By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative Party endured big losses in early results from local elections being viewed as a test of support for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government as a national election approaches. The opposition Labour Party and Liberal Democrats made significant gains. The bulk of results were due later
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press PANAJI, India (AP) — Foreign ministers from a group of nations led by China and Russia are meeting in the Indian coastal resort state of Goa, where they are expected to discuss regional security, combating terrorism and deepening economic and cultural ties. India’s Foreign Minister Subhramanyam Jaishankar in opening remarks
Continue ReadingBy Sharif Paget, Aya Elamroussi and Ray Sanchez, CNN Before Jordan Neely was killed on a New York City subway car this week, he was known for his swift Michael Jackson dance moves that entertained many — yet he struggled with the trauma his mother’s murder had left him with at an early age. “He
Continue ReadingNAPLES, Italy (AP) — Police chief Claudio Palomba says Napoli fans celebrated in an orderly manner deep into the night following the team’s first Italian soccer league title in more than three decades. Palomba says the death of one person following an apparent gunshot wound was not linked to the celebration. There were dozens of
Continue ReadingNAPLES, Italy (AP) — Police chief Claudio Palomba says Napoli fans celebrated in an orderly manner deep into the night following the team’s first Italian soccer league title in more than three decades. Palomba says the death of one person following an apparent gunshot wound was not linked to the celebration. There were dozens of
Continue ReadingBy Andrew McNicol, CNN First they were seen as cage-fighting meat heads. Then testosterone-fueled trash talkers wearing expensive suits. Could 2023 be the year mixed-martial arts (MMA) in the United States finally returns to its pure, humble beginnings nurtured in Asia nearly 5,000 years ago? “Our mission is not to stage the biggest, bloodiest fights
Continue ReadingNicole Mowbray, CNN It was a beautiful day on Cottesloe Beach in Perth, Western Australia in March 1979. Prince Charles, the then 30-year-old eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II — and future King — was touring the state on behalf of his mother. As he finished his regular 6.30 a.m. swim, Charles was intercepted by
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A strong, shallow earthquake has hit central Japan, killing at least one person and injuring more than 20 others, but no tsunami warning was issued. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 6.2 quake struck Ishikawa prefecture on the west coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu.
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities have arrested an Iraqi suspect accused of involvement in terror attacks in Baghdad more than a decade ago that killed hundreds of people. The federal prosecutor’s office on Sunday identified the suspect as a person in their 40s who has been living in Belgium since 2015. It said the suspect
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Gawon Bae, CNN For years, South Korea’s biggest annual LGBTQ pride celebration has been held in the same grassy square in central Seoul, which fills up with performers and joyful participants decked out in rainbow costumes. But this year, the Seoul Queer Culture Festival (SQCF) has been turned away from the
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine, Veronica Miracle and Jason Hanna, CNN Police video obtained by CNN shows Bryan Kohberger — now charged in the November killings of four University of Idaho students — talking with an officer during a traffic stop in Washington state a month before the slayings. The traffic stop by an officer at Washington
Continue ReadingCNN By Brad Lendon and Josh Pennington, CNN Standing in front of the bodies of dozens of what he claims are his fighters killed in Russia’s war with Ukraine, the head of the private military company Wagner on Thursday unleashed an expletive-laden challenge to Russia’s military leadership, blaming their deaths on a lack of support
Continue ReadingBy SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who marked 20 years in power this year, is seeking a third consecutive term in office as Turkey’s president in elections on May 14. The Turkish leader began his career as a reformist who expanded rights and freedoms, allowing his country to start
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Australia’s exports to China hit a record high in March, as Chinese buyers snapped up Australian commodities from coal to iron ore amid a thaw in bilateral relations. The country’s shipments to China reached 19 billion Australian dollars ($12.8 billion) in March, up 28% from the previous month and 31% from
Continue ReadingBy SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s May 14 presidential election could be the toughest challenge yet in the two-decade rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It comes amid a devastating earthquake and soaring inflation — problems that Turkey faced as Erdogan was in the early stages of his political career more
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Apple was at the head of a widespread rally on Wall Street after the stock market’s most influential company reported a better profit than expected. Stocks of beaten-down banks also leapt Friday to recover a smidgen of their sharp losses from a brutal week. The
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Se espera que el presidente Joe Biden nombre al general Charles Q. Brown Jr., jefe de las Fuerzas Aéreas, como su elección para el próximo general de más alto rango de EE.UU., según una fuente familiarizada con el asunto. Si el Senado lo aprueba, sería la primera vez en la historia
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI, JOHN MYERS JR. and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — When King Charles III is crowned on Saturday, soldiers carrying flags from the Bahamas, South Africa, Tuvalu and beyond will march alongside British troops in a spectacular military procession in honor of the monarch. For some, the scene will affirm the
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Sudanese migrants in Israel are watching the fighting roiling their nation with trepidation. They fear that the further Sudan sinks into chaos and violence, the longer they are likely to remain unrecognized asylum seekers in a country that has granted them few protections. Their backers
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, Josh Pennington and Uliana Pavlova, CNN Standing in front of the bodies of dozens of what he claims are his fighters killed in Russia’s war with Ukraine, the head of the private military company Wagner unleashed an expletive-laden challenge to Russia’s military leadership, and later blamed defense chiefs for “tens of thousands”
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