CNN By David Goldman and Mark Thompson, CNN Business Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time since the Bolshevik revolution more than a century ago. Following reports that Moscow had failed to pay about $100 million in interest on two bonds during a 30-day grace period that expired Sunday, the White
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Farmers driving tractors are blocking highways in the Netherlands in the latest protest sparked by a government pledge to rein in pollution emissions, a move that will hit the country’s agriculture sector. Authorities urged motorists to check traffic updates Monday before setting off, amid the protests that follow a gathering
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Farmers driving tractors are blocking highways in the Netherlands in the latest protest sparked by a government pledge to rein in pollution emissions, a move that will hit the country’s agriculture sector. Authorities urged motorists to check traffic updates Monday before setting off, amid the protests that follow a gathering
Continue ReadingBUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The roof and part of the front of an apartment building in the Hungarian capital have collapsed, injuring four pedestrians and flattening a number of parked cars. Budapest police said in a statement Monday that the search of the rubble and the building itself is continuing, but that so far there
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas will lead Spain’s squad at the women’s European Championship in England next month. Putellas is the highlight of the 23-player list announced by coach Jorge Vilda. She is among nine players from Barcelona, while six play for Real Madrid. Spain is unbeaten in 22 matches, with 19
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO will increase the strength of its rapid reaction force nearly eightfold to 300,000 troops as part of its response to an “era of strategic competition,” the military alliance’s secretary-general said Monday. The NATO reaction force currently numbers around 40,000 soldiers which can deploy quickly when needed.
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities were seeking answers Monday, a day after 21 underage teenagers partying after the end of school exams died in a mysterious incident at a nightclub. The bodies of many of the victims, the youngest a 13-year-old girl, were discovered by police
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Video streaming service Netflix has transformed entertainment, but it probably wouldn’t have happened if not for the friendship between serial entrepreneur Marc Randolph and longtime Netflix boss Reed Hastings. Brainstorming together in 1997, Randolph conceived the DVD-by-mail service that launched the company. Randolph was
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood and Kevin Liptak, CNN European and US officials do not expect that Turkey’s concerns about Finland and Sweden joining NATO will be assuaged before the alliance’s summit this week, US and European officials told CNN. Yet some officials believe that Turkey may be eying the summit as a place to finally make
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Rapper Kendrick Lamar has closed this year’s Glastonbury Festival with a powerful headline set that saw him chant “Godspeed for women’s rights” as fake blood poured down his face from a crown of thorns. Lamar, 35, ended his new song “Savior” by chanting, “they judge you, they judge Christ. Godspeed for women’s
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has traveled to Scotland and attended a ceremony as part of a week of traditional events. The 96-year-old monarch has curtailed her public appearances in recent months because of ongoing problems in moving around. She took part Monday in the Ceremony of the Keys at the Palace of Holyroodhouse
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Europe and the United States have barred the import of Russian oil to cut off a crucial revenue source for the Kremlin. But the plan to pile pain on President Vladimir Putin, forcing him to reconsider his war in Ukraine, hasn’t worked. Russia’s government is making just as much money
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — An official says the Chief Justice of Nigeria has resigned, a week after facing corruption allegations contained in a rare protest letter signed by 14 of the country’s Supreme Court justices. Justice Tanko Muhammad was appointed as the country’s chief justice in July 2019, replacing Walter
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese referee Yoshimi Yamashita agrees with Pelé or whoever it was decades ago that first described soccer as the “beautiful game.” Yamashita is one of three women picked by FIFA to be referees at the men’s World Cup in Qatar, which opens on Nov. 21. It’s
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Telfs-Buchen, Austria (CNN) — El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, dijo a los líderes del G7 durante una reunión virtual este lunes que quiere que la guerra en Ucrania termine a finales de 2022, según una fuente familiarizada con sus comentarios. Zelensky transmitió el mensaje por video durante una sesión matinal en
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU and FRANCESCA EBEL Associated Press KREMENCHUK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian long-range bombers struck a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine’s central city of Kremenchuk with a missile on Monday, raising fears of what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called an “unimaginable” number of victims in “one of the most daring terrorist attacks in European history.”
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ryan, CNN Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has told fans at a concert that he intends to renounce his United States citizenship following the US Supreme Court‘s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade — a controversial move that eliminates the federal constitutional right to abortion nationwide. During a performance as part of
Continue ReadingCNN By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Hip-hop star Kendrick Lamar closed his headline Glastonbury set with an impassioned plea for women’s rights. The Grammy-winning artist, who had initially been announced as part of the lineup for the festival’s 50th anniversary in 2020, finally made his debut on Sunday after delays caused by the pandemic. When Lamar
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A summer of joy is what we need… now. Like many of us, you may be disheartened — maybe even overwhelmed — by America’s bitter political divides. But with 90 or so days of summer ahead, this season is still an opportunity to grab hold of some goodness. Summer festivals
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN It’s a nightmare scenario: the pilot of your flight is incapacitated and someone has to get in their seat and land the plane. Could you do it? If your name is Darren Harrison, the answer is yes. The pilot of his flight from Bahamas to Fort Pierce in Florida, in early
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