By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s top criminal court has rebuffed prosecutors’ efforts to revive the trial of high-level Egyptian security officials in the torture and slaying of an Italian student. The Court of Cassation ruled in Rome on Friday evening there were no grounds to appeal a lower court decision that
Continue ReadingVENICE, Italy (AP) — American forward Andrija Novakovich has transferred to second-division Venezia. The 25-year-old Novakovich agreed to a four-year contract after leaving second-tier Frosinone. Novakovich, from Muskego, Wisconsin, scored three goals in 29 league appearances last season, his third with Frosinone. He had 19 goals in 100 appearances with the club in the league
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, Gregory Wallace and Marnie Hunter, CNN Summer air travel is a mess, and flight delays and cancellations show no signs of letting up. US airlines have canceled more than 100,000 flights this year, with 30,000 cancellations just since Memorial Day weekend, according to data from flight tracking site FlightAware. Mounting disruptions come
Continue ReadingCNN, WDJT, WCVB, KTLA By Pete Muntean, Gregory Wallace and Marnie Hunter, CNN Summer air travel is a mess, and flight delays and cancellations show no signs of letting up. US airlines have canceled more than 100,000 flights this year, with 30,000 cancellations just since Memorial Day weekend, according to data from flight tracking site
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Chelsea has completed the signing of center back Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli. The Premier League club paid a fee reported to be 40 million euros ($40 million) for the 31-year-old Senegal international, who arrives at Stamford Bridge following the departures of defenders Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen. Koulibaly played eight seasons with
Continue ReadingBy ALFIAN KARTONO Associated Press JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Gunmen believed to be separatist rebels in Indonesia’s Papua province have killed 10 traders and wounded two others in an attack. Police say about 20 gunmen stormed a village while a grocer was preparing to open his wares. They shot him and seven other traders who
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Sudanese authorities say tribal clashes in the country’s Blue Nile province killed at least 31 people and injured 39 others. The fighting between ethnic groups Hausa and Birta grew out of the killing of a farmer earlier this week. The fighting renewed Saturday, according to a medical group. The local government in
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The Chinese gambling enclave of Macao has extended its lockdown by five days as it grapples with the biggest outbreak of the coronavirus in over two years. Authorities say industries and commercial companies will remain closed until July 23. As part of the lockdown, authorities have
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The Chinese gambling enclave of Macao has extended its lockdown by five days as it grapples with the biggest outbreak of the coronavirus in over two years. Authorities say industries and commercial companies will remain closed until July 23. As part of the lockdown, authorities have
Continue ReadingCNN By Tim Lister and Petro Zadorozhnyy, CNN Across Ukraine, in the shimmering heat, one sight is becoming familiar this summer: Combine harvesters sweeping across fields of grain in a race against fast-spreading fires. The conflict’s front lines straddle some of Ukraine’s richest farmland. Whether caused by accident or intention, the fires darkening the summer
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, CNN The House January 6 committee corroborated key details involving former President Donald Trump’s heated exchange with the Secret Service when Trump was told he could not go to the Capitol — the latest in a string of shocking revelations that have come from the summer hearings with their expected high-profile conclusion
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government held an emergency response meeting Saturday to plan for record high temperatures next week after weather authorities issued their first-ever “red” warning for extreme heat. The alert covers large parts of England on Monday and Tuesday, when temperatures may reach 40 degrees Celsius (104
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany’s decision to reactivate coal and oil-fired power plants to relieve energy shortages because of the war in Ukraine is only temporary and his government remains committed to doing “everything” to combat the climate crisis. In a video message Saturday, Scholz expressed regret over Germany’s decision to fire
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON and ANGELA CHARLTON PARIS (AP) — Strong winds and hot, dry weather are frustrating French firefighters’ efforts to contain a huge wildfire that has raced across pine forests in the Bordeaux region for a fifth straight day. It’s one of several wildfires that have scorched Europe in recent days. Among the worst
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Iraq’s caretaker prime minister, whose country is mired in political crisis, says it is in Iraq’s interest to keep pushing for a rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to ease regional tensions. Speaking to The Associated Press Friday evening, Mustafa al-Kadhimi said Iraq intended to
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces fired missiles and shells at cities and towns across Ukraine on Saturday after Russia’s military announced it was stepping up its onslaught against its neighbor. Ukraine reported at least 17 more civilians killed. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu gave “instructions to further intensify the
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces fired missiles and shells at cities and towns across Ukraine on Saturday after Russia’s military announced it was stepping up its onslaught against its neighbor. Ukraine reported at least 17 more civilians killed. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu gave “instructions to further intensify the
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN After more than a year of painstaking negotiations, congressional Democrats on Thursday night found themselves no further on implementing their ambitious climate agenda than when President Joe Biden took office. For the second time in seven months, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia walked away from a deal to address the
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business In 2004, Procter & Gamble was looking for a hit. It had been two decades since the consumer products conglomerate introduced Tide liquid detergent, revolutionizing the way people washed their clothes. Cheaper rivals and in-house store brands were chipping away at Tide’s dominance. P&G had also found that consumers were
Continue ReadingBy OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Many Somalis are reacting with horror — and a sense of understanding — at British runner Mo Farah’s tale of being trafficked to Britain as a child and forced to look after other children. Olympic champion Farah was born in present-day Somaliland, a territory by the
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