Month: June 2024

By MARÍA VERZA and MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum claimed victory in Mexico’s presidential election,…

By TOM MURPHY and KASTURI PANANJADY Associated Press Urban and rural communities have come to depend on pharmacies as a trusted care option and a…

NEW YORK (AP) — Police in New York City say two police officers and a 19-year-old man were shot and wounded in a confrontation and were…

By JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Congo says Congolese authorities have not shared details or provided…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Shares of GameStop are soaring before the market open on Monday following speculation that the man at the…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s hard-line parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, has registered for the country’s June 28…

ROME (AP) — A top Vatican cardinal has urged European voters to remember their own migratory roots in showing sympathy to people forced to flee…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police are searching for suspects in the spray-painting of the word “toilet” on a…

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has reappointed Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly to form a new government. Madbouly earlier…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press GOMBE, Nigeria (AP) — Africa’s most populous country has ground to a halt as Nigeria’s largest labor unions…

HOUSTON (AP) — Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee says she has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and is undergoing treatment. The Texas…

By VALERIE KOMOR Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When Associated Press correspondent Don Whitehead arrived with other journalists in southern…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A foreign citizen has been detained in Romania’s capital after allegedly attacking the entrance of the Israeli Embassy…

By MAE ANDERSON, PAUL HARLOFF and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The typical compensation package for chief executives who run…

BERLIN (AP) — German tour operator FTI says it is filing for insolvency protection from creditors, and trips that haven’t yet started will be…

The Associated Press For its annual analysis of CEO pay, The Associated Press used data provided by Equilar, an executive data firm. Equilar examined…

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer More women are reaching the top ranks of the corporate suite of S&P 500 companies, but their numbers are still…

By MAE ANDERSON, PAUL HARLOFF and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The typical compensation package for chief executives who run…

By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a Christian man who was accused of blasphemy and attacked by a mob has…

BERLIN (AP) — The death toll in floods across a large part of southern Germany has risen to two as the body of a missing woman was found.…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda has apologized for massive cheating on certification tests for seven…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The once-blighted monolithic Michigan Central train station — for decades a symbol of…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The cost of your next flight is likely to go up. That’s the word from the…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say gunmen opened fire on polio workers in the country’s northwest, killing a police officer…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Iran’s acting foreign minister has arrived in Lebanon on his first official diplomatic visit since…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Beijing has accused two Chinese citizens of spying for Britain, in the latest test of a relationship that has grown…

PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is likely to emerge as a big winner at the weekend’s European Parliament elections even…

By SARA ESPAÑA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum’s name will go down in Mexican history. The governing party candidate won…

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The speaker of Georgia’s parliamen said he gave the final endorsement on Monday to a divisive “foreign agents” bill…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea announced Monday it’ll suspend a rapprochement deal with North Korea to…

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s next president and its first woman leader in more than 200…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Gilbert Clarke leans back on the seat of his mobility scooter, cranes his neck and gazes into the…

TOKYO (AP) — Two Japanese F-35A stealth fighter jets have made emergency landings at a commercial airport in northern Japan on Monday, but there…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. children’s agency says tens of thousands of children in Afghanistan remain affected…

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — June 6, 1944, began with Allied aircraft bombing German defenses in Normany, followed by some 1,200 aircraft who carry…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has closed schools as heavy rain triggered floods and mudslides in…

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The world’s largest election could also be one of its most consequential. India has close to…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — One of Thailand’s most wanted fugitives will be escorted home on a Thai air force…

By RANDALL CHASE, CLAUDIA LAUER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jury selection is to begin Monday in…

By ISABEL DEBRE and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — At the base of the sacred Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old…

By KEVIN MCGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is going back to federal court in hopes of reversing an $800,000 award to a…

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Nigerian singer Tems’ debut album, Dakota Johnson plays a…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares began June with big gains on Monday after a report showing that inflation in the U.S. is not…

By KANIS LEUNG and TIAN MACLEOD JI Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China has quashed large-scale commemorations of Tuesday’s 35th…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors plan to dismiss murder and manslaughter charges against a Minnesota state trooper who fatally shot a motorist as he…

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media say Israeli airstrikes around the Syrian city of Aleppo killed several people. The state-run SANA news agency gave…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post said Sunday that its executive editor, Sally Buzbee, has stepped down after…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in the Philippines on a rare Asian trip to urge…

By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles has won her ninth national title. Biles posted a…

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — The popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions in the country’s southwest, has…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A swimmer suffered serious injuries from a shark attack on the Southern California coast Sunday, prompting temporary beach…