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By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Mongolia is freezing through its harshest winter in half a century with extreme conditions killing more than 4.7 million animals and threatening the livelihoods and food supply of thousands of people, the International Federation of the Red Cross has warned. The severe conditions, known as dzud, are characterized by
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A U.N. humanitarian official is appealing for more than $4 billion in life-saving aid for more than 10 million Syrians, saying that the country’s largely forgotten crisis remains “one of the most deadly to civilians in the world.” Adam Abdelmoula, resident coordinator in Syria
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is seeking damages of $108,200 (€100,000) in a civil trial after pornographic deepfake videos of her were uploaded online. Meloni has been called to testify in a Sardinian court on July 2 in the civil case she is lodging against two men, who are
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Rescue workers are laboring for a fifth day to reach 13 people trapped deep underground in a collapsed gold mine in Russia’s far east. News reports say no contact has been made with the miners in the Amur region, about 5,000 kilometers (3,000 miles) east of Moscow. The state news agency RIA-Novosti
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The sun is setting on Stumpy, the gnarled old cherry tree that has become a social media phenom. This year’s cherry blossom festivities in Washington will be the last for Stumpy and more than 100 other cherry trees that will be cut down as part of a
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN INGANGA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hundreds of Kenyan doctors have protested in the streets demanding better pay and working conditions in an ongoing nationwide strike that has entered its second week. The doctors carried placards and chanted against the Kenyan government on Friday, saying it had failed to implement a raft
Continue ReadingBy CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re a freelancer or gig worker who receives payments via apps like Venmo, Zelle, Cash App or PayPal, your tax reporting requirements will change for the 2024 tax year. Right now, for the current 2023 tax year, freelancers and small online sellers need only report
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission wants to prevent Russia from using agriculture products as a tool to wreak havoc on the EU market and will impose tariffs on grain imports from Russia and Belarus. Imports of cereals, oilseeds and derived products from Russia and its Belarus ally are just
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials say Chinese coast guard ships backed by a military helicopter tried unsuccessfully to block two Philippine government vessels carrying scientists from reaching two sandbars in the disputed South China Sea. They say Chinese coast guard personnel blew the horn on one of their ships
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania – two states that flipped from red to blue in the 2020 presidential election – begin this year’s general election campaign more dissatisfied than pleased with the candidates they have to choose from, with a fairly small but crucial share saying they are open
Continue ReadingJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong and shallow undersea earthquake has shaken the eastern side of Indonesia’s main island of Java, causing some damage but no immediate reports of casualties. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake Friday measured 6.4 and struck at a depth of 5.2 miles north of Paciran in East Java province.
Continue ReadingBy NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The Egyptian government has raised fuel prices in a move that is bound to exacerbate inflationary pressures on an already-struggling population. The new prices came into effect Friday morning. The Egyptian economy has been hit hard by years of government austerity, the coronavirus pandemic, the fallout from Russia’s invasion of
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his victory in an election whose outcome was never in doubt after systematic crackdowns on dissent. Orbán, widely seen as Putin’s closest ally in the European Union, sent the letter of congratulations on
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in different corners of the world, disrupting ecosystems and flummoxing scientists who don’t see a clear way to slow the devastating virus. The worldwide bird flu outbreak that began in 2020 has led to
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Stocks were mixed Friday in Europe and Asia after Wall Street tapped fresh records, led by big gains in chipmakers. Germany’s DAX edged 0.1% higher, to 18,201.03 and the CAC 40 in Paris fell 0.2% to 8,164.36. In London, the FTSE 100 climbed 0.7% to 7,936.38.
Continue ReadingBy Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer, Kristin Wilson, Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN The Senate passed a government funding package early Saturday morning, averting a partial shutdown and ending a lengthy fight that has loomed over both sides of Capitol Hill for months. The legislation will next be sent to President Joe Biden to be
Continue ReadingBy SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Supporters of an anti-corruption crusader and one of India’s most consequential politicians of the past decade held protests Friday against his arrest, which opposition parties say is part of a crackdown by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government before national elections. Arvind Kejriwal, who
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A former executive at Yoozoo Games has been sentenced to death in the poisoning of the founder of the high-profile Chinese gaming company. A court says Xu Yao poisoned the food of company founder Lin Qi in December 2020 because of a dispute over the running of the business. Lin died about
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The race is on for Congress to pass the final spending package for the current budget year and push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall. With spending set to expire for several key federal agencies at midnight Friday, the House and Senate are expected
Continue ReadingBy JSARH NGARNDEY ULRICH and JESSICA DONATI Associated Press METCHE CAMP, Chad (AP) — Overcrowded refugee camps in eastern Chad are set to run out of money soon, exacerbating a dire humanitarian situation caused by the spillover from the conflict in Sudan. Over a million people in Chad, including many refugees from Sudan, face losing
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