By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — “Monkey Man,” Dev Patel’s directorial debut action thriller that he also stars in, wrote and produced, opens with a tale familiar to Hindus around the world. A child listens as his mother tells him the story of Hanuman, the anthropomorphic monkey god. In his hunger, young Hanuman mistook the sun
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler drained all the drama out of the Masters. Which has become a familiar storyline at Augusta National. Despite that familiar refrain about the tournament not beginning until the back nine on Sunday, it’s become a rarity for it to be decided at the
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer French President Emmanuel Macron says the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics planned on the River Seine could be shifted instead to the Stade de France if the security threat is deemed too high. Speaking Monday to French media BFM-TV and RMC, Macron said France’s law enforcement forces will
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — An independent experts commission has recommended that abortion in Germany should no longer fall under the country’s penal code and be made legal during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Currently, abortion is considered illegal in Germany, but not punishable if a woman undergoes mandatory counseling and
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press World leaders are urging Israel not to retaliate after Iran launched an attack involving hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. British Foreign Secretary David Cameron told the BBC on Monday the U.K. does not support a retaliatory strike, while French President Emmanuel Macron said Paris will try to “convince
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer Caitlin Clark. Cameron Brink. Kamilla Cordoso. Angel Reese. All will step into the glaring spotlight of Monday night’s WNBA’s draft having faced the challenge essentially every woman can identify with: Wearing just the right outfit for a special occasion. When a woman finds what she wants, it’s not
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer Caitlin Clark. Cameron Brink. Kamilla Cordoso. Angel Reese. All will step into the glaring spotlight of Monday night’s WNBA’s draft having faced the challenge essentially every woman can identify with: Wearing just the right outfit for a special occasion. When a woman finds what she wants, it’s not
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile and Justin Gamble, CNN (CNN) — A Black-led running group is suing the organizers of the Boston Marathon as well as the city of Newton, Massachusetts, and the Newton police chief over alleged racial discrimination that took place in a cheer zone at last year’s race. The lawsuit, filed Thursday by the all-women running group TrailblazHers, just days
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say lightning and heavy rains have killed at least 36 people, mostly farmers, across Pakistan in the past three days. Authorities on Monday also declared a state of emergency in southwestern Baluchistan province. A spokesman for the provincial disaster management authority says most of the deaths
Continue ReadingMOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The European Union’s maritime security force says a cargo vessel seized in March by pirates off the Somali coast has been freed along with its crew. Operation ATALANTA said in a statement Monday that all 23 crew members of the Bangladesh-flagged cargo carrier MW Abdullah have been released after 32 days
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks pulled back while European markets opened higher on Monday as worries about potentially escalating tensions in the Middle East rattled financial markets, pushing investors to look for safer places for their money. The future for the S&P 500 gained 0.5%, and that for the
Continue ReadingBy CHISATO TANAKA Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — The trial of a former Syrian army general over his alleged role in war crimes committed in 2012 in his home country started at a Stockholm court, a first according to a human rights organization. Brig. Gen Mohammed Hamo, who is currently residing in Sweden, is charged
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On this Tax Day, the IRS is promoting the customer service improvements the agency rolled out since receiving tens of billions in new funding dollars through Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act. From cutting phone wait times to digitizing more documents and improving the “Where’s My Refund” tool to
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding for Samsung Electronics to develop a computer chip manufacturing and research cluster in Texas. The funding announced Monday by the Commerce Department is part of a total investment in the cluster
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, Jhasua Razo and Gillian Roberts, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on May 30 was found guilty on all 34 felony counts in his first criminal trial. Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016. His
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Jury selection is set to begin Monday to impanel a group of 12 New Yorkers who will ultimately decide whether to convict former President Donald Trump in his first criminal trial. Court officials expect about 500 new jurors to appear each day beginning April 15 to be available
Continue ReadingSINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says he will step down on May 15 after two decades at the helm and hand power to his deputy Lawrence Wong. His office said Monday that Lee, 72, will formally advise the city-state’s president to appoint Wong, who is deputy prime minister and finance minister,
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A civil lawsuit demanding damages for alleged racial discrimination by police in Japan has opened in Tokyo District Court. The case filed by three residents of Japan of overseas ancestry, including an American, claims their treatment constitutes what they call “racial profiling” and a violation of human
Continue ReadingSINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will relinquish his office on May 15 and hand the post to his deputy Lawrence Wong, his office said Monday. Lee, 72, will formally advise the city-state’s president to appoint Wong, who is deputy prime minister and finance minister, to succeed him, his office said in
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has voiced “deep concern” over escalating tensions in the Middle East after Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles in an unprecedented attack on Israel, raising the prospect of a wider conflagration in a region where Beijing has pledged to play peacemaker and
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