By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Nicaragua called on the United Nations’ top court on Monday to halt German military aid to Israel, arguing that Berlin’s support enables acts of genocide and breaches of international humanitarian law in Gaza. The case at the International Court of Justice is against Germany, which
Continue ReadingCNN By Kate Sullivan, Kristen Holmes, Steve Contorno and Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said Monday that abortion rights should be left to the states, offering his clearest stance yet on one of the most delicate and contentious issues in American politics. “My view is now that we have abortion where everyone wanted
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — As a deadly tornado barreled toward their home in the Mississippi Delta, Ida Cartlidge only had time to scoop up her 1-year-old son, Nolan, and hold him close. Cartlidge huddled with her husband and three sons on the living room floor of their
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese caretaker prime minister and the Cypriot president are calling on the European Union to provide financial support to help cash-strapped Lebanon stop migrants from reaching European shores. President Nikos Christodoulides’ visit to Beirut Monday came after he urged the EU last week to intercede with
Continue ReadingBy ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It didn’t take long for Nellie Borrero to encounter racism in 1986 when she joined a major consulting firm that was the predecessor to Accenture. At her first Christmas party, the partner who hired her gave her gift that turned out to be roach spray,
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Guerrilla fighters from Myanmar’s Karen ethnic minority claimed Monday to be close to seizing control of a major trading town bordering Thailand, as soldiers and civil servants loyal to the military government appeared to be preparing to abandon their positions. The occupation of Myawaddy town by the
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street was fairly static Monday ahead of the latest update on U.S. inflation due later this week and the kickoff to earnings season. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials and futures for the S&P 500 each fell less than 0.1% before the bell. “As risk
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — French troops have joined their British counterparts in the famous Changing of the Guard ceremony outside Buckingham Palace for the first time, marching together in a display of solidarity between Britain and France. At a parallel ceremony in Paris, British soldiers donned tall bearskin hats to take
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s minister in charge of police has announced plans to set up a nationwide network of domestic violence shelters, days after the fatal stabbing of a woman outside a police station. The April 2 killing of 28-year Kyriaki Griva occurred as she was seeking police protection from her ex-boyfriend. The man
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Nicaragua called on the United Nations’ top court on Monday to halt German military aid to Israel, arguing that Berlin’s support enables acts of genocide and breaches of international humanitarian law in Gaza. The case at the International Court of Justice is against Germany, which
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Ever since she ate mushrooms that can have psychedelic effects in Beijing last July, Janet Yellen has united Americans and Chinese in wanting to know what she will eat next. Now that the U.S. Treasury secretary is back in China this week, having stopped in Guangzhou and
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austria faces its biggest espionage scandal in decades as the arrest of a former intelligence officer brings to light evidence of extensive Russian infiltration, lax official oversight and behavior worthy of a spy novel. Egisto Ott was arrested March 29. The 86-page arrest warrant alleges among other
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN and MEG KINNARD Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said he believes abortion limits should be left to the states, in a video released Monday declining to endorse a national ban after months of mixed messages and speculation. “Many people have asked me what my position is on
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spain’s Supreme Court has called on fugitive former Catalonia President and separatist chief Carles Puigdemont to testify as a defendant in a terrorism investigation over protests linked to the region’s failed 2017 independence referendum. The court said Monday that Puigdemont, a European Parliament lawmaker, and Catalan regional lawmaker Rubén Wagensberg have been summoned to
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Dawn Staley and South Carolina have cemented their place as the next dynasty in women’s basketball. With two NCAA titles in the past three seasons and 109 wins in the last 112 games, it’s hard to argue with that. It doesn’t look like it’s going to
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s burgeoning production of electric cars and other green technologies has become a flashpoint in a new U.S.-China trade fight. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s five-day visit to China is highlighting the issue. China has sharply ramped up production of cheap electric vehicles, solar panels, and batteries,
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The commander of a European Union naval mission in the Red Sea wants to significantly increase its size to better defend against attacks by Houthi rebels. Just four warships are currently patrolling an area twice the size of the 27-nation bloc. The EU mission has escorted 68
Continue ReadingBy RODNEY MUHUMUZA and IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandan President Paul Kagame says he’s concerned by what he saw as a U.S. failure to characterize the 1994 massacres as a genocide against the country’s minority Tutsis. Kagame told reporters that the issue was an “element of discussion” in talks with former
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s local and regional elections on the weekend have failed to give Prime Minister Donald Tusk the sweeping victory he had sought. He was hoping for a strong mandate as he tries to reverse eight years of rule by a populist party that was accused by
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, Kristen Holmes, Steve Contorno and Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said Monday that abortion rights should be left to the states, offering his clearest stance yet on one of the most delicate and contentious issues in American politics. “My view is now that we have abortion where everyone wanted it
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