TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Germany has upset the United States in overtime to set up a final against Canada at ice hockey world championship. Frederik Tiffels scored with 2:28 left in overtime to give Germany a 4-3 win over the Americans in the semifinals. Earlier, teenage forward Adam Fantilli scored the go-ahead goal as Canada
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong has criticized Amnesty International’s accusation that a Uyghur student disappeared after being interrogated at the airport. It says government records show he had not entered or been refused entry to the city. Amnesty International says the student who was born in Xinjiang in western
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Britney Spears compartió que ella y su madre, Lynne Spears, ahora están en mejores términos. La cantante publicó una foto retrospectiva de sí misma cuando era niña en su cuenta verificada de Instagram, y escribió en el pie de foto: “Mi dulce mamá apareció en mi puerta ayer después de 3
Continue ReadingVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis resumed regular appointments on Saturday, one day after canceling his schedule due to a fever. The pontiff held a number of private meetings, including with visitors from Georgetown University who were in town for a conference with a Jesuit-run journal. Francis later was captured on video arriving at the
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer NBC’s Premier League team is used to covering the pomp and circumstance of the champions lifting the trophy on Championship Sunday. With Manchester City having its title ceremonies last week after winning its third straight Premier League title and fifth in the last six seasons, it’s all about the
Continue ReadingBy Jessica DuLong, CNN (CNN) — Poet Maggie Smith was watching the clouds through an airplane window on a flight between book tour events when it occurred to her what her new memoir is truly about: “not letting myself stay small anymore.” The bestseller “You Could Make This Place Beautiful” chronicles her divorce but also
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Braithwaite and Gabby Gretener, CNN (CNN) — A nationwide border system issue that hit electronic gates Saturday at British airports and caused chaos for holidaymakers and passengers arriving into the country has been fixed, according to the UK Home Office. “Following a technical border system fault which affected e-Gate arrivals into the UK,
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Magnus Carlsen returned to the highest levels of chess and winning ways after he enjoyed a break from the sport to play poker. In his absence, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren contested Carlsen’s abdicated chess world title, with Liren eventually being crowned the new world champion last month. Carlsen
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Police in Berlin say they have opened an investigation of Roger Waters on suspicion of incitement over a costume the Pink Floyd co-founder wore when he performed in the German capital last week. Images on social media showed Waters firing an imitation machine gun while dressed in a long black coat with
Continue ReadingBy BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Clashes between police and supporters of the opposition leader in Senegal have left one person dead and several injured, friends of the victim told The Associated Press. Clashes erupted Friday as opposition leader Ousmane Sonko called on his supporters to follow him in a “freedom caravan”
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Jamal Musiala has scored in the 89th minute to fire Bayern Munich to the Bundesliga title with a 2-1 victory at Cologne after Borussia Dortmund could only draw on the final day of the season. Dortmund was held 2-2 at home by Mainz. That allowed Bayern
Continue ReadingHONG KONG (AP) — One of the few remaining pro-democracy parties in Hong Kong has voted to dissolve itself, joining a growing list of organizations that have disbanded as authorities crack down on dissent. Civic Party chairman Alan Leong told reporters that the dissolution of the party was a “writing on the wall” as there
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Officials say Sudan’s military ruler has demanded in a letter to the U.N. secretary general that the U.N. envoy to his country be removed. A U.N. spokesman says the U.N. chief was “shocked” by the letter. Both the U.N. and the U.S. State Department expressed support for
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Un problema en el sistema fronterizo nacional afectó las puertas electrónicas de los aeropuertos británicos, causando caos entre los turistas y los pasajeros que llegan al país. Las imágenes en las redes sociales mostraban largas colas en los principales aeropuertos, con muchos que buscaban viajar antes de un feriado público este
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military intelligence has claimed, without offering evidence, that Russia is plotting a “large-scale provocation” at a nuclear power plant it occupies in the southeast of the country with the aim of disrupting a looming Ukrainian counteroffensive. A statement released Friday by the intelligence directorate of
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Manu Raju, Jeremy Diamond, Melanie Zanona, Haley Talbot, Lauren Fox, Priscilla Alvarez and Sam Fossum, CNN Washington (CNN) — The White House and House Republicans have an agreement in principle on a deal to raise the debt ceiling for two years and cap spending, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy confirmed Saturday, moving the
Continue ReadingBy JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Huge crowds of anti-government protesters have encircled the Serbian state television building in downtown Belgrade to press for their demand for autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic ease his tight grip on the mainstream media and allow alternative voices. Tens of thousands of opposition supporter on Saturday streamed
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — A nationwide border system issue has hit electronic gates at British airports, causing chaos for holidaymakers and passengers arriving into the country. Images on social media showed long queues building at major airports, with many looking to travel ahead of a public holiday Monday and with schools also on
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Aides to Poland’s President Andrzej Duda say that his experts have begun analyzing a highly contentious law on Russia’s alleged influence in Poland before he decides whether to sign it. The parliament on Friday approved the law proposed by the ruling party that targets the opposition and its leader, Donald Tusk,
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN P. D. HANNON Associated Press Former diplomat and presidential adviser Henry Kissinger marks his 100th birthday on Saturday, outlasting many of his political contemporaries who guided the United States through one of its most tumultuous periods including the presidency of Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War. Born in Germany on May 27, 1923,
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