By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday claimed targeting a U.S. Navy destroyer and a commercial ship in the Red Sea. However, the attack on the warship apparently happened nearly two days earlier and saw the vessel intercept the missile targeting it. The latest statement from
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG and MATT OTT Associated Press Trading on Wall Street was muted early Wednesday ahead of the U.S. government’s latest reports on inflation and retail sales. Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average both ticked up less than 0.1% before the opening bell. The Labor Department will release its
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 24 worshippers, including four children, were injured in northern Nigeria’s Kano state after a man attacked the mosque where they were praying early Wednesday morning, resulting in an explosion, the police said. The suspect, a 38-year-old resident of the area, confessed that he attacked
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he won’t participate in the campaign debates sponsored by a nonpartisan commission, instead challenging Republican Donald Trump to a pair of debates. Biden said Wednesday that Trump lost two debates to him in 2020 and since then, he hasn’t shown up for a
Continue ReadingBy EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore’s deputy leader Lawrence Wong has been sworn in as the nation’s fourth prime minister in a carefully planned political succession designed to ensure continuity and stability in the Asian financial hub. A U.S.-trained economist, Wong, 51, succeeds Lee Hsien Loong, 72, who stepped down after
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed targeting a U.S. Navy destroyer and a commercial ship in the Red Sea, but there was no immediate confirmation that any attacks took place. Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said Wednesday that the rebels targeted the USS Mason with missiles and launched
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, Michael Williams and Kristen Holmes, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have both accepted an invitation from CNN to debate on June 27, a historically early showdown that will set the tone for the final months of the 2024 campaign. “I’ve received and accepted an invitation
Continue ReadingBy DAVID CRARY, HOLLY MEYER and PETER SMITH Associated Press Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked from her beloved job as a United Methodist pastor in Philadelphia. In a church trial, she was found guilty of violating “Christian teaching” because she had acknowledged living in a committed relationship with another woman. Earlier this month,
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN and ABDOULIE JOHN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s top criminal court on Wednesday convicted a former interior minister of Gambia for crimes against humanity and sentenced him to 20 years over his role in murder, torture and other repression committed by the West African country’s security forces under its longtime dictator.
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Kremlin is prepared to negotiate over the conflict in Ukraine in an interview with Chinese media on the eve of visit to partner Beijing that has backed Moscow in its full-scale invasion of its neighbor. “We are open to a dialogue on Ukraine, but such negotiations
Continue ReadingCANNES, France (AP) — Start your engines. “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” rolls into the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday. It returns the dystopian action adventure to the Croisette promenade and launches one of the most anticipated movies of the summer. The latest “Mad Max” film stars Anya Taylor-Joy as a young Furiosa. It is
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, Niamh Kennedy and Pierre Bairin, CNN (CNN) — A rare episode of violence disrupted the peaceful region of Normandy in northern France on Tuesday when gunmen ambushed a prison convoy to spring a notorious prison inmate known as “The Fly.” The attack took place while prisoner Mohamed Amra, 30, was being transported
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces withdrew from some areas of the country’s northeast and battled Russian troops in others on Wednesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy postponed all his upcoming foreign trips, underscoring the seriousness of the threat his soldiers are facing. Against that grim backdrop, U.S.
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A welding operation sparked a huge fire in February at a water park that was under construction at one of Sweden’s biggest amusement centers, causing the death of one person. A local daily quoting a police report, said Wednesday that when carrying out welding on the water slide “a fire started
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Organizers of Spain’s Princess of Asturias Awards have awarded the prize for the social sciences to Canadian historian and writer Michael Ignatieff. The jury said Wednesday that Ignatieff’s collected works form “critical reflections on the major conflicts of our time.” His books cover a range of topics including human rights, foreign policy,
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military says it has successfully test-fired an indigenously developed rocket system with a range of 400 kilometers, or about 240 miles. A military statement says the rocket launched on Wednesday has a state-of-the-art navigation system, unique trajectory and maneuverable features. The Fatah-II rocket system can engage targets with high precision and
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization has authorized a second dengue vaccine, a move that could provide protection for millions worldwide against the mosquito-borne disease that has already sparked numerous outbreaks across the Americas this year. The U.N. health agency said it had approved the dengue vaccine made by the Japanese pharmaceutical Takeda, recommending
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — For the past several weeks, witnesses in Donald Trump’s hush money trial have evoked a chapter of his past when the adult entertainment industry helped him brandish an image as a Manhattan playboy. If some of the former president’s allies get their way, a second Trump term would put that industry on the
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — There was no doubting the message from Antony Blinken’s musical debut in Kyiv on Tuesday night. The US secretary of state made a surprise appearance on stage in a bar in Kyiv, as he appeared alongside Ukrainian band 19.99 in a rendition of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free
Continue ReadingCNN By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — There was no doubting the message from Antony Blinken’s musical debut in Kyiv on Tuesday night. The US secretary of state made a surprise appearance on stage in a bar in Kyiv, as he appeared alongside Ukrainian band 19.99 in a rendition of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the
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