Japanese architect Maki, credited with fusing East with West, has died at age 95
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, who won the prestigious Pritzker Prize for designs praised as…
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Austria to hold parliamentary election on Sept. 29, with far-right gaining traction
BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s government says the Alpine country’s next parliamentary election will be held on Sept. 29. The government, which is…
Continue ReadingFrance’s Macron defends decision on snap legislative elections, urges voters to defeat far-right
By SYLVIE CORBET and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has defended his decision to call snap…
Continue ReadingSandy Hook survivors will graduate high school today and remember the classmates they lost in 1st grade massacre
By Randi Kaye, Anne Clifford and Rachel Clarke, CNN Newtown, Connecticut (CNN) — High school seniors Emma Ehrens and Grace Fischer will hear…
Continue ReadingPoland honors soldier who was fatally stabbed by migrant at border with Belarus
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Lawmakers in the Polish parliament have observed a minute of silence to honor a young…
Continue ReadingBaltimore’s busy port fully reopens after bridge collapse, and a return to normal is expected
By LEA SKENE and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Authorities anticipate that commercial shipping traffic through the Port of…
Continue ReadingHeat wave in Greece halts visits to Acropolis as drones with thermal cameras monitor temperatures
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Athens announced the closure of the Acropolis for five hours on Wednesday due to heat wave temperatures that…
Continue ReadingAt least 40 Indians die in a fire at a building housing foreign workers in Kuwait
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fire swept through a building that housed foreign workers in Kuwait early Wednesday, killing at least 40…
Continue ReadingEx-cop and former prison cellmate of Jeffrey Epstein sentenced to life in prison for murder of 4 men
By Maria Sole Campinoti and Lauren Rapp, CNN (CNN) — A former New York police officer and former cellmate of disgraced financier Jeffrey…
Continue ReadingOspreys won’t return to full flight status until at least 2025, program head tells Congress
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The military’s hundreds of V-22 Ospreys will not be permitted to fly their full range of…
Continue ReadingHungary agrees not to veto NATO support to Ukraine as long as it’s not forced to help out
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Hungary has agreed not to veto NATO support for Ukraine. But Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is…
Continue ReadingThe Apollo Theater celebrates 90th anniversary at star-studded spring benefit with Usher, Babyface
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Apollo Theater is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. The bastion of Black music and…
Continue ReadingMyanmar’s economy in crisis as civil strife disrupts trade and livelihoods
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar, once a thriving emerging economy, is struggling to regain momentum as the…
Continue ReadingTheir family was ripped apart at the Kabul airport. Nearly 3 years later their greatest wish has come true
By Natasha Chen, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — In late April, Albina Roman and her daughter landed at Los Angeles International Airport and saw the…
Continue ReadingBangladesh court indicts Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and others on charges of embezzlement
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A special judge’s court in Bangladesh has indicted Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and 13…
Continue ReadingBlinken says some of Hamas’ proposed changes to a cease-fire plan in Gaza are workable and some not
By BASSEM MROUE and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that mediators would keep…
Continue ReadingBus passengers frantically texted loved ones as gunman hijacked an Atlanta commuter bus during rush hour
CNN, WXIA, WANF By Shawn Nottingham, Nick Valencia and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Atlanta police had barely finished briefing the community…
Continue ReadingTurkey can expect strong support from the Turkish-German community at Euro 2024. So can Germany
By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Six years ago, Ilkay Gündogan’s place on the German national team was in…
Continue ReadingBus passengers frantically texted loved ones as gunman hijacked an Atlanta commuter bus during rush hour
WSB, WXIA, CNN By Shawn Nottingham, Nick Valencia and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Atlanta police had barely finished briefing the community…
Continue ReadingBus passengers frantically texted loved ones as gunman hijacked an Atlanta commuter bus during rush hour
By Shawn Nottingham, Nick Valencia and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Atlanta police had barely finished briefing the community about a shooting…
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