By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Sweden’s national flag has been raised at NATO headquarters to cement the Nordic country’s place as the 32nd member. The ceremony on Monday came more than two years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine which persuaded Sweden’s reluctant public to seek safety under the alliance’s security umbrella.
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish Queen Margrethe, who surprised her country by abdicating earlier this year, is back as a ballet costume designer for Denmark’s famed Tivoli amusement park, which celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. The 83-year-old-queen, who has designed costumes and stage sets more than a dozen of times at the Tivoli gardens,
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An execution scheduled for next week would be the first in Georgia in more than four years. The state is trying to move past an agreement made amid the coronavirus pandemic that effectively halted executions. A judge last month signed an execution order for 59-year-old Willie James
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — George Soros’ Open Society Foundations announced a leadership change Monday with its president Mark Malloch-Brown stepping down in June. He will be replaced by a senior leader, Binaifer Nowrojee who will be the first woman from the global south to lead OSF. Soros, the billionaire investor,
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The mother of a 5-year-old girl who was killed in 2019 and whose body remains missing, has asked a New Hampshire probate judge to declare the girl legally dead and to be appointed as administrator of her estate. Crystal Sorey took the first steps in preparation
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro must report to a federal prison in Miami by March 19 to begin serving a four-month sentence for his contempt of Congress conviction, his attorneys said on Sunday. “Dr. Navarro has now been ordered to report to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, FCI Miami, on
Continue ReadingBy CARLOS MUREITHI and DANA BELTAJI Associated Press Europe is facing growing climate risks and is unprepared. That’s according to the European Environment Agency’s first-ever risk assessment about the impact of climate change on the continent. It says the continent is the fastest-warming in the world and is prone to increasing extreme heat, downpours and
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Divisions between US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu burst out into the open again over the weekend as the two traded barbs in interviews over Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. In a Saturday interview with MSNBC, Biden said Netanyahu was “hurting Israel more than
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel who impugned the president’s age and competence in his report on how Joe Biden handled classified documents will himself be up for questioning this week. Robert Hur is scheduled to testify before a congressional committee on Tuesday as House Republicans
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — King Felipe VI of Spain says victims of terror attacks are a symbol of the constant need to guard freedom and the rule of law against threats. The monarch spoke Monday at a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of one of Europe’s deadliest extremist attacks. Felipe told officials attending the European Remembrance
Continue ReadingVENICE, Fla. (AP) — Florida wildlife officials say a sperm whale that became famous after beaching itself on a sandbar has died. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a statement that the whale died around 3 a.m. Monday. Police and wildlife officials began trying to free the whale from the shallow sandbar
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are slipping Monday as Wall Street prepares for a report on inflation that could show how realistic its hopes for easier interest rates are. The S&P 500 was 0.2% lower in afternoon trading, coming off just its third losing week in the last
Continue ReadingCNN By Katie Bo Lillis, Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Russia appears on track to produce nearly three times more artillery munitions than the US and Europe, a key advantage ahead of what is expected to be another Russian offensive in Ukraine later this year. Russia is producing about 250,000
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA O’MALLEY and INGRID LOBET Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Heat pumps that fit in an apartment window could make a big impact in reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. Heat pumps are a highly efficient technology that has been outshipping gas furnaces in recent years, but they have mainly
Continue ReadingJAMEY KEATEN and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A U.N.-backed commission says five years after the Islamic State group lost the last sliver of land it once controlled in Syria, nearly 30,000 children of militants and their supporters from various nationalities are suffering abuses in camps, prisons and rehabilitation centers in the war-torn
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has unveiled a groundbreaking project for the upcoming Venice Biennale of Art: It is mounting a multimedia installation inside Venice’s Giudecca women’s prison. It’s being created with the active participation of inmates and artists and will be open to the public under strict security
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Desert Sands Unified School District looks toward Measure A approval to modernize schools. The $675 million bond measure currently enjoys 57.6% approval from voters. To pass, it requires a minimum 55% voter approval. DSUSD has conducted a 5-year facility master plan outlining the district’s needs, which Measure A could finance. “If Measure A passes, we
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — A group of climate activists including Greta Thunberg have blocked the entrance to the Swedish parliament, advocating for sweeping reforms to tackle climate disasters. Some 40 activists on Monday held signs reading ”Climate Justice Now” as they sat in front of at least two entrances to the 349-seat Riksdagen, including the main
Continue ReadingKINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to meet with Caribbean leaders in Jamaica on Monday as part of an urgent push to solve the spiraling crisis in Haiti, while pressure grows on Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign or agree to a transitional council. It was not clear
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — Some of the Belgium soccer players taking part in the European Championship this summer could well resemble a world-famous reporter. According to leaks on various specialised websites, the team’s Euro 2024 change kit is a tribute to the intrepid Belgian reporter and comic-book legend Tintin. The
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