Mercedes confirm Russell replacing Bottas from 2022
By The Associated Press Mercedes has confirmed George Russell as Lewis Hamilton’s Formula One teammate from 2022. The all-British lineup was…
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Hong Kong activists slam government for foreign agent label
HONG KONG (AP) — A pro-democracy group says the Hong Kong government is arbitrarily labeling it a foreign agent, making it subject to prosecution…
Continue Reading Soldiers, planes fight intentional wildfires in Spain
MADRID (AP) — Wildfires suspected to be purposefully caused by people have burned nearly 1,000 hectares of forest in northwestern Spain over two…
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‘Those people are not me’
By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Many Muslims in the United States point to September 11, 2001 as the day their relationship with the country changed.…
Continue Reading EU to seek daily fines against Poland over justice concerns
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union wants Europe’s top court to impose daily fines on Poland for failing to take…
Continue Reading Czechs pledge 530,000 euros to Lithuania for Belarus border
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — The Czech Republic has pledged 530,000 euros to Lithuania to secure its border with Belarus in the wake of thousands of…
Continue Reading Environmental groups call for postponement of climate talks
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A coalition of environmental groups has called for a pivotal climate conference to be postponed amid…
Continue Reading Merkel seeks to boost party before election, rebukes deputy
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel has painted a rosy picture of her government’s record and…
Continue Reading Sweden arrests 2 women suspected of war crimes in Syria
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish authorities have arrested two women from Sweden suspected of committing war crimes in Syria. It’s the first such…
Continue Reading UK leader Johnson gambles on tax hike to pay for elder care
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a tax increase to pay for the rocketing cost of…
Continue Reading The direct line from ‘Taxi Driver’ to ‘The Card Counter’
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — In Paul Schrader’s new film “The Card Counter,” which premiered last week at the…
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The direct line from ‘Taxi Driver’ to ‘The Card Counter’
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — In Paul Schrader’s new film “The Card Counter,” which premiered last week at the…
Continue Reading Parties campaign ahead of Morocco’s pivotal elections
By TARIK EL BARAKAH Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Politicians from dozens of political parties were campaigning for a final day Tuesday,…
Continue Reading Warrants issued for 214 suspects in failed 2016 Turkish coup
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 214 serving and former military personnel over alleged ties to a 2016 coup…
Continue Reading Prosecutors drop sexual assault case against Alibaba manager
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese prosecutors have dropped a case against a former Alibaba manager accused of sexual assault by a female colleague, weeks…
Continue Reading Robert E. Lee statue in Virginia’s capital will come down Wednesday, officials say
By Deanna Hackney, Chandelis Duster and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A 12-ton statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that sits on the historic…
Continue Reading Robert E. Lee statue in Virginia’s capital will come down Wednesday, officials say
WTVR By Deanna Hackney, Chandelis Duster and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A 12-ton statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that sits on the historic…
Continue Reading Extremist abused and attacked officers in New Zealand prison
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand corrections officers say that during the time an Islamic State-inspired…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What’s at stake in the 2015 Paris attacks trial?
By ARNO PEDRAM Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France is putting on trial 20 men accused in the Islamic State group’s 2015 attacks on Paris…
Continue Reading German industrial production picks up after several declines
BERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that German industrial production increased in July after three consecutive months of declines that have…
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