By David McKenzie, CNN South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has hit back at allegations of improper conduct over large amounts of cash stolen from his wildlife farm in 2020. “Some are casting aspersions about me and money. I want to assure you that all this was money from proceeds from selling animals. I have never
Continue ReadingBy JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s foreign ministry has called U.S. news media to a meeting to warn that their accreditations and visas could be withdrawn if the United States does not rescind measures limiting Russian journalists there. The warning from ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova comes amid high tensions with the West
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — The United States and its allies will keep providing “significant” support to Ukraine out of respect for the legacy of D-Day soldiers, whose victory over the Nazis helped lead to a new world order and a “better peace,” Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Jack Nicklaus is returning to St. Andrews in July to become an honorary citizen. And this time he’ll be joining some exclusive company. The honor from the town council has been awarded to only two other American citizens. One was amateur great Bobby Jones in
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — La Cumbre de las Américas empieza este lunes con la ausencia prevista de al menos siete presidentes del continente, incluido Andrés López Obrador, de México, quien hizo realidad una advertencia que había repetido en múltiples ocasiones durante las últimas semanas: no asistiría si no se invitaba a todos los países
Continue ReadingGOOD MONDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… Temperatures will stay a bit on the cool side today and we will live with a slight chance of some isolated showers for much of the day. Apart from the occasional sprinkle, we will see mostly sunny skies, with highs in the mid 60’s. NW breezes will be gentle at 5-10
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business Elon Musk issued his most direct threat yet to walk away from his purchase of Twitter on Monday, openly accusing the social media company of breaching the merger agreement by not providing the data he has requested on spam and fake accounts. In a letter to Twitter’s head of legal,
Continue ReadingBy ALEX KELLER Click here for updates on this story SOUTHLAKE, Texas (KTVT) — Longhorns aren’t an uncommon sight in parts of North Texas, but it’s not everyday that Southlake DPS gets a call about a loose herd blocking a street and crashing a graduation party. On the afternoon of June 4, 2022, officers responded
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday following a bond sell-off on Wall Street amid anxiety about higher U.S. interest rates. Shanghai and Tokyo advanced while Hong Kong and Seoul declined. The yen, already trading at two-decade lows, fell further to below 132 to the dollar. Wall
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Las naciones insulares que se extienden por el océano Pacífico Sur —atolones escasamente poblados y archipiélagos volcánicos, conocidos más por el turismo que por sus lucrativos recursos naturales— pueden no parecer, a primera vista, un gran premio geopolítico. Sin embargo, estos países insulares se han convertido en el último escenario de
Continue ReadingBy WBBM Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A man armed with a machete robbed two more people in the Belmont Gardens and Logan Square neighborhoods Saturday night. The robberies happened after Chicago Police issued an alert of similar robberies over the past week. Police said around 8:20 p.m., a
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, anunció este lunes en conferencia de prensa que no asistirá a la Cumbre de las Américas, que se realiza en Los Ángeles del 6 al 10 de junio, porque no se invitaron a todos los países de América. De todas formas,
Continue ReadingBy WJZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Authorities released images Monday of a Baltimore County police officer leaving the hospital following a deadly shootout over the weekend. One of the pictures shows the unidentified officer leaving University of Maryland Shock Trauma on Sunday evening in an arm cast and
Continue ReadingBy WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story WORCESTER (WBZ) — Folks in Worcester took time Sunday to remember fallen police officer Manny Familia. His name was added to the walls of the Worcester Police Department reserved for officers lost in the line of duty. Officer Familia died trying to save a boy
Continue ReadingBy MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — British health officials have reported another 77 cases of monkeypox. That raises the U.K. total to more than 300. The U.K. has the biggest identified outbreak of the disease beyond Africa, with the vast majority of infections in gay and bisexual men. Still, health officials warn
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER and MATT O’BRIEN AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — Elon Musk is threatening to end his $44 billion agreement to buy Twitter, accusing the company of refusing to give him information about its spam bot accounts. Lawyers for the Tesla and SpaceX CEO made the threat in a letter to Twitter dated
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The judge overseeing the remaining case against two former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing ordered Monday that the trial be delayed until January in hopes that some additional time will improve prospects for a fair trial. Tou Thao and J. Alexander
Continue ReadingINDIAN ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — The return of young salmon to the eelgrass beds of the tidelands below Indian Island’s sandstone-stacked bluffs has been swift following the removal of an earthen causeway that opened fish passage. Even Bill Kalina, the island’s longtime environmental program manager for the Navy, was taken aback by the jump in
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Continue ReadingBy Michael Lee Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — NASA has set a tentative launch date of June 2029 for its DAVINCI Mission to Venus, with a probe expected to descend through the planet’s atmosphere and to its surface by mid-2031. Scientists and engineers offered new details about the mission
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