By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Beatles are getting the big-screen biopic treatment in not just one film, but a Fab Four of movies that will give each band member their own spotlight — all of which are to be directed by Sam Mendes. For the first time, the Beatles,
Continue ReadingEssay by Demi Perera, CNN (CNN) — April, autumn and midnight; they all sound better in Paris. It’s arguably the only city in the world that draws over 30 million people each year to its monuments by associating them with a single emotion: love. Yet for me, for a long while, the mere mention of
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A court in the Russian capital has ruled to keep Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in custody pending his trial on espionage charges that he denies. The Moscow City Court rejected an appeal against Gershkovich’s detention filed by his lawyers, upholding a ruling to keep him behind bars until the end
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An Amsterdam court has rejected Russia’s final argument in a years-long legal battle over a $50 billion arbitration award. The case is centered on claims by former shareholders that the Kremlin deliberately bankrupted Russian oil giant Yukos to silence its CEO, a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin. A panel
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse and Nadine Schmidt, CNN (CNN) — Described as having “nerves of steel,” Andreas Brehme – whose penalty kick in the 1990 World Cup final led West Germany to victory – has died aged 63, his former team Bayern Munich announced on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday. No cause of death was given.
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government’s top lawyer has referred to the U.K.’s Court of Appeal the sentence handed to a 32-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia who fatally stabbed two college students and a man in the central English city of Nottingham last summer for potentially being too “unduly lenient.”
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Since he became a force in Republican politics, Donald Trump has figured prominently in U.S. Senate races, shaping which GOP contenders get nominated. But that’s not happening in Pennsylvania. There, the likely Republican nominee, David McCormick, and Trump seem to be ignoring each other. McCormick —
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has insisted that the rule of law in the country is “stronger than ever,” despite mounting criticism from press freedom and human rights groups. Mitsotakis blames political opponents for the criticism of his center-right government and argues that Greece is “at
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was once touted by U.S. authorities as a key ally in the war on drugs. Now, federal prosecutors say the political leader ran his Central American nation as a “narco-state,” collecting millions of dollars from violent cartels to fuel his
Continue ReadingCNN By Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — After spending more than two hours tasting wine at a Napa Valley estate with her top prosecutor on the Georgia election subversion case, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis reached into her purse and pulled out about $400 in cash. Willis used the money to pay for two
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — A North Korean ballistic missile fired last month by the Russian military in Ukraine contained hundreds of components that trace back to companies in the US and Europe, according to a new report. The findings mark the first public identification of North Korea’s reliance on foreign technology for its missile program and underscore the persistent problem facing the
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Bono y U2 involucraron a su audiencia en un homenaje al fallecido líder de la oposición rusa Alexey Navalny durante su concierto en el Sphere de Las Vegas durante el fin de semana. Hablando a la multitud este sábado, según un video de la audiencia, Bono habló sobre el próximo segundo
Continue ReadingBy David Culver, Tara John and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — With its four-piece bathroom suite, queen-size bed and mini fridge, the untidy prison cell of the notorious leader of the Los Choneros gang, José Adolfo Macías, could have been in a hotel instead of one of Ecuador’s largest prison complexes. This is “better than
Continue ReadingCAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to 32.1% in the fourth quarter of 2023. It is the highest in the world. Official government figures released on Tuesday said that the number of unemployed working-age people in South Africa rose to 7.9 million after 46,000 more became unemployed in the last
Continue ReadingBy Sebastian Shukla, Nathan Hodge, Anna Chernova, Maria Kostenko and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A US-Russian dual citizen was arrested in Russia on charges of treason for allegedly donating just $51 to a Ukrainian charity, according to the Californian spa where she worked. Ksenia Karelina, a 33-year-old woman who lives in Los Angeles, was
Continue ReadingBy LOUISE DIXON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Stephen Fry and Lena Dunham play a convincing father and daughter in German director Julia von Heinz’ first English-language movie, “Treasure.” The comedy-drama set in post-communist Poland had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival over the weekend. The film shows the pair on a road
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London police said Tuesday they “strongly believe” that a body they pulled from the River Thames is that of a man wanted over a chemical attack that injured his former partner and her two young daughters. The Metropolitan Police say the crew of a passing boat reported
Continue ReadingBy OLEG CETINIC Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A strike at the Eiffel Tower over poor financial management turned away visitors on Tuesday for the second consecutive day. The 330-meter (1,083-foot) landmark in central Paris has seen soaring sightseer numbers in the lead-up to the Olympics in the French capital. Tourists planning to visit the
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A U.K.-based think-tank says Russia is rebuilding its capacity to destabilize European countries and extend its influence in the Middle East and Africa. The Royal United Services Institute says that Russia poses a strategic threat to NATO as its members focus on the war in Ukraine. In
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Checking a bag on American Airlines will now cost you more than at every other major US airline. The carrier announced Tuesday that the price of the first checked bag on most flights is increasing to $40 for customers that didn’t prepay online. It will cost $35
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