Associated Press Tarmo Peltokoski has been hired to succeed Jaap van Zweden as music director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic. The philharmonic says the 24-year-old will start a four-year term in the 2026-27 season after serving as music director designate in 2025-26. Peltokoski grew up in Finland and studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese Hezbollah group says it’s launched over 200 rockets at several military bases in Israel in retaliation for a strike that killed one of its senior commanders. The attack by the Iran-backed militant group on Thursday was one of the largest in the monthslong conflict along the Lebanon-Israel border,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Just three weeks before the Olympics, the excitement that was building up in the host city is now mingled with anxiety about France’s political future. The far-right National Rally’s strong results in the first round of a rushed election has darkened the ambience in Paris, a left-wing stronghold that is
Continue ReadingEssay by Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — My pregnant mom was certain she knew how things would go that night. It was late afternoon, but she already had movie tickets in her pocket. I wasn’t due for another month. And my parents were excited to see “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” in
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, Katelyn Polantz and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court made clear that its bombshell decision granting broad immunity to Donald Trump was intended in part to empower future presidents to make “energetic” and “vigorous” decisions without fear of criminal prosecution. Advisers working for the president, on the other hand, may
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Some of Britain’s top tennis players are avoiding election talk like double-faults at Wimbledon. Polls opened Thursday morning in the U.K.’s first national election in almost five years but Britain’s rising stars are sticking to the tennis at the All England Club. Jack Draper says he has no interest
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Pro-Palestinian protesters have breached security at Australia’s Parliament House to unfurl banners from the roof as a senator quit the government over its direction on the Gaza war. Tensions over Israel’s war against Hamas dominated Parliament’s final sitting day on Thursday before a five-week break. The four protesters were
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An Iranian-born Norwegian man has been found guilty of terrorism in a 2022 attack on an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Two people were killed and nine were seriously wounded in the shooting at three locations, chiefly outside the London Pub, a popular
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Japanese climber has died while descending one of the highest mountains in northern Pakistan, the third death of a Japanese on the mountain in less than a month. Officials said Thursday that rescuers have located the body of Hiroshi Onishi, who fell into a crevasse earlier this week
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 surged Thursday to a record close of 40,913.65, while most other major world markets also advanced. Investors worldwide are keen to see the Federal Reserve cut rates that it has been keeping at two-decade highs to slow growth and tame inflation, and hopes have been
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — In a landmark decision, Japan’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to pay damages to people who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct eugenics law, ruling the practice was unconstitutional and had violated their rights. The Eugenic Protection Law, in place from 1948 to 1996,
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index has closed at a fresh record high of 40,913.65, pushing past its most recent record close set in March on heavy buying of automaker and technology shares. The index gained 0.8%. The gains followed an overnight rally on Wall Street, where the S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq
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On July 1, Border Patrol tracked a vehicle traveling westbound on the I-10 at Chiriaco Summit and found a suspect holding possession of a large stash of illegal firearms. Border Patrol agents investigated a 22-year-old man from Phoenix, who was the only occupant in the vehicle. The Riverside Sheriff’s Office confirmed the suspect had a
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A 20-year-old man pleaded guilty today to an amended charge of assault with a semi-automatic firearm in the shooting of a 32-year-old Coachella resident. Judge Melissa Hale sentenced Jeraldo Mederos to 14 years in state prison Wednesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio after the defendant entered his guilty plea. Mederos, who previously pleaded
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Former Firebirds assistant coach Jessica Campbell is making NHL history as its first full-time female assistant coach. Campbell was hired as the assistant coach of the Seattle Kraken, joining former Firebirds’ head coach Dan Bylsma’s staff. “During our tenure in Coachella Valley, I saw firsthand Jessica’s commitment to player development,” Bylsma said. “Her ability to
Continue ReadingRussian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are attending the summit of a security grouping created by Moscow and Beijing to counter Western alliances. Putin and Xi joined the leaders of other countries that are members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization at its annual meeting in Kazakhstan’s capital of Astana on Thursday. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — On his way to the Kyiv train station to greet his wife and daughter returning from Poland to Ukraine, Oleksander Tryfonov made a stop. He bought two red roses from one of a half-dozen flower shops lining a dimly lit underpass — something beautiful for the two most precious
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Christian Walker hit a go-ahead homer in the fourth inning and a three-run blast in the ninth — his 16th and 17th career shots at Dodger Stadium — and the Arizona Diamondbacks overcame a rough start to rout Los Angeles 12-4 on Wednesday night. Gabriel Moreno and Lourdes
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHEBAA, Lebanon (AP) — With cease-fire talks faltering in Gaza and no clear offramp for the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border, the daily exchanges of strikes between Hezbollah and Israeli forces have sparked fires that are tearing through forests and farmland on both sides of the frontline. The blazes — exacerbated by supply
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The Fourth of July celebration getting an early start Wednesday at Coachella’s Bagdouma Park. There were about 6,000 people in attendance who had to brave the heat before the night’s breathtaking show. It was an evening filled with live music, carnival rides, and plenty of treats as folks waited for a sparkling sky filled with
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