BERLIN (AP) — Five people are going on trial in Germany accused of planning a coup and plotting to kidnap the country’s health minister. The four men, aged 44 to 56, and a 75-year-old woman are accused of founding or being members of a terrorist organization and treason. Federal prosecutors say the group is linked
Continue ReadingBy MOLLY QUELL Associated Press REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — More than 40 countries at a summit of European leaders have backed a system to estimate the damage Russia is causing during the war in Ukraine, in the hopes it can be forced to compensate victims and help rebuild the nation once the conflict is over.
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — Four teammates of world champion Remco Evenepoel have tested positive for the coronavirus and followed the Soudal Quick-Step leader by pulling out of the three-week Giro d’Italia. Evenepoel had won Sunday’s individual time trial to reclaim the leader’s pink jersey but his Soudal Quick-Step team later announced that he had tested positive
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — A French appeals court on Wednesday upheld a one-year prison sentence for former President Nicolas Sarkozy on a conviction for corruption and influence peddling. His lawyer said he will take the case further to France’s highest court. He would not have to serve time until a final ruling. He could ask to
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers are warning that the country’s Parliament building is at “real and rising” risk of destruction. The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee said Parliament is “leaking, dropping masonry and at constant risk of fire,” as well as riddled with asbestos. The committee said Wednesday that
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Depression is more widespread than ever in the United States, according to a new report from Gallup. About 18% of adults – more than 1 in 6 – say they are depressed or receiving treatment for depression, a jump of more than 7 percentage points since 2015, when Gallup
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, Artemis Moshtaghian, Mark Morales, Gloria Pazmino, Isabel Rosales and Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN (CNN) — In New York City, hundreds of migrants are staying in current or former school gymnasiums. In Chicago, dozens of migrants have been sleeping in a police station. And in Florida, where the Republican governor has sent migrants to
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand police say they believe a fire that killed at least six people in a Wellington hostel was arson and launched a homicide investigation. Police Inspector Dion Bennett say they have a list of people they want to speak to and hope to quickly
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El Manchester City de Inglaterra y el Real Madrid de España definen este miércoles al segundo equipo clasificado a la final de la Champions League 2022/2023. En estos momentos, todo se encuentra nivelado entre ambos clubes, pues en el partido de ida tuvieron un partido muy parejo y menos espectacular de
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Two adults have been charged after a 7-year-old brought a gun to a Grand Rapids, Michigan, elementary school, authorities said Tuesday. The charges stem from a May 3 incident in which a second-grade student brought an unloaded gun in a backpack to Cesar E. Chavez Elementary
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan says police are surrounding his house in an upscale area of the eastern city of Lahore and he could be arrested. However, police said Wednesday they are surrounding the home because dozens of people linked to last week’s violent attacks on
Continue ReadingBy Gawon Bae and Chris Lau, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska asked South Korea to provide air defense systems as well as non-lethal military hardware when she met with President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on Tuesday, both countries have reported. Zelenska, who is visiting the South Korean capital
Continue ReadingBy LUCA BRUNO and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press CASTEL BOLOGNESE, Italy (AP) — Exceptional rains Wednesday in a drought-struck region of northern Italy swelled rivers over their banks, killing at least eight people, forcing the evacuation of thousands and prompting officials to warn that Italy needs a national plan to combat climate change-induced flooding. The
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer World Rugby will trial smart ball technology at the under-20 world championship in South Africa next month. It will assist officials in getting more accuracy about lineouts, potential forward passes and whether the ball has crossed the try line. The trial comes after match officials expressed a desire for
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss has warned of economic and political threats posed to the West by China during a visit to Taiwan. Truss is the first former British prime minister since Margaret Thatcher in the 1990s to visit the self-governing island democracy that China claims as its territory. Still
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Papua New Guinea had declared next Monday a public holiday in anticipation of an historic visit by U.S. President Joe Biden. Security was being tightened, billboards were going up and people were getting ready to sing and dance in the streets. Expectations were high for
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rallied Wednesday on hopes the U.S. government can avoid a potentially disastrous default on its debt. The S&P 500 climbed 1.2%, with much of the gain coming after President Joe Biden said he’s confident “America will not default.” The Dow Jones Industrial Average
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy, Cheri Mossburg and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The 18-year-old gunman who killed three elderly women out on morning drives in a northwestern New Mexico neighborhood this week fired more than 100 rounds from his yard before leaving the property with two pistols and wearing a bulletproof vest, Farmington Police Chief Steve
Continue ReadingBy ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — The symbolism will be palpable when leaders of the world’s rich democracies sit down in Hiroshima, a city whose name evokes the tragedy of war, to tackle a host of challenges including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising tensions in Asia. The attention on the war
Continue ReadingBy SUZAN FRASER and COURTNEY BONNELL Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Russia has agreed to extend a deal that has allowed Ukraine to ship grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger. Erdogan said Wednesday that the deal would be extended for two
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