COVENTRY, England (AP) — United States striker Haji Wright tricked his own teammate before outwitting the goalkeeper in an English league game. Wright plays for Coventry City in England’s second-tier Championship. He took part in an impromptu on-field game of rock, paper, scissors with teammate Callum O’Hare to determine who took a penalty in the
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A group of British lawmakers says a plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is “fundamentally incompatible” with the U.K.’s human rights obligations. Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights criticized a bill designed to overcome the U.K. Supreme Court’s ruling that the Rwanda
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A group of British lawmakers says a plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is “fundamentally incompatible” with the U.K.’s human rights obligations. Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights criticized a bill designed to overcome the U.K. Supreme Court’s ruling that the Rwanda
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Despite their rocky start, Argentina’s President Javier Milei and Pope Francis appeared to have hit it off as they held their first meeting Monday amid speculation that the Argentine pontiff might finally go home for a visit later this year. The Vatican said the two men met
Continue ReadingBy MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Judges in the Netherlands have ordered the Dutch government to halt the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel, citing a clear risk of violations of international law. A trio of human rights organizations brought a civil suit against the Netherlands in December. They
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s first astronaut has returned home to a hero’s welcome as a symbol of the country’s advances in technology and aerospace. Alper Gezeravci was greeted Monday by bouquet-laden children at Ankara’s Esenboga Airport on his returns from a private three-week mission to the International Space Station. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan closely
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York and Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio are both leading a legislative effort to symbolically absolve Donald Trump from any culpability in the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. They separately stumped for Trump in New Hampshire and are slated to appear at an
Continue ReadingCNN By Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York and Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio are both leading a legislative effort to symbolically absolve Donald Trump from any culpability in the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. They separately stumped for Trump in New Hampshire and are slated to appear at
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares in Europe advanced Monday after a quiet day in Asia, where most regional markets were closed for holidays. Germany’s DAX added 0.4% to 16,990.02 and the CAC 40 in Paris also was up 0.4%, at 7,676.03. Britain’s FTSE 100 was nearly unchanged at 7,570.41. The
Continue ReadingBy Angela Dewan and Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Female leatherback turtles are among the world’s most intrepid creatures, making journeys as far as 10,000 miles after nesting to find food in far-away seas. They’ve been known to set off from tropical Southeast Asia up to the cold waters of Alaska, where jellyfish are abundant.
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, according to a new United Nations report released Monday. Many songbirds, sea turtles, whales, sharks and other migratory animals move to different environments with changing seasons and are imperiled by habitat loss, illegal hunting and fishing,
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, JOSEF FEDERMAN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces rescued two hostages early Monday, storming a heavily guarded apartment in a densely packed town in the Gaza Strip as airstrikes carried out to cover the raid killed more than 60 Palestinians, including women and children. The rescue
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A partial rerun of Germany’s 2021 election in Berlin brought a decline in support for the governing parties and cost one of them a seat in parliament, but led to no significant overall change. The repeat election was held Sunday in 455 of 2,256 precincts in the capital, which account for only
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico police officer died after he was stabbed by a suspect, who was shot and killed by a witness to the attack. The Las Cruces Police Department says Patrol Officer Jonah Hernandez was stabbed at least once shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday after responding to a report of
Continue ReadingQUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and members of other political parties blocked key highways and started a daylong strike in the volatile southwest Monday to protest alleged rigging of last week’s elections. Candidates backed by Khan won more seats than the political parties who ousted
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of people, including children, have been killed as “extremely intense” Israeli airstrikes and shelling pounded multiple locations in Rafah overnight Monday, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society, as international alarm mounts over Israel’s planned ground offensive in the southern Gazan city. More than 100 people
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The first two Super Bowls that Jim Nantz and Tony Romo worked together for CBS lacked drama. Now, both get to say they broadcast one of the best finishes in the game’s history. “What a thrill to be able to say that we witnessed an overtime Super Bowl game
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces rescued two hostages early Monday, storming a heavily guarded apartment in the southern Gaza Strip and extracting the captives under fire in a dramatic raid that was a small but symbolically significant success for Israel. The operation killed at least
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The first two Super Bowls that Jim Nantz and Tony Romo worked together for CBS lacked drama. Now, both get to say they broadcast one of the best finishes in the game’s history. “What a thrill to be able to say that we witnessed an overtime Super Bowl game
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military rescued two hostages in a dramatic raid under fire from the Gaza Strip early Monday, marking a small but symbolically significant success in its quest to bring home over 100 captives believed to be held by the Hamas militant
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