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By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — Great things have been expected from Rose Zhang from the moment the two-time NCAA champion won in her professional debut last year and joined the LPGA Tour the following week. The 20-year-old finally delivered again Sunday, birdieing four of the final five holes to win
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive will demand explanations from Eurovision song contest organizers why its flag was banned from the concert hall during the final. In a contest already full of controversy, the European Commission said it plans “a very lively discussion” with the organizers over the ban. Even though the 27-nation EU
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s planned campaign visit to Minnesota will mark his return to a traditionally Democratic state he has long argued he could carry. Trump will take a break from his hush money trial in New York to speak at a Minnesota GOP fundraiser
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The events at the center of former President Donald Trump’s hush money case date back almost two decades, with new dates coming to light as the trial plays out in a Manhattan courtroom. Key moments in the case, as described in trial testimony and court documents, begin with allegations from two
Continue ReadingBy RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Survivors of the devastating floods that struck northern Afghanistan last week are still searching for their missing loved ones and burying their dead. Farmer Abdul Ghani recounted on Monday how he had rushed home from neighboring Kunduz province where he was visiting relatives when he heard about
Continue ReadingBy SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia and China will begin their annual Golden Dragon military exercise this week to strengthen cooperation and exchange military experiences. A Cambodian army spokesperson said Monday that more than 2,000 military personnel from the two countries will participate in the 15-day exercise, joined by three
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — Eight luxury watches belonging to Formula One great Michael Schumacher are going up for sale at Christie’s. The sale organized by Schumacher’s family features a watch that was given to the German superstar by former Ferrari CEO and motorsports governing body FIA President Jean Todt. It marked the year that Schumacher was
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Rescue teams in South Africa are searching for any survivors still trapped under rubble a week after an apartment building that was under construction collapsed. Their hopes were boosted over the weekend when one of the construction workers was found alive after six days
Continue ReadingBy Byron Manley, Curt Merrill, Renée Rigdon and Henrik Pettersson, CNN (CNN) — People in the US are under air quality alerts after smoke from wildfires in Canada wafted across the border. The smoke is impacting cities in Minnesota, including the Twin Cities and St. Cloud, as well as several tribal areas, the Minnesota Pollution
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish media says a curator at the American Museum of Natural History has been detained in Istanbul while allegedly attempting to smuggle spider and scorpion samples. Lorenzo Prendini is an expert on arachnids at the New York-based museum. He was held by police at Istanbul Airport on Monday while allegedly trying to
Continue ReadingBy FATMA KHALED Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A study says that fires resulting from the fighting in Sudan destroyed or damaged 72 villages last month in the country’s west — more than in any other month since the conflict erupted in mid-April last year. Sudan Witness project run by the U.K.-based nonprofit Center for
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Grether, Gloria Pazmino and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The trapped cargo ship Dali will “hopefully” be refloated this week after authorities set off charges at a key portion of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Monday evening, an official said. The charges helped demolish a portion of the bridge
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Berlinger and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Georgia’s parliament passed a highly controversial “foreign agents” bill that has triggered widespread protests across the former Soviet republic nestled in the Caucasus Mountains. Tens of thousands of people in capital city Tbilisi have been protesting the legislation. Critics warn that it mirrors a foreign agents
Continue ReadingCNN By Joshua Berlinger and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Georgia’s parliament passed a highly controversial “foreign agents” bill that has triggered widespread protests across the former Soviet republic nestled in the Caucasus Mountains. Tens of thousands of people in capital city Tbilisi have been protesting the legislation. Critics warn that it mirrors a foreign
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Protests over the Israel-Hamas war have spread across U.S. university and college campuses in recent weeks, leading to disruptions and arrests. Some demonstrations extended into weekend graduation celebrations, although they were muted in comparison to the encampments and rallies that have roiled campuses and resulted in nearly 2,900 arrests of students
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DJENNE, Mali (AP) — Thousands of Malians joined the annual replastering of the world’s largest mud-brick building this weekend, a key ritual that maintains the integrity of the Great Mosque of Djenne in central Mali. The building has been on UNESCO’s World Heritage in Danger list since 2016. The mosque and surrounding town
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DETROIT (AP) — Amazon’s self-driving robotaxi unit is being investigated by the U.S. government’s highway safety agency after two of its vehicles braked suddenly and were rear-ended by motorcyclists. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in documents posted on its website Monday it will evaluate the automated driving system developed by Zoox. Both crashes
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The whereabouts of a Chinese citizen journalist who served four years in prison for reporting on the early days of the pandemic in Wuhan and was expected to be released Monday are unknown, raising concern from activists. Zhang Zhan, who had been sentenced to four years in
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The star prosecution witness in Donald Trump’s hush money trial is set to take the stand Monday with testimony that could help shape the outcome of the first criminal case against an American president. Michael Cohen, Trump’s former
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Booking Holdings, the U.S. company that owns Booking.com and a number of other travel websites, has been added to the European Union’s list of companies now under heightened digital scrutiny. The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, said Monday that it’s classing Booking Holdings as an online gatekeeper and that the company’s
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