Bankruptcy slams the brakes on Dutch e-bike manufacturer VanMoof
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Dutch bicycle maker VanMoof, which won design awards for its stylish electric bikes, has been declared bankrupt. The company…
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A UK woman jailed for obtaining tablets to end her pregnancy is to be released after appeal
LONDON (AP) — A woman who was jailed for illegally obtaining abortion tablets to end her advanced pregnancy will be released from prison after…
Continue ReadingA vessel to accommodate asylum-seekers docks in UK as Parliament passes controversial migration bill
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A vessel that will accommodate up to 500 asylum-seekers has arrived in England as Parliament passed…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: 4 takeaways from Netflix’s money shows
By CHANELLE BESSETTE of NerdWallet A personal finance writer evaluates the lessons from Netflix’s “Get Smart With Money” and “How to Get…
Continue ReadingParis Olympic organizing head says budget ‘under control’ a year ahead of 2024 Games
PARIS (AP) — The president of the Paris Olympic organizing committee says the operating budget for the 2024 Games is “under control.”…
Continue ReadingUS soldier who fled to North Korea had served 2 months in South Korea prison on assault charge
By HYUNG-JIN KIM, KIM TONG-HYUNG, TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An American soldier who had served…
Continue ReadingPhoenix scorches at 110 for 19th straight day, breaking big US city records in global heat wave
By SETH BORENSTEIN and ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A dangerous 19th straight day of scorching heat in Phoenix set a record for U.S.…
Continue ReadingBelarus arrests a prominent journalist in continued crackdown on dissent
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Belarus have arrested a prominent journalist working with the U.S.-funded…
Continue ReadingThousands died in the Philippines’ ‘war on drugs.’ An international probe will now go ahead
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court have ruled that an investigation…
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration announces a cybersecurity labeling program for smart devices
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration and major consumer tech players are launching an effort to put a nationwide cybersecurity certification…
Continue ReadingClimate envoy John Kerry meets with Chinese officials in a new US push to stabilize rocky relations
BEIJING (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry told China’s top diplomat on Tuesday that President Joe Biden’s administration is “very…
Continue ReadingDivisions over the Ukraine war cause a rift at EU-LatAm summit that was supposed to be a love-in
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union and Latin American leaders have concluded a summit that was supposed to be a…
Continue ReadingRussia targets Ukraine’s port of Odesa and calls it payback for a strike on a key bridge to Crimea
By FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine said its forces shot down Russian drones and cruise missiles targeting the Black Sea…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea searches for missing people as death toll from downpours reaches 41
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Rescuers searched Tuesday for nine people still missing in landslides and other incidents caused by more than a week of…
Continue ReadingMystery object that washed up on the Australian coast could be space junk, officials say
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Authorities are investigating whether a cylindrical object about the size of a small car…
Continue ReadingIsraeli protesters block highways, train stations as Netanyahu moves ahead with judicial overhaul
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of protesters have blocked highways and train stations and massed in central Tel Aviv…
Continue ReadingDingoes attack a woman jogging on Australian island beach and leave her hospitalized
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A pack of dingoes drove a woman who was jogging into the surf and attacked her in the…
Continue ReadingGerman director of Florence’s Academy Gallery who defended David’s image fears for museum’s future
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Since she arrived in 2015, the German director of Florence’s Accademia Gallery has succeeded in…
Continue ReadingSpain’s early election could put the far right in power for the first time since Franco
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s general election on Sunday could make the country the latest European Union member swing…
Continue ReadingBill that would allow French police to locate suspects by tapping their devices is up for a vote
By YOUCEF BOUNAB Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers are planning to vote on a justice reform bill that would allow law enforcement…
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