Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China and the Philippines have held a crucial meeting to try to ease mounting tensions following their worst confrontation in the disputed South China Sea last month. There was no mention in the talks Tuesday of any major agreement to try to prevent a repeat of the chaotic June
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Government leaders of Poland and Germany are holding consultations aimed at giving a new impulse to bilateral relations that sagged under Poland’s previous government and to jointly declare responsibility for Europe’s security in turbulent times. Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz traveled with 12 ministers and government officials for the meeting
Continue ReadingAP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray has withdrawn from singles at Wimbledon a little more than a week after surgery to remove a cyst from his spine. The two-time men’s champion at the All England Club said he would make his farewell appearance at the tournament by playing doubles with his older brother,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Vandals have beheaded a sculpture featuring the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus that had been exhibited in the cathedral in the Austrian city of Linz and drawn criticism from some Catholics who said it was blasphemous. The sculpture had been on view at the St. Mary Cathedral, Austria’s
Continue ReadingBy Aishwarya S Iyer, Mariya Knight, Sugam Pokharel, Rhea Mogul and Esha Mitra, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — A crowd crush at a religious gathering in northern India killed more than a hundred people Tuesday, mostly women, in one of the deadliest such incidents the country has seen in recent years. Many of the scores
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Tuesday will announce the nation’s first-ever federal safety standard for excessive heat in the workplace at a time when millions of Americans are under extreme heat warnings and advisories. The rule from the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposes employees have new
Continue ReadingAssociated Press It’s been 100 years since a Scottish runner famously refused to race on a Sunday at the Paris Olympics because of his Christian beliefs. Devout top athletes say elite sports performance still poses some hurdles for the faith practices that are central to their lives on and off the field. At this summer’s
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — One of the leaders of the Republican National Convention’s platform committee, which shapes the party’s official stance on key issues, has a history of pushing extreme anti-abortion positions, including advocating for a national ban without exceptions for rape or incest. He also entertained the possibility of
Continue ReadingCNN By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — One of the leaders of the Republican National Convention’s platform committee, which shapes the party’s official stance on key issues, has a history of pushing extreme anti-abortion positions, including advocating for a national ban without exceptions for rape or incest. He also entertained the possibility
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Pål Enger, a talented Norwegian soccer player and artist turned celebrity art thief who pulled off the sensational 1994 heist of Edvard Munch’s famed “The Scream” painting from the National Gallery in Oslo has died. He was 57. His death was confirmed by Vålerenga Fotball, an acclaimed Oslo soccer club
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Thousands of people at a religious gathering in India rushed to leave a makeshift tent, setting off a stampede Tuesday that killed at least 116 people and injured scores, officials said. It was not immediately clear what triggered the panic following an event with a Hindu guru known locally
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — French opposition parties are making hurried deals to try to block a landslide victory for Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally in Sunday’s second round of legislative elections. She says her party would lead the government only if it wins an absolute majority, or close to it. The National Rally
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Two foreign aid workers have been killed in eastern Congo when their convoy was attacked. Aid group Tearfund made the annoucement in a statement late Monday. The killings on Sunday are the latest in a series of violent attacks targeting aid groups and residents in the region. The violence
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — In 2010 Britain’s Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown lost the election and handed power to a coalition government led by the Conservatives’ David Cameron. The global financial crisis in 2008, which led to the deepest U.K. recession in a century, saw Labour’s popularity took a dive. Though Labour ended up
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — China now has the first samples ever collected from the far side of the moon and says it will share them with scientists around the world. But US access could be hampered by a 2011 law that prohibits space coordination between NASA and China without special authorization. Here’s what
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada (AP) — Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters Tuesday as a powerful Category 4 storm heading toward Jamaica after earlier crossing islands in the southeast Caribbean, killing at least six people. A hurricane warning was in effect for Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac. Beryl was losing intensity
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HENIN-BEAUMONT, France (AP) — In the former mining town at the heart of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s political strategy, her party’s electoral success Sunday came as no surprise to hundreds of supporters who gathered to see her victory speech. The same promises to bring back good jobs and upend the political
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency says it has confirmed that Tropical Cyclone Freddy, a deadly Indian Ocean storm that lashed eastern Africa last year, was the longest-lasting cyclone ever recorded — at 36 days. Freddy topped the previous record held by Hurricane John, which struck Hawaii and lasted almost 30 days in the
Continue ReadingBy Matt Stiles and Curt Merrill, CNN (CNN) — More than 1,000 tornadoes sprout up across the United States in the average year, causing billions of dollars in damage and killing scores of Americans. The storms occur across the country throughout the year, but are most common during the spring and summer months in the
Continue ReadingTALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus has sentenced 20 political analysts to prison terms of at least 10 years each after convicting them in absentia of conspiracy to overthrow the government and taking part in an extremist group. The analysts all live outside Belarus, but could be imprisoned upon returning to the authoritarian
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