By The Associated Press Russian authorities have arrested a second senior Defense Ministry official on bribery charges days after President Vladimir Putin replaced the defense minister in a Cabinet shake-up. Russia’s top law enforcement body said Tuesday the chief of the ministry’s main personnel directorate, Lt. Gen. Yury Kuznetsov, was arrested and placed in custody
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Authorities in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia have announced a curfew and banned gatherings after violent unrest on the archipelago with decades of tensions between indigenous Kanaks seeking independence and colonizers’ descendants who want to remain part of France. French media say the unrest started with protests against voting reforms
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Two French prison officers have been killed and three others seriously injured when their prison convoy was attacked in Normandy. Officials say the attack occurred as the convoy was returning to Évreux jail after a court hearing in Rouen. Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti said he would join a crisis unit to address
Continue ReadingTBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The Georgian parliament has approved in the third and final reading a divisive bill that sparked weeks of mass protests. The bill requires media and nongovernmental organizations and other nonprofits to register as “pursuing the interests of a foreign power” if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad.
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — British twin sisters Georgia and Melissa Laurie were enjoying a hot June day in Mexico on holiday three years ago, swimming in a river in Puerto Escondido, when Melissa spotted a crocodile in the water close by, panic set in and they began desperately swimming away. Georgia reached the
Continue ReadingBy Ekaterine Kadagishvili, Joshua Berlinger, Jessie Gretener and Amy Cassidy, CNN Tbilisi, Georgia (CNN) — Georgia’s parliament has passed a controversial “foreign agents” bill despite widespread domestic opposition and warnings from the European Union that its enactment would imperil the country’s chances of joining the bloc. The new law will require organizations receiving more than
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe is returning to the witness stand for a bruising round of questioning from the former president’s lawyers. Michael Cohen’s testimony on Monday linked Trump to all aspects of a hush money scheme that prosecutors say was aimed at stifling stories that threatened his 2016 campaign. He’s the prosecution’s
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Markets on Wall Street inched slightly higher ahead of the release of more inflation data from the U.S. government. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrials and S&P 500 were each less than 0.1% higher before the bell Tuesday. Home Depot shares rose 1.8% in premarket after
Continue ReadingBy FADI TAWIL and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press ARSAL, Lebanon (AP) — More than 300 Syrians refugees are heading back home from northeastern Lebanon to an uncertain future in Syria as anti-refugee sentiment is surging in crisis-hit Lebanon. In the northeastern town of Arsal, Syrian refugees piled their belongings onto the back of trucks and
Continue ReadingBy KASPARMAN PILIANG Associated Press TANAH DATAR, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers are searching in rivers and the rubble of devastated villages for bodies, and whenever possible survivors, of flash floods that hit Indonesia’s Sumatra Island over the weekend. Monsoon rains and a landslide of mud and cold lava from Mount Marapi caused rivers to breach
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, ERIC TUCKER, MICHELLE L. PRICE and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen awaits a bruising round of questioning from the former president’s lawyers on Tuesday after testimony that linked the celebrity client to all aspects of a hush money scheme that prosecutors say was
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought Tuesday to rally the spirits of glum Ukrainians facing a fierce new Russian offensive, assuring them that they are not alone and that billions of dollars in American military aid on its way to the country would make
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, has welcomed Denmark’s King Frederik and his Australian-born wife, Queen Mary, on their second official visit abroad after the Danish monarch’s mother abdicated this year. The 87-year-old Harald returned to work last month following two surgeries to implant pacemakers. Harald has said he
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Struggling Red Lobster is abruptly closing at least 48 of its restaurants around the country, according to a leading restaurant liquidator. TAGeX Brands is conducting an online auction of Red Lobster restaurant inventory, including kitchen equipment, furniture, tables and chairs. The auction begins Monday and continues through
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency has opened another investigation of automated driving systems, this time into crashes involving Waymo’s self-driving vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration posted documents detailing the probe on its website early Tuesday after getting 22 reports of Waymo vehicles either
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — European carmaker Stellantis says it will begin selling electric vehicles from its Chinese partner Leapmotor in nine European countries later this year. Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said Tuesday that sales will begin in September in European countries including Belgium, France, Italy and Germany, and later in
Continue ReadingBy NAPAT KONGSAWAD Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A young Thai activist who went on a hunger strike after being jailed for advocating reform of the country’s system of monarchy has died in a prison hospital. Netiporn Sanesangkhom was a member of the activist group Thaluwang, known for their bold and aggressive campaigns demanding reform
Continue ReadingBy Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — There’s a new arrival on the list of the most popular baby names in the US. Mateo made it into the boys’ top 10 list for the first time, becoming the sixth-most popular boys’ name in 2023 and edging Benjamin off the list, according to recently released data
Continue ReadingBy Simone Pathe, CNN (CNN) — Maryland’s Democratic Senate primary will test the power of self-funding as a congressman who’s loaned his campaign more than $61 million faces off Tuesday against a county executive who could become just the third Black woman elected to the Senate. But the race between three-term Rep. David Trone and
Continue ReadingBy MORIAH BALINGIT, SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and DYLAN LOVAN of The Associated Press and DANIEL BEEKMAN of The Seattle Times ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Across the country, the story for families is virtually the same: Child care is unaffordable for many, hard to find for those who can pay, and financially precarious for day care
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