BERLIN (AP) — A young German-Austrian heiress has realized her plan to redistribute almost all of her assets to organizations that are devoted to protecting the climate, improving education and health care, or supporting gender equality among other issues. Marlene Engelhorn, 31, had asked a group representing 50 diverse citizens in Austria earlier this year
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The European Union’s top court says products such as disinfectants can’t be advertised as “skin friendly.” The European Court of Justice issued its ruling Thursday after a German federal court sought its opinion in a case against a drugstore chain. The dm chain sold a hand, skin and surface disinfectant with a
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Thursday that it would consider sending arms to Ukraine, a major policy change that was suggested after Russia and North Korea rattled the region and beyond by signing a pact to come to each other’s defense in the event of war. The
Continue ReadingBy SIBI ARASU and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Data from India’s Health Ministry shows a monthslong heat wave across swathes of India has killed more than 100 people and led to over 40,000 suspected cases of heat stroke in the last three and a half months. Between March 1 and June
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate, Carol Moseley Braun, will have a memoir out next year. Hanover Square Press, a HarperCollins Publishers imprint, announced Thursday that Moseley Braun’s “Trailblazer: Perseverance in Life and Politics” is scheduled for Jan. 21. According to the publisher, Moseley Braun will look back
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is prioritizing critical air defense capabilities for Ukraine over other countries to “ensure Ukraine’s survival” as Russia continues its brutal assault on the country with no end in sight, a senior White House official and congressional sources told CNN. A senior White House official described the action as a “rather extraordinary” policy adjustment
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — European Union envoys have reached agreement on a “powerful and substantial” new series of sanctions that are part of its ongoing response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The EU’s Belgian presidency posted on social media on Thursday that the package provides new targeted measures and maximizes the impact of existing sanctions by
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has kept its main interest rate at a 16-year high of 5.25%, even though inflation has fallen to its target of 2%. In a statement, some policymakers on the bank’s nine-member Monetary Policy Committee voiced worries that some underlying measures of inflation, such
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Colin Allred of Texas, who’s challenging GOP Sen. Ted Cruz in the Republican-leaning state this fall, is promising to “fix the border” in a new ad, declaring that he “stood up to Joe Biden on the border.” But just two years ago, the congressman
Continue ReadingSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — At least two people have been killed and nine others injured when a train full of passengers collided head-on with another train on a test run just outside Chile’s capital of Santiago. Investigations were underway Thursday to determine the cause of the crash, which vaulted one car fully on top of
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — The trial of a Russian American dual citizen whom Russia accuses of treason opened on Thursday as tensions rise between Washington and Moscow, including over the arrests of two American journalists. The trial is being held behind closed doors in Yekaterinburg, in the same court that next week is to begin hearing
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Today is the 2024 summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s also the first official day of summer — although swaths of the US have been baking in unseasonably high temperatures for weeks. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Today is the 2024 summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s also the first official day of summer — although swaths of the US have been baking in unseasonably high temperatures for weeks. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Today is the 2024 summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s also the first official day of summer — although swaths of the US have been baking in unseasonably high temperatures for weeks. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Two climate activists have been arrested after cutting through a fence at a London area airport and spray-painting private jets orange. Essex police say that two women were arrested early Thursday in the private area of Stansted Airport. Environmental group Just Stop Oil posted video of someone cutting through a fence and
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Thursday condemned an agreement reached by Russia and North Korea that pledged mutual defense assistance in the event of war and said it will reconsider its policy of limiting its support to Ukraine to non-lethal supplies. The comments by a senior presidential
Continue ReadingBy Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s governing Conservative Party has been rocked by a gambling scandal in the middle of the campaign for an election that it is expected to lose. The UK’s PA Media news agency reported on Thursday that Conservative candidate Laura Saunders is facing a gambling watchdog investigation into alleged betting
Continue ReadingBy LORI HINNANT, VASILISA STEPANENKO and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — The first shock wave shattered aisles stacked almost to the ceiling with home improvement products. The next Russian bomb streaked down like a comet seconds later, unleashing flames that left the megastore an ashen shell. A third bomb failed to detonate
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Diaphanous origami-like sculptures that floated like spring seeds caught in the wind captured the essence of the subtle, rich, and exquisite display from Issey Miyake at Paris Fashion Week — one of the strongest in seasons. Here are some highlights of Thursday’s spring 2025 menswear shows:
Continue ReadingPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers have called off a search for a Japanese mountaineer who went missing a week ago while trying to scale one of the highest mountains in northern Pakistan. Authorities said there was hardly any chance of survival for 36-year-old Atsushi Taguchi. His fellow climber, Ryuseki Hiraoka, died while scaling the roughly
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