By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s political landscape has shifted after Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio formalized his departure from the 5-Star Movement.Di Maio announced his departure after Premier Mario Draghi briefed the Senate on Italy’s continued commitment to helping Ukraine defend itself against Russia. The president of the lower Chamber of
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s political landscape has shifted after Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio formalized his departure from the 5-Star Movement. Di Maio announced his departure after Premier Mario Draghi briefed the Senate on Italy’s continued commitment to helping Ukraine defend itself against Russia. The president of the lower Chamber
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN Serena Williams marked her return to tennis after a year-long absence with victory alongside Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur in the women’s doubles at the Eastbourne International. The pair beat Marie Bouzkova and Sara Sorribes Tormo 2-6 6-3 13-11 in the grass court warmup event, as Williams made her first appearance on a
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business Some Chinese property developers are going to extreme lengths to attract buyers. From accepting grain or garlic as part payment, to offering live pigs as an incentive to buyers, the unusual sales tactics underline the dire state of China’s vast real estate industry. A collapse in sales has accelerated since
Continue ReadingBRINDISI, Italy (AP) — A judge in southern Italy on Wednesday was weighing whether Academy Award-winning film director Paul Haggis should go free while Italian prosecutors investigate a woman’s allegations that he had sex with her over two days without her consent. Haggis’ lawyer, Michele Laforgia, said after the hearing Wednesday in Brindisi courthouse that
Continue ReadingBy ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and AL-EMRUN GARJON Associated Press SYLHET, Bangladesh (AP) — Scientists say climate change is a factor behind the erratic and early rains that triggered unprecedented floods in Bangladesh and northeastern India, killing dozens and making lives miserable for millions of others. Although the region is no stranger to flooding, it typically takes
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN There is growing frustration among the families of Americans detained abroad who feel that President Joe Biden must act to ensure the quick release of their loved ones — some of whom have spent years imprisoned overseas — and that not enough is being done to make those cases a priority.
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months — an election-year move meant to ease financial pressures. But it’s not clear Biden has the votes to suspend the taxes. Many lawmakers in his own party have expressed reservations.
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months — an election-year move meant to ease financial pressures. But it’s not clear Biden has the votes to suspend the taxes. Many lawmakers in his own party have expressed reservations.
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Chief Justice John Roberts has been laying the groundwork for years for Tuesday’s sweeping decision requiring states to fund religious education. But he always tried to signal some caution. Five years ago, in a financing dispute involving a church school in Missouri, he even added
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes until the end of September, framing the move as necessary to provide relief to American consumers but itself not enough to resolve the problem of surging energy prices. Biden’s decision to call for
Continue ReadingBy AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials say suspected al-Qaida militants have attacked a security post in a southern province, sparking clashes that left five troops and three militants dead. The early morning Wednesday attack took place in Ataq, the capital of the mountainous province of Shabwa, the officials said. At
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Historian George Chauncey has received a $500,000 lifetime achievement award from the Library of Congress, the John W. Kluge Prize, the first time the honor has gone to a scholar in LGBTQ+ studies. The prize is given for achievement in the study of humanity. Chauncey, a professor of American history at
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Rosa Flores, Rebekah Riess and Travis Caldwell, CNN Uvalde school district police chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo was placed on leave Wednesday, according to a news release from Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Hal Harrell. “Because of the lack of clarity that remains and the unknown timing of when I will receive
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Todd Boehly, the American businessman who fronted the recent world-record purchase of Chelsea, will assume the roles of chairman and interim sporting director following leadership changes at the Premier League club. The changes include the departure of Marina Granovskaia, who was previously a director and played a key role
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN It’s unmistakably a scene from the British summer: across a stretch of green, well-kept courts, tennis players shoot balls over the net as spectators — some seated, some sprawled on grass banks — watch on in the lazy afternoon heat. This is Wimbledon — the third grand slam tournament of the
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s debt-laden economy has “collapsed” after months of shortages of food, fuel and electricity, its prime minister told lawmakers Wednesday, in comments underscoring the country’s dire situation as it seeks help from international lenders. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament the South Asian country
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s debt-laden economy has “collapsed” after months of shortages of food, fuel and electricity, the prime minister told lawmakers Wednesday in comments that underscored the country’s dire situation as it seeks help from international lenders. Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament the South Asian nation faces
Continue ReadingBy SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Myanmar’s defense minister has been welcomed to an annual meeting of his counterparts in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations despite being sanctioned by the United States, Britain and other countries for abuses committed by his military. Gen. Mya Tun Oo wore his uniform as
Continue ReadingRebecca Cairns, CNN Since he was four years old, photographer Claudio Contreras Koob has been obsessed with flamingos: their vibrant pink feathers, horn-like curved beaks, and elegant, poised necks. Born and raised in Mexico City, Koob visited the Yucatán Peninsula every year during school holidays. His father built a house on sand dunes in the
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