By DEREK GATOPOULOS and GRAHAM DUNBAR Associated Press Writers NEA PHILADELPHIA, Greece (AP) — A 29-year-old soccer fan was killed in fierce overnight clashes between rival supporters in the Greek capital, prompting European football governing body UEFA to postpone a Champions League qualifying game between AEK Athens and Croatia’s Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday. Eight fans
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Throngs of fans lined the streets of Sinéad O’Connor’s former hometown in Ireland to bid farewell to the gifted singer as her funeral procession passed by Tuesday following a private memorial service. A vintage VW camper van with rooftop speakers blasting Bob Marley’s song “Natural Mystic” led a hearse at walking pace
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court upheld the child pornography conviction of former reality TV star Josh Duggar, rejecting his arguments for a new trial, court documents show. Duggar was sentenced last year to 12 years in federal prison after being found guilty of receipt of child pornography and possession of
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology company SoftBank Group continued to rack up losses for the fiscal first quarter as technology investments soured amid a market downturn. But the April-June red ink, at 477.6 billion yen, or $3.4 billion, was smaller than a year ago. Losses came from what SoftBank
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Officials in northern Europe are warning people to stay inside as stormy weather batters the region. Storm Hans has caused cancelled ferries, delayed flights, flooded streets and injured people. Norwegian authorities expected “extremely heavy rainfall” on Tuesday. Dozens of roads were closed due to floods
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the past year, inflation in the United States has tumbled from 9% all the way to 3%, softening most of the price pressures that have gripped the nation for more than two years. Now comes the hard part. Squeezing out the last bit of excess
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, Arlette Saenz and Ella Nilsen, CNN The Grand Canyon, Arizona (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday designated the fifth national monument of his presidency and unveiled new climate resilience funding for national parks during a visit to lands surrounding one of the seven natural wonders of the world, the Grand Canyon.
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová and Nectar Gan, CNN London (CNN) — A graffiti wall in London’s bustling street art hub of Brick Lane has become an unlikely canvas for protest messages against China’s authoritarian rule, after it was whitewashed and painted over with propaganda slogans promoting Chinese Communist Party ideology. The bright red slogans, spray-painted by
Continue ReadingCNN By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Sydney (CNN) — Hours after the US women’s national team crashed out of the World Cup, former US President Donald Trump seized the opportunity to blame the loss on star player Megan Rapinoe and the country’s “woke” path under President Joe Biden. On his social media platform, “Truth Social,” Trump
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam, CNN Sydney (CNN) — Hours after the US women’s national team crashed out of the World Cup, former US President Donald Trump seized the opportunity to blame the loss on star player Megan Rapinoe and the country’s “woke” path under President Joe Biden. On his social media platform, “Truth Social,” Trump wrote:
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El sorteo de Mega Millions de este martes por la noche ofrece un premio mayor de aproximadamente US$ 1.550 millones, que sería el premio mayor más grande que la lotería haya otorgado, según los funcionarios de la lotería. El gran premio está en juego a las 11 p.m. hora del este
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani defense lawyer says former Prime Minister Imran Khan wants a top court in Islamabd to suspend his conviction and three-year jail sentence in a graft case. Naeem Haider Panjutha, Khan’s lawyer, said Tuesday the Islamabad High Court would hear the appeal the next day. Khan’s
Continue ReadingBy AMANCAI BIRABEN and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of Los Angeles city employees, including sanitation workers, engineers and traffic officers, walked off the job for a 24-hour strike alleging unfair labor practices. Picket lines went up before dawn Tuesday at Los Angeles International Airport and other locations. A large rally
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Now that last month’s sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth’s hottest month on record by a wide margin. July’s global average temperature of 16.95 degrees Celsius (62.51 degrees Fahrenheit) was a third of a degree Celsius (six tenths
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The world got its first preview last month of what summer will be like at 1.5 degrees of global warming — a threshold that scientists warn the planet should stay under, yet one that it has flown increasingly close to in recent years. The average global temperature in July,
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s opposition accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of choosing silence while a northeastern state governed by his party convulsed in ethnic violence. Parliament began debate Tuesday on a no-confidence motion against his government that’s certain to be defeated. Modi has been largely silent on the bloodshed
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials on Tuesday accused the Kremlin’s forces of targeting rescue workers by hitting residential buildings with two consecutive missiles — the first one to draw crews to the scene and the second one to wound or kill them. The strikes Monday evening in the downtown
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s military junta has refused the latest diplomatic attempt to get the ousted president freed and reinstalled. A letter seen by The Associated Press says the junta rejected a proposed visit by representatives of the West African regional bloc, the African Union and United Nations on
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Por primera vez en su historia, Colombia avanzó a los cuartos de final Mundial Femenino de Fútbol tras vencer este martes a Jamaica por 1 a 0, en un encuentro disputado en Melbourne, Australia. Catalina Usme, en el minuto 51, anotó el único tanto del encuentro. Colombia, único representante sudamericano
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s exports suffered their biggest drop in more than three years in July as global demand slowed, adding further pressure on Beijing to find ways to reinvigorate the world’s second largest economy. The value of exports, measured in US dollars, fell 14.5% last month from a year
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