BEIRUT (AP) — A bomb attached to a car exploded early Saturday in the western part of the Syrian capital that is home to several diplomatic missions, killing one person and causing material damage, state media reported. Damascus’ Mazze neighborhood houses the Iranian consulate, destroyed last month in a strike blamed on Israel. The attack
Continue ReadingNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least five miners have died in an illegal gold mine collapse in northern Kenya. Police said the mine in the Dabel area near the Kenyan border with Ethiopia collapsed Friday because of a landslide. Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki in March declared the area disturbed and banned mining activities after clashes
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB and ELISE MORTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces have secured “combat control” of areas where Russian troops entered Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region earlier this month. Zelenskyy’s comments on Friday evening appeared to be at odds with those made by Russian officials. Viktor Vodolatskiy, a
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Van Sant, CNN (CNN) — The family of George Floyd marked the fourth anniversary of his murder by renewing their call for Congress to pass legislation to reform policing in America that is named in his honor. “Change is needed,” Philonise Floyd, George Floyd’s brother, said at a news conference Thursday where democratic lawmakers
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The heat is off Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever. The WNBA rookie sensation and her team won their first game of the season. The Fever rallied from 11 points down in the first half to beat Los Angeles 78-73 and snap a five-game skid
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Local officials say strong wind has blown off the roof of a school in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, injuring at least 12 children. A warning was issued across the region on Friday for hurricane-force winds, Russian state news agency Ria Novosti said. The regional prosecutor’s office in Krasnodar said in a statement
Continue ReadingBy SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is scheduled to make an official visit to Cambodia, one of China’s closest allies in Southeast Asia, after holding talks with his Chinese counterpart at an annual security conference in Singapore. The U.S. Defense Department said Austin would travel next
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Four people were hurt and one was arrested when supporters of Iran’s authorities clashed with anti-government protesters at a London event marking the death of President Ebrahim Raisi. The Metropolitan Police force said officers were called Friday evening to “reports of disorder” at a venue in the west London area of Wembley.
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Alderney, a quiet British island in the English Channel known for its outstanding natural beauty, was once the site of the only Nazi camps on British soil – and a hell on Earth for its thousands of inmates. A fresh inquiry, ordered by the UK’s Special Envoy for Post Holocaust
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Yankees slugger Juan Soto left a note on the right field grass for his former San Diego Padres teammate Fernando Tatis Jr. after the bottom of the eighth inning of New York’s 8-0 win Friday night. Tatis picked it up and appeared to laugh. Soto wouldn’t say what the note said,
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — NASA has launched the first of two research satellites to measure how much heat is lost to space from the Arctic and Antarctica. The shoebox-size satellite lifted off Saturday at 7:42 p.m. local time (3:42 a.m. ET) aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Rocket Lab’s launch complex in
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer The 77th Cannes Film Festival draws to a close Saturday with the presentation of its top award, the Palme d’Or, along with an honorary tribute for George Lucas. Any of the 22 films that premiered in competition at Cannes are eligible for the Palme d’Or and other prizes. Deciding
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Sharlize Palacios had two home runs among her three hits, driving in four, and UCLA upped its win streak to 13 and finished off a sweep of 11th-seeded Georgia with a 6-1 victory on Friday night, capturing the Los Angeles Super Regional and earning the Bruins a spot in the Women’s
Continue ReadingSTANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Sydney Berzon gave up a run while striking out five over five innings, Kelley Lynch went 2 for 4 with five RBIs — including a grand slam — and LSU beat Stanford 11-1 in five innings Friday night to take Game 1 of the best-of-three Stanford Super Regional. LSU (44-15) can
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Jake Meyers hit a three-run homer to highlight Houston’s six-run fourth inning that backed Justin Verlander’s winning start, and the Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 6-3 on Friday night. Verlander (3-2) struck out nine over six innings to increase hit total to 3,377, passing Hall
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The focus for South Africa’s national election next week is on the fate of the African National Congress party and whether it is going to lose its parliamentary majority for the first time, as many expect. Several polls put the ANC’s support below 50%
Continue ReadingBy Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Three bodies have been recovered after a landslide in Papua New Guinea, local officials told CNN on Saturday, adding that the death toll was likely to rise to a “significant” total. The disaster hit the remote village of Kaokalam, about 600 kilometers (372 miles) northwest of the capital Port Moresby,
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer Just like that, Texas’ dream season is in jeopardy. Trinity Cannon knocked in five runs, and No. 16 seed Texas A&M stunned the top-seeded Longhorns 6-5 in Game 1 of the Austin Super Regional on Friday night. The teams will meet again Saturday for Game 2 of the best-of-three
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE RANTZ Associated Press Barbra Banda scored two goals and the Orlando Pride beat the Portland Thorns 2-1 on Friday night at Inter&Co Stadium to extend their winning streak to eight games. Banda now has eight goals in six National Women’s Soccer League starts, and the first-place Pride (8-0-3) became the first team in
Continue ReadingBy MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — That’s three Giant comebacks in a row — all on the road. Matt Chapman, Patrick Bailey and their San Francisco teammates have put together a remarkable run of resiliency this week. Bailey hit a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning, Chapman saved the game
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