VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania’s president says he will seek reelection for another five-year term as the leader of the Baltic nation that’s a member of the European Union and NATO. President Gitanas Nauseda announced on Thursday his intention to run as a candidate in next year’s presidential election. He spoke at a news conference
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Activists have poured mud and chocolate milk on the façade of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice in their latest climate protest. Police quickly detained the six activists after the Thursday protest. There was no immediate word of any permanent damage to the Byzantine basilica, which is an iconic symbol of Venice.The activists
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Legal and human rights groups have filed a legal challenge with Britain’s High Court, calling for the U.K. to stop granting licenses for weapons exports to Israel. Palestinian rights organization Al-Haq and U.K.-based Global Legal Action Network say Wednesday’s move comes after Britain’s government repeatedly ignored their
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — One of the largest labor organizations in the United States wants the federal government to wrest workplace safety oversight from South Carolina regulators. Service Employees International Union accuses state officials of failing to protect service employees in a Dec. 7 petition to the U.S.
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After more than a half-century of making music together, Daryl Hall is suing John Oates and arguing in arbitration that he can’t sell his share of a Hall & Oates business partnership without Hall’s permission. Public court filings have revealed just how wide the rift has
Continue ReadingBy Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff has rejected conflict of interest allegations between her and husband, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, after the FIA announced an investigation on Tuesday. This comes after the FIA, motorsport’s governing body, issued a statement saying: “The FIA is aware of media speculation centred
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan Seacrest will usher in 2024 on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” from New York City’s Times Square on December 31, alongside his host Rita Ora. There will once again be satellite locations in Los Angeles — hosted by Jeannie Mai — and a
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Janucá es una fiesta judía que comienza en la víspera del día 25 del mes hebreo de Kislev y dura ocho días. La fecha de inicio en el calendario occidental varía de un año a otro, pero suele caer entre finales de noviembre y finales de diciembre. En 2023, Janucá
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — La casa internacional de subastas Christie’s consideró que un grabado creado por Rembrandt hace más de 350 años es demasiado explícito para ser visto. “La Cama Francesa”, dibujado por el viejo maestro neerlandés en 1646, está a la venta en la sucursal londinense de la casa de subastas, pero solo puede ser
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian melodrama’s official recognition as a global cultural treasure is getting trumpeted with La Scala’s season premiere of Verdi’s “Don Carlo.” The start of the Milan opera house’s 2023-24 season Thursday will serve as an unofficial national celebration of the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO including Italian lyric
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A British hedge fund trader extradited from the United Arab Emirates to Denmark where he was wanted for allegedly orchestrating a more than 9 billion kroner ($1.3 billion) tax fraud has been ordered to remain in custody until his Jan. 3 trial. Sanjay Shah was convicted in May in Dubai of
Continue ReadingBy Harry Samler Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — The wife of a 73-year-old Alzheimer’s patient in Marietta is furious with the assisted living facility that allowed him to escape. Doctors diagnosed Lamar Jones, a U.S. military veteran, with the disease in 2016. The couple moved into their daughter’s basement
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — Her fascination with France began when she spent a summer in the European country while working as an au pair back in the 1970s. From then on, Ellen, originally from the East Coast of the US, made it her mission to travel to France whenever she got the chance
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A new law has been passed in Denmark’s parliament that makes it illegal to desecrate any holy text in the country. The vote on Thursday came after a recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by a handful of anti-Islam activists sparked angry demonstrations
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has pledged $4.5 billion to Ukraine, including $1 billion in humanitarian aid to help support the war-torn country’s recovery efforts. Kishida made the announcement late Wednesday in Tokyo while hosting his last Group of Seven summit as this year’s chairperson. The $1
Continue ReadingBy Emily Keinath Click here for updates on this story MICHIGAN (WNEM) — The state of Michigan is warning anyone who has purchased a skunk in the past six months from Rose’s Skunks in Attica, or a seller in Chesterfield Township/New Baltimore connected to Rose’s Skunks, they could be exposed to rabies. A skunk purchased
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Tennis pro Nick Kyrgios is setting up a free-to-access OnlyFans page. Kyrgios is a 28-year-old Australian who was the runner-up to Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon in 2022 but was sidelined by injuries for nearly all of this past season. He played in just one official singles match in 2023.
Continue ReadingBy Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — English Football Association (FA) chair Debbie Hewitt accused Luis Rubiales of inappropriately touching England players at the FIFA World Cup final in Australia. The claims became public on Wednesday after FIFA published its reasons for banning the disgraced former Royal Spanish Football Federation president from “all football-related activities” for
Continue ReadingBy Arya Jyothi and Yara Enany, CNN Business Abu Dhabi (CNN) — The construction industry is among the biggest contributors to global heating, and one of the toughest sectors to decarbonize. Constructing buildings and manufacturing and transporting materials accounts for about 11% of all global carbon emissions, according to the World Green Building Council. Now,
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA SEITZ and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is putting pharmaceutical companies on notice. Washington is warning them that if the price of certain drugs is too high, the government might cancel their patent protection and allow rivals to make their own versions. Under a plan announced Thursday, the
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