BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has moved to hike tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, escalating a trade dispute over Beijing’s subsidies for the exports that Brussels worries is hurting domestic automakers. The EU’s executive arm said on Wednesday that it planned to impose provisional tariffs that would result in automakers in China facing additional
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, who won the prestigious Pritzker Prize for designs praised as smartly and artfully fusing the East with the West, has died. He was 95. His office, Maki & Associates, said Wednesday he died on June 6. It declined to give further details. The
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Austria’s government says the Alpine country’s next parliamentary election will be held on Sept. 29. The government, which is coming to the end of its five-year term, made the announcement Wednesday. This comes in the wake of a narrow win by the far-right Freedom Party over Chancellor Karl Nehammer’s conservative Austrian People’s
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it is keeping its benchmark lending rate at its current level for the seventh time in a row, while signaling fewer rate cuts than previously estimated. That means borrowing costs on everything from car loans to mortgage rates will remain elevated. Officials penciled in just
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Despite the rumors and uncertainty, Erik ten Hag is set to stay on as manager of Manchester United following an end of season review held by the club. United held a “thorough performance review” analyzing the 2023-24 season over the last two weeks and came out with a clear
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has defended his decision to call snap parlimentary elections after his party’s crushing defeat in the European parliamentary vote. Macron has a presidential mandate until 2027. He insisted he believes voters will ultimately choose the “progressive bloc” over the far-right.
Continue ReadingBy Randi Kaye, Anne Clifford and Rachel Clarke, CNN Newtown, Connecticut (CNN) — High school seniors Emma Ehrens and Grace Fischer will hear their names read out today as they are called to collect their diplomas and start the next chapter of their lives. But they are also steeling themselves to hear 20 other names
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Lawmakers in the Polish parliament have observed a minute of silence to honor a young soldier who was stabbed at the Polish-Belarusian border. The attack occurred amid a migration crisis at the border that Poland says has been engineered by Russia and Belarus. The soldier was
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The European Union has hiked tariffs on electric cars imported from China, drawing a rebuke from Beijing, which sees the bloc as a vital and growing market for its auto industry. Additional tariffs of between 17.4% and 38.1% will be applied on top of the existing EU duty
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Authorities anticipate that commercial shipping traffic through the Port of Baltimore will soon return to normal levels after its main channel fully reopened earlier this week. The reopening followed a roughly $160 million cleanup after the massive bridge collapsed into the channel in March.
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — In a pub just a stone’s throw from Anfield stadium, where 60,000 fans gather regularly to watch Liverpool Football Club, bar staff are preparing to serve a very different clientele. The Sandon has been catering to the soccer crowd for more than a century. On Thursday, it expects
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Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Athens announced the closure of the Acropolis for five hours on Wednesday due to heat wave temperatures that also shut many schools. The ancient site in the Greek capital — which drew nearly 4 million visitors last year — was closed from midday till 5 p.m. as the temperature
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fire swept through a building that housed foreign workers in Kuwait early Wednesday, killing at least 40 Indian nationals and injuring more than 50, India’s external affairs ministry said. Local officials said the blaze appeared to be linked to code violations. Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousuf Al-Sabah confirmed
Continue ReadingBy Maria Sole Campinoti and Lauren Rapp, CNN (CNN) — A former New York police officer and former cellmate of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was sentenced to life in prison for murdering four men, prosecutors said. Nicholas Tartaglione was sentenced Monday to four consecutive life sentences for the 2016 kidnappings and killings of Martin Luna,
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The military’s hundreds of V-22 Ospreys will not be permitted to fly their full range of missions until at least 2025. During a Wednesday hearing with lawmakers, the program head said that the Pentagon is continuing to address safety concerns in the fleet. It will take at
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Hungary has agreed not to veto NATO support for Ukraine. But Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is refusing to provide funds or military personnel for any joint assistance effort. U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts are expected to agree next month on a new system to
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Apollo Theater is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. The bastion of Black music and culture is one of New York City’s most storied venues. It held its annual spring benefit on Tuesday with a star-studded event featuring Usher, Babyface and performances by Jordin
Continue ReadingBy Jill Martin, Kevin Dotson and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — When looking at the US women’s national team roster for the Paris Olympics, the level of experience jumps off the page. Every member of the team has earned an Olympic or FIBA World Cup gold medal, and the roster has a combined 15 Olympic
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar, once a thriving emerging economy, is struggling to regain momentum as the country’s civil war increasingly disrupts trade and livelihoods. World Bank economists estimate the country’s economy grew at a 1% annual pace in the year that ended in March, A World Bank report issued
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