jury on charges of secretly working for the South Korean government in exchange for designer goods, Michelin star meals and $37,000 for a fund that she controlled.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Initial autopsy results showed traces of cyanide in the blood of six Vietnamese and American guests at a luxury hotel in central Bangkok and one of them is believed to have poisoned the others over a bad investment, Thai authorities said Wednesday. The bodies were found Tuesday in the Grand
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Papua New Guinea’s sidelined Petroleum Minister, Jimmy Maladina, will appear in a Sydney court in March to fight a charge of assaulting a woman during a domestic dispute. The 58-year-old appeared in the Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday to have a hearing date set over the assault that allegedly occurred in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A final blast from The Mirage’s signature volcano marked the passage Wednesday of an aging Las Vegas resort that wowed crowds when it opened in 1989 and went on to revolutionize the casino resort industry and reshape Las Vegas as a tourist destination. “What would The Mirage be without
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A final blast from The Mirage’s signature volcano marked the passage Wednesday of an aging Las Vegas resort that wowed crowds when it opened in 1989 and went on to revolutionize the casino resort industry and reshape Las Vegas as a tourist destination. “What would The Mirage be without
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — After almost 30 months of war with Russia, Ukraine’s difficulties on the battlefield are mounting even as its vital support from the United States is increasingly at the mercy of changing political winds. A six-month delay in military assistance from the U.S., the biggest single contributor to Ukraine, opened
Continue ReadingBy Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Here’s something you can text your friends about. It’s World Emoji Day, a completely made up, delightful, and, yes, annual chance to reflect on the thousands of symbols and smileys we’ve come to love, laugh about and, sometimes, lament. In other words, 🎉, 😂 or, 😭, depending who
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — On the floor of the Republican National Convention Tuesday evening, vice presidential candidate JD Vance greeted and shook hands with excited delegates as he walked toward his seat. It was a marked contrast from former President Donald Trump, who entered the hall a few minutes later and was separated from
Continue ReadingCNN By Gregory Krieg and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, in her speech to the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, cheered America’s “incredible ability to self-correct.” Haley, so recently a political rival and fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, might have been talking about herself. On the second night
Continue ReadingCNN By Gregory Krieg and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, in her speech to the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, cheered America’s “incredible ability to self-correct.” Haley, so recently a political rival and fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, might have been talking about herself. On the second night
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, in her speech to the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, cheered America’s “incredible ability to self-correct.” Haley, so recently a political rival and fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, might have been talking about herself. On the second night of
Continue ReadingCNN By Gregory Krieg and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, in her speech to the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, cheered America’s “incredible ability to self-correct.” Haley, so recently a political rival and fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, might have been talking about herself. On the second night
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new Labour Party government has set out its plans for “national renewal,” saying it will calm the country’s febrile politics and ease its cost-of-living crisis. The government laid out its agenda at the grand State Opening of Parliament on Wednesday. King Charles III read out a speech written by the government
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge’s stunning decision to dismiss the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump brought the prosecution to a halt. But it’s hardly the final word. An appeal by special counsel Jack Smith of U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s order is expected to tee up a court fight that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The third day of the Republican National Convention kicks off, with Republicans shifting the focus to issues of national security and foreign policy as the party seeks to draw a stark contrast from Democrats’ handling of the ongoing crises in Europe and the Middle East. This comes as Republicans spent
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