By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican has made another big overture to China. It is reaffirming it poses no threat to Beijing’s sovereignty and admitting that Catholic Western missionaries made “errors” in past centuries. The Vatican on Tuesday hosted the head of China’s bishops conference for a high-level commemoration of a
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A London judge says Prince Harry can’t expand his privacy lawsuit against The Sun tabloid’s publisher to include allegations that Rupert Murdoch and some other executives were part of an effort to conceal and destroy evidence of unlawful information gathering. Judge Timothy Fancourt said Tuesday in the
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Stocks on Wall Street were mixed in quiet premarket trading Tuesday as more retailers report solid results as they bring this quarter’s earnings season to a close. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 leaned toward modest gains of less than 0.1%.
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press The world’s top-selling pizza chain is betting big on the generosity of its customers. And they are not alone. Domino’s recently pledged $174 million over the next ten years to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, expecting the funds to come from its longstanding roundup campaign that invites customers to
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries have reached an agreement to use the profits earned from frozen Russian assets to help arm Ukraine and rebuild the war-torn country. The 27-nation EU is holding around $225 billion in Russian central bank assets in retaliation for Moscow’s war against Ukraine. Most of it is frozen in Belgium.
Continue ReadingBy CATHERINE GASCHKA, JOHN LEICESTER and KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is making a surprise trip to riot-hit New Caledonia, the French Pacific territory that has been gripped by days of deadly unrest and where indigenous people have long sought independence. Six people have been killed, including two gendarmes,
Continue ReadingBy MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and ED WHITE Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Police broke up a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Michigan before dawn Tuesday, citing a threat to public safety and coming less than a week after demonstrators stepped up pressure by placing fake body bags on the lawn of a school
Continue ReadingCNN By Colin McCullough, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday posted a video showing images of a fake newspaper article that references a “unified Reich” if he’s reelected in 2024. The video details “what happens after Donald Trump wins” with a narrator reading hypothetical headlines such as “Economy Booms!” and “Border is
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Sorry, the screen is now up — no more snapping cute photos of Mount Fuji from a popular sidewalk spot in the Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko. Known as a place that offers some of the best views of the iconic Japanese mountain, the town last month started
Continue ReadingBy Inke Kappeler and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — An aristocrat suspected of planning to overthrow the German government appeared in court on Tuesday, as part of a mammoth trial exposing an alleged far-right plan to storm the country’s parliament. Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss, 72, is accused of leading the plot, which would have
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The world’s leading artificial intelligence companies pledged at the start of a mini summit on AI to develop the technology safely, including pulling the plug if they can’t rein in the most extreme risks. World leaders are expected to hammer out further
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By Renée Rigdon and Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — Red Lobster is closing restaurants across the United States after filing for bankruptcy on Sunday, citing $1 billion in debt and sagging cash flows. The ubiquitous seafood chain, known for its cheddar bay biscuits, crab legs and shrimp dishes, still operates 547 locations across the United
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel sought Tuesday to contain the fallout from a request by the chief prosecutor of the world’s top war crimes court for arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, a move supported by three European countries, including key ally France. Belgium, Slovenia and France each said Monday
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Britain’s High Court has ruled that new regulations that gave U.K. police more powers to intervene in protests were unlawful. Campaign group Liberty brought legal action against the British government over a law passed last year that lowered the threshold for what is considered “serious disruption” to community life caused by a
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA DONATI, HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press Congo’s army spokesman on Tuesday released the name of the third American involved a foiled coup plot in Kinshasa, while family members in Utah gathered to mourn Christian Malanga, the eccentric leader of the brazen and ill-fated attack targeting the presidential palace over the weekend.
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA DONATI, HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press Congo’s army spokesman on Tuesday released the name of the third American involved a foiled coup plot in Kinshasa, while family members in Utah gathered to mourn Christian Malanga, the eccentric leader of the brazen and ill-fated attack targeting the presidential palace over the weekend.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Witness testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial could enter its final day on Tuesday with the defense expected to rest its case after calling just a handful of witnesses. Should the defense rest its case, Judge Juan M. Merchan has said he will send the jury home until closing arguments
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s Parliament has voted unanimously to condemn political violence following an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico, who is recovering from multiple wounds from last week’s shooting. Hospital officials say Fico is no longer in life-threatening condition. All 130 lawmakers present in Parliament on Tuesday approved a resolution that calls
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ, JENNIFER PELTZ and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A defense witness in Donald Trump’s hush money case whom the judge threatened to remove from the trial over his behavior will return to the stand Tuesday as the trial nears its end. Trump’s lawyers are hoping Robert
Continue ReadingBy Duarte Mendonca, Kocha Olarn and Sophie Jeong, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — One passenger died and 71 people were injured when their Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore encountered severe turbulence Tuesday, throwing passengers and crew around the cabin and forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Bangkok. The Boeing 777-300ER was
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