MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A typhoon has finally moved away from the Philippines, leaving at least seven people dead, mostly due to floods or toppled trees. Typhoon Ewiniar also forced the closures of several seaports, stranding thousands of passengers, officials said Tuesday. The typhoon crept by the country’s eastern coast late Friday night and lingered
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain and Norway have moved to formally recognize a Palestinian state with Ireland to follow suit on Tuesday in a coordinated effort by the three western European nations. While dozens of countries have recognized a Palestinian state, none of the major Western powers has done so.
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN SCHEMBRI ORLAND Associated Press VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Malta’s former prime minister and other top officials are to appear in court to face charges in a hospital corruption scandal that is roiling the Mediterranean island nation as it prepares for European Parliament elections. In 2015, a deal was struck in which the management
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday received a second $1 billion promise of military aid in as many days for his war with Russia during a whirlwind tour through the European Union. The pledge for 2024 came from Belgium, which topped up the money with a commitment
Continue ReadingBy Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden reelection campaign has enlisted three police officers – all of whom were working at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, when rioters overtook the building – to stump for Biden across battleground states in the coming weeks, the campaign told CNN. Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, Officer
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN, TIA GOLDENBERG and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a “tragic mishap” was made in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah that set fire to a camp housing displaced Palestinians and, according to local officials, killed at least
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shares were mostly lower in Europe and Asia on Tuesday after U.S. markets were closed for the Memorial Day holiday. Germany’s DAX gained 0.3% to 18,828.68 while the CAC 40 in Paris edged 0.1% lower to 8,121.17. In Britain, the FTSE 100 shed 0.2% to 8,303.25,
Continue ReadingBy Nell Lewis and Jackie Prager, CNN (CNN) — Dakhla, a small city in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, which is mostly controlled by Morocco, is located on a long spit of sand between the Atlantic Ocean and a saltwater lagoon. Its consistent wind makes it a hotspot for kitesurfing enthusiasts, but a new
Continue ReadingCNN By Nell Lewis and Jackie Prager, CNN (CNN) — Dakhla, a small city in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, which is mostly controlled by Morocco, is located on a long spit of sand between the Atlantic Ocean and a saltwater lagoon. Its consistent wind makes it a hotspot for kitesurfing enthusiasts, but a
Continue ReadingBy WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — A stone quarry has collapsed in India’s northeast due to heavy rains triggered by a tropical storm, killing 13 quarry workers, officials said, and 16 remain missing. Senior police officer Rahul Alwal said Tuesday rescuers recovered the bodies of those killed from the quarry in Melthum,
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — A report by the United Nations says that as economies in Asia and the Pacific slow and grow older, countries need to do more to ensure that workers get the education, training and social safety nets needed to raise incomes and ensure social equity. The report
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says the Spanish Cabinet will recognize a Palestinian state at its Tuesday morning meeting as a European Union rift with Israel widens. Ireland and Norway are also to make official their recognition of a Palestinian state later in the day. While dozens
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man accused of running naked down the aisle of an Australian domestic flight, knocking down a flight attendant and forcing the plane to turn back, has been arrested by police at the airport. Officials said the incident happened early in what was scheduled to be
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Two houses and several cars were destroyed after a fire broke out in Thousand Palms Monday afternoon. The fire was reported at around 6:15 p.m. on Black Eagle Drive. Neighbors stood outside watching crews put out the flames in disbelief. “It was just a nice evening and I happened to step out the back door,”
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans will vote Sunday in historic elections weighing many of the core issues facing the country including gender, violence and populism. Mexico could elect its first female president. The election is also the biggest in the country’s history with more than 20,000 congressional and local positions
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — European Union defense ministers are meeting in Brussels to try again to overcome Hungary’s objections to providing billions of euros in military aid to Kyiv, in its third year of war since Russia’s full-scale invasion began. Tuesday’s meeting comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is to inspect the F-16 jets Belgium will
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the scene of Papua New Guinea’s mass-casualty disaster because of water streams and bodies trapped beneath the tons of debris that swept over a village. Thousands are being told to prepare to evacuate, officials
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and LEE KEATH Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Over the past three weeks, Israel’s offensive in Rafah has sent nearly a million Palestinians fleeing the southern Gaza city. Most have been displaced multiple times already during Israel’s nearly 8-month-old war in Gaza. With the amount of humanitarian
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — It looks like something out of the dystopian show “Black Mirror,” but it’s just the latest adaptation of robotics for the modern battlefield. During recent military drills with Cambodia, China’s military showed off a robot dog with an automatic rifle mounted on its back, essentially turning
Continue ReadingBy WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — A stone quarry has collapsed in India’s northeast due to heavy rains triggered by a tropical storm, killing 13 quarry workers, officials said. Another 16 remain missing. Senior police officer Rahul Alwal said Tuesday rescuers recovered the bodies of those killed from the quarry in Melthum,
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