PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s central government and authorities in the capital joined forces on Monday to bring back home an international music festival founded by the father of singer-songwriter Dua Lipa which had been moved following a dispute with its organizers. A week ago the Sunny Hill Festival announced it was moving to neighboring
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say they have seized three apartments and a bank account owned by a Russian lawmaker and his wife under European Union sanctions imposed because of the invasion of Ukraine. Prosecutors in Munich said Monday that the Duma lawmaker and his wife jointly own two of the apartments in the Bavarian
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say they have seized three apartments and a bank account owned by a Russian lawmaker and his wife under European Union sanctions imposed because of the invasion of Ukraine. Prosecutors in Munich said Monday that the Duma lawmaker and his wife jointly own two of the apartments in the Bavarian
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has had an operation on his sinuses under general anaesthetic. Johnson spokesman Max Blain said the prime minister was back at his 10 Downing Street home and resting after the “routine” procedure on Monday morning. He said the operation had been scheduled in advance and was performed
Continue ReadingCNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I mega moon rocket has been fully fueled for the first time. The fourth attempt of a final prelaunch test started on Saturday and the rocket tanks were filled on Monday. The crucial test, known as the wet dress rehearsal, simulates every stage of launch without the rocket
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France faced an ecstatic Marine Le Pen on Monday after her party’s far-right candidates sent shockwaves through the political establishment and helped deny President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance a majority in parliament. The surprising breakthrough for the far right — alongside a surge in
Continue ReadingLAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s newly elected Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has appeared in court in connection with an old corruption case. His lawyer says the court on Monday granted Sharif exemption from further appearances in person in the hearings. The case dating back four years is related to Sharif’s alleged links to a multi-million
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business More tieups at West Coast ports are just about the last thing the US economy needs right now. Delays caused by a flood of cargo last year continue to create widespread shortages of goods throughout the economy and added to inflationary pressures. But a current round of labor talks between
Continue ReadingCNN By Chris Isidore, CNN Business More tieups at West Coast ports are just about the last thing the US economy needs right now. Delays caused by a flood of cargo last year continue to create widespread shortages of goods throughout the economy and added to inflationary pressures. But a current round of labor talks
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Si los estadounidenses están “muy, muy deprimidos”, como sugiere el presidente Joe Biden, no es de extrañar. Muchos aspectos clave de la vida económica, social y nacional de Estados Unidos, que antes se consideraban certezas que funcionaban sin problemas, están fuera de lugar. La pandemia de covid-19, aunque ha disminuido
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Lawyers have renewed calls for the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups in China’s Xinjiang region as they presented a dossier of evidence to prosecutors. Activists and lawyers accuse Beijing of crimes against humanity and genocide against the groups.
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Because of a blockbuster docket, an unprecedented leak, a fraught political atmosphere and Covid, everything has changed at the Supreme Court. Under normal circumstances on decision days at the end of June, the Supreme Court emerges from behind crimson curtains to finally issue the most controversial cases
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Homero De la Fuente, CNN The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has voted to approve a new policy that will restrict most transgender athletes from competing in elite women’s aquatics competitions. Swimming’s world governing body approved the new “gender inclusion” policy on Sunday, after 71.5% of FINA’s member federations voted in support
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I mega moon rocket has been fully fueled for the first time. The fourth attempt of a final prelaunch test started on Saturday and the rocket tanks were filled on Monday. The crucial test, known as the wet dress rehearsal, simulates every stage of launch without the rocket leaving
Continue ReadingBy LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet The three credit bureaus have promised to remove nearly 70% of medical debts from consumer credit reports within the next year. In addition, the Biden administration is reducing or eliminating medical debt as a factor in government lending decisions, which should make many home and business loans easier to get.
Continue ReadingBy LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet The three credit bureaus have promised to remove nearly 70% of medical debts from consumer credit reports within the next year. In addition, the Biden administration is reducing or eliminating medical debt as a factor in government lending decisions, which should make many home and business loans easier to get.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A college basketball player was killed and eight other people were wounded Monday in an early-morning shooting at a gathering in Harlem, New York City police said. Officers responded around 12:40 a.m. to reports of a shooting on a footpath along FDR Drive and found several people wounded. Other victims went
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church and Don Riddell, CNN English golfer Matt Fitzpatrick had always imagined what winning his first major would feel like, but the reality exceeded all expectations on Sunday as he clinched the 122nd US Open. The 27-year-old edged past American duo Scottie Scheffler and Will Zalatoris by a single shot to secure victory
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Health Ministry says that authorities have detected the country’s first case of monkeypox in a person who returned from abroad and is now isolating at home. The ministry said on Monday that the person is stable and that authorities are tracking the person’s contacts. It did not provide further details. Lebanon
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France faced an ecstatic Marine Le Pen on Monday after her party’s far-right candidates sent shockwaves through the political establishment and helped deny President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance a majority in parliament. The surprising breakthrough for the far right — alongside a surge in
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