UN members adopt first-ever treaty to protect marine life in the high seas
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Members of the United Nations have adopted the first-ever treaty to protect marine life…
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Germany’s biggest theme park to reopen after large fire forces evacuation
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s biggest theme park will reopen to visitors on Tuesday after a large fire the day before sent a dense plume of black…
Continue Reading Mobile home fire kills 5 in North Carolina, including a couple, their friend and his boys
BROADWAY, N.C. (AP) — Authorities have identified the five people who died in a mobile home fire in rural North Carolina Sunday as a husband and…
Continue Reading Deep-sea craft carrying 5 people to Titanic wreckage reported missing, search underway
By BEN FINLEY and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press A rescue operation was underway deep in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean on Monday in search of a…
Continue Reading Trump faces questions about whether he’ll drag down the Republican Party after his indictments
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press For now, no one comes close to Donald Trump in his command of the voters who’ll decide the Republican…
Continue Reading Intel to build $33-billion chip plant in Germany after government pledges to cover 1/3rd of cost
BERLIN (AP) — Intel and the German government have signed a deal that will see the U.S. company spend more than 30 billion euros ($32.8 billion) to…
Continue Reading Former student opens fire in Brazilian school, killing teen and wounding other, official says
Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A former student entered a school and then began shooting in Brazil’s southern Parana state Monday,…
Continue Reading American woman who survived being thrown into ravine near German castle is released from hospital
BERLIN (AP) — Police in southern Germany say an American tourist who was thrown into a ravine during an attack near Neuschwanstein castle in which…
Continue Reading Airbus wins record order for 500 jets from India’s IndiGo at Paris Air Show
PARIS (AP) — India’s IndiGo airline is buying 500 passenger jets from European planemaker Airbus. The record-setting order Monday underscores…
Continue Reading Guatemala prepares to vote after a tumultuous presidential campaign
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — This has been one of the most turbulent election seasons in Guatemala’s modern history.…
Continue Reading Auto tycoon Ghosn denies payments to former French Cabinet minister
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese officials say a judge has questioned auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn in Beirut over possible links…
Continue Reading Ex-PM Cameron says the UK focused too much on flu rather than other potential pandemics before COVID
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has told a public inquiry that his government made a…
Continue Reading Egyptian family awaits word on son as village mourns dozens feared drowned trying to reach Europe
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press IBRASH, Egypt (AP) — Dozens of migrants who packed a fishing vessel that sank off Greece last week came from…
Continue Reading Multiple tornadoes leave 1 dead and nearly 2 dozen injured in Mississippi
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG and ROGELIO SOLIS Associated Press/Report for America LOUIN, Miss. (AP) — Multiple tornadoes swept through Mississippi…
Continue Reading UN: International donors promise $1.5 billion in aid to Sudan
By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations says International donors have promised Monday almost $1.5 billion in additional…
Continue Reading Tom Watson is the latest to want answers on the PGA Tour’s deal with Saudi backers of LIV
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eight-time major champion Tom Watson wants answers on the PGA Tour’s new business partnership…
Continue Reading Montenegro court sentences founder of cryptocurrency firm Terraform Labs to 4 months in prison
By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — A court in Montenegro has sentenced the founder of cryptocurrency firm Terraform…
Continue Reading Soccer fan chuckles after getting ban for wearing offensive jersey related to Hillsborough tragedy
LONDON (AP) — A soccer fan has been banned from attending matches for four years for wearing a shirt to this month’s FA Cup final that made an…
Continue Reading Tunisia says attacker fatally stabbed police officer at Brazilian Embassy; suspect arrested
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The Tunisian government says a police officer guarding the Brazilian Embassy in Tunisia has been fatally stabbed in an…
Continue Reading The story behind Juneteenth and how it became a federal holiday
Many Americans are celebrating Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. For…
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