By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An investigation into a ransomware attack earlier this month on London hospitals by the Russian group Qilin could take weeks to complete with some patients needing to undergo repeat tests. Hundreds of operations and appointments are still being canceled more than two weeks after the June 3
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — You’re getting up there in years. Maybe you haven’t thought about going to the gym and taking up weight-resistance training. Dr. Marcas Bamman thinks you should. He’s a physiologist with decades of research into aging who preaches the benefits of this kind of workout for those
Continue ReadingBy KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s parliament has begun a two-day debate leading up to a vote on the new government proposed by a center-right party that won May’s national elections. Heading the proposed government is Hristijan Mickoski, a 46-year-old former engineering professor who has pledged to continue his
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India and Bangladesh on Saturday moved to bolster their defense relationship and signed agreements for expanding cooperation in maritime security, ocean economy, space, and telecommunication sectors, as New Delhi tries to present itself as a regional power and a counterweight to China. The agreements were signed
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Galgano and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Families were shopping at a local grocery store in a small Arkansas town on Friday when the sound of gunfire reverberated through the store, sending them running for cover or huddling in a freezer. Katrina Doherty – who had been shopping for dinner with her 18-year-old
Continue ReadingVIENNA (AP) — Three people are missing after massive thunderstorms and rainfall in southeastern Switzerland caused a landslide. One woman was pulled out alive after being buried by the landslide on Saturday morning in the Alpine valley of Misox in Graubünden. A rescue operation for the three others is ongoing. Elsewhere in Switzerland, the popular
Continue ReadingBy KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s parliament began a two-day debate leading up to a vote on the new government proposed by a center-right party that won May’s national elections. Heading the proposed government is Hristijan Mickoski, a 46-year-old former engineering professor who has pledged to continue his center-left
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump, in keeping with his preference for shunning traditional debate prep, spent his last Saturday before his first one-on-one showdown with President Joe Biden on the campaign trail. Trump addressed a gathering of Christian conservatives Saturday afternoon in Washington, DC, touching upon his familiar campaign messages
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer French teenager Zaccharie Risacher headlines the list of forwards in the upcoming NBA draft. Risacher has length and a rangy game that could make him the No. 1 overall draft pick. The position’s top prospects include two forwards who bypassed college basketball in G League Ignite’s Matas Buzelis and
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing Reform U.K. party, is facing wide-ranging criticism over his claim that the West provoked Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine. In a BBC television interview broadcast Friday evening, Farage drew a link between the expansion of NATO and the European
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A family of six was found dead by rescuers in Fujian province, state media reported Saturday, adding to the extreme weather deaths after downpours caused landslides in the area, even as authorities extended a warning of more severe weather ahead. The six people, who had previously been reported missing, were found dead
Continue ReadingBy Jomana Karadsheh, Lauren Izso, Eyad Kourdi and Kareem Khadder, CNN (CNN) — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says at least 22 people were killed in a strike that hit civilians sheltering in southern Gaza on Friday. The strike hit the tents of displaced people in the Palestinian town of Mawasi, parts
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired 16 missiles and 13 Shahed drones at energy facilities and critical infrastructure in an overnight attack on Ukraine, officials in Kyiv said Saturday morning, damaging energy facilities in the country’s southeast and west and injuring at least two energy workers. Ukraine’s air defenses intercepted 12 of the 16 missiles
Continue ReadingRAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — An Israeli was shot dead in a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank Saturday morning, Israel’s army said, while deadly strikes rocked northern Gaza. The army said a man was pronounced dead after being shot in the town of Qalqilya, and that Israeli troops were currently operating in the
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier arrived Saturday in South Korea for a three-way exercise involving Japan as they step up military training to cope with North Korean threats, which have escalated following a security pact with Russia. The arrival of the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — The Italian coast guard has recovered 14 more bodies from last week’s shipwreck in the Ionian Sea off the southern Italian coastline, bringing to 34 the number of known victims from the sinking. Dozens are still missing and presumed dead. The bodies, recovered on Friday, were transferred to a port in Calabria.
Continue ReadingBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Heavy rain and flash flood warnings in New Mexico have prompted mandatory evacuations in Las Vegas with shelters set up for displaced residents. The National Weather Service office announced a flash flood emergency on Friday night through early Saturday. The impacted areas include Las Vegas and communities near Albuquerque. Up to
Continue ReadingBy MOSES SAWASAWA and MONIKA PRONCZUK Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — The Goma dance festival, the largest dance festival in Congo, has taken place each year for the past seven years, despite ongoing attacks by rebel groups. It’s in eastern Congo, a region that has long been overrun by more than 120 armed groups
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Detained American Paul Whelan marked another grim milestone this week as he surpassed 2,000 days in Russian custody, telling CNN that it was “just an incredible amount of time” to spend in detention “for a crime that never occurred” as he urged the Biden administration to take “decisive action”
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Sean Newcomb picked up a win with a pickoff and without officially facing a batter. The Oakland reliever became the first pitcher in team history to be credited with a victory after the Athletics defeated the Minnesota Twins 6-5 on Friday night. With Oakland training 5-4, Newcomb came on in relief
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