BEIJING (AP) — China has expressed its support for Serbia following renewed violence between ethnic Serbs and NATO troops in Kosovo. China’s ruling Communist Party has long been a critic of the NATO alliance, stemming partly from the bombing of Beijing’s embassy in Belgrade during the 1999 air campaign to end Serbia’s brutal assault on
Continue ReadingFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A 15-year-old soccer player has been hospitalized with life-threatening brain injuries after being struck by an opposing player in a post-match fight during an international youth tournament in Germany. A 16-year-old from a French team was jailed pending further investigation by a judge in Frankfurt, where the match with a team
Continue ReadingFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A 15-year-old soccer player has been hospitalized with life-threatening brain injuries after being struck by an opposing player in a post-match fight during an international youth tournament in Germany. A 16-year-old from a French team was jailed pending further investigation by a judge in Frankfurt, where the match with a team
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Chicago White Sox pitcher Liam Hendriks returned to baseball on Monday night after a battle with cancer. At the top of the eighth inning of the White Sox’s eventual 6-4 loss to the Los Angeles Angels, Hendriks made an emotional return after undergoing treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The announcement
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — German truck maker Daimler, Toyota and two other automakers plan to work together on new technologies, including the use of hydrogen fuel, to help fight climate change. The automakers said Tuesday that Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp., whose top stakeholder is Daimler Truck, and Hino
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN Español) — Diez presuntos criminales resultaron muertos este lunes en un enfrentamiento entre agentes de policía y miembros de un grupo delictivo en la carretera federal hacia Nuevo Laredo, México, según informó el secretario de Seguridad de Nuevo León, Gerardo Palacios, en su cuenta de Twitter. El funcionario añadió que estos sujetos
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus Remove your shoes. Take your keys out of your pocket. Step on the scale? That’s right: New Zealand’s Civil Aviation Authority is asking that its national airline weigh passengers departing on international flights from Auckland International Airport through July 2, 2023. The program, which Air New Zealand calls a passenger weight survey,
Continue ReadingBy KARIN LAUB Associated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A free concert, a henna party and other celebrations have taken place ahead of Jordan’s first major royal wedding in years. On Thursday, 28-year-old Crown Prince Hussein is to marry 29-year-old Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif at a palace in the capital of Amman. It’s the same
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The big cheese of extreme U.K. sports events is back. Hundreds of spectators gathered Monday to watch dozens of reckless racers chase a 7-pound (3 kilogram) wheel of Double Gloucester cheese down the near-vertical Cooper’s Hill, near Gloucester in southwest England. The first racer to finish behind the fast-rolling cheese gets to
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson, Lauren Fox, Melanie Zanona and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy helped secure a debt limit deal – now he has to secure its passage in the House, with little room for error and a looming threat to his speakership. In a win for McCarthy, the bill
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La tenista estadounidense Sloane Stephens, campeona del US Open 2017 y finalista del Abierto de Francia 2018, dice que el abuso racista dirigido hacia ella en redes sociales ha sido un problema durante toda su carrera tenística. “Nunca ha cesado. En todo caso, solo ha empeorado”, dijo Stephens, que es
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape says a proposed security treaty with Australia has been delayed a week after the strategically important South Pacific Island nation signed a new security pact with the United states that sparked protests. Marape’s office says he informed Australian Deputy
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Dotson and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Dallas Stars 6-0 in Game 6 of the Western Conference Final to advance to the Stanley Cup Final, where they will face the Florida Panthers. Vegas will be making its second appearance in the Stanley Cup Final in just the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El representante republicano Chip Roy acusó este lunes al presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Kevin McCarthy, de llegar a un acuerdo que podría complicar los esfuerzos de los negociadores para aprobar un proyecto de ley para aumentar el techo de la deuda estadounidense esta semana. Pero los aliados de
Continue ReadingAMSTERDAM (AP) — Edwin van der Sar is stepping down as director general of Ajax after the team finished third in the Dutch league and missed out on a Champions League berth for next season. Van der Sar is a former goalkeeper who played for Ajax, Manchester United and the Netherlands. He had been a
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Un tribunal japonés dictaminó este martes que no permitir el matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo es inconstitucional, informó la cadena pública japonesa NHK. El Tribunal de Distrito de Nagoya dictaminó este martes que la falta de reconocimiento del matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo por parte del gobierno incumplía un
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam and Manveena Suri, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — A 16 year-old girl was brutally stabbed and bludgeoned to death in a busy public alleyway in India’s capital on Sunday, sparking renewed outrage over the safety of women in the country and violence perpetrated by men. Video of the incident, which lasted for
Continue Readingby Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Officials in New Jersey are banning the possession of alcohol on a popular beach and boardwalk after city commissioners unanimously passed the “stricter” ordinance. Introduced during a Board of Commissioners meeting in Wildwood in early May, the new ordinance “not only prohibits the drinking and/or open display of alcohol,
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — An Australian man bitten on the head by a crocodile while snorkeling in the sea off far north Queensland escaped the unusual attack by prizing open the reptile’s jaws. Marcus McGowan, a keen surfer and diver, was snorkeling with his wife and a group of friends near a remote
Continue ReadingBy ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — NATO will send 700 more troops to northern Kosovo to help quell violent protests after clashes with ethnic Serbs there left 30 international soldiers wounded, the alliance announced Tuesday. The latest violence in the region has stirred fear of a renewal of the
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