One dead after ship carrying 3,000 cars catches fire off Dutch coast
By Martin Goillandeau, Mick Krever, Radina Gigova and Caolán Magee, CNN (CNN) — A fire broke out on a ship off the Dutch coast with around…
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One dead after ship carrying 3,000 cars catches fire off Dutch coast
By Martin Goillandeau, Mick Krever, Radina Gigova and Caolán Magee, CNN (CNN) — A fire broke out on a ship off the Dutch coast with around…
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Doctors in England escalate pay dispute as they announce another 4-day walkout in August
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of doctors in Britain’s state-funded health service will go on strike for a further…
Continue Reading EU watchdog opens probe in role of bloc’s border agency in Mediterranean shipwreck tragedy
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s official watchdog says it has opened a probe into the role of the bloc’s…
Continue Reading How a credit card strategy helped me save over $1,100 on a home remodel
By CRAIG JOSEPH of NerdWallet Repairs can be expensive, but a two-pronged strategy can lessen the sting. A triple-threat credit card — one with a…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for July 26: Hunter Biden, UFOs, Economy, UPS, China
CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Paris plans to bring back swimming in the River Seine after it was banned 100 years ago due to pollution.…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for July 26: Hunter Biden, UFOs, Economy, UPS, China
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Paris plans to bring back swimming in the River Seine after it was banned 100 years ago due to pollution.…
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Paris plans to bring back swimming in the River Seine after it was banned 100 years ago due to pollution.…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for July 26: Hunter Biden, UFOs, Economy, UPS, China
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Paris plans to bring back swimming in the River Seine after it was banned 100 years ago due to pollution.…
Continue Reading Deadly wildfires in Greece and other European countries destroy homes and threaten nature reserves
By PETROS GIANNAKOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press RHODES, Greece (AP) — Major fires raging in Greece and other European countries have…
Continue Reading Palestinian man killed by Israeli troops during arrest raid in West Bank
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli troops during an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank, the latest bloodshed in…
Continue Reading Security risks in Sweden rise due to Quran desecrations and protests, security agency says
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s domestic security service says the country’s security situation has deteriorated after recent Quran burnings in the…
Continue Reading Millions of people in these cities are exposed to more intense heat, new report shows
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The record-shattering heat this summer has been downright dangerous in some of the largest cities in the US. But…
Continue Reading Al Jazeera condemns Egypt’s decision to add some of its journalists to a terrorism blacklist
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The pan-Arab news network Al Jazeera has condemned a recent decision by Egyptian authorities to brand some of…
Continue Reading Hunter Biden’s plea deal on hold after federal judge raises concerns over the terms of the agreement
By CLAUDIA LAUER, RANDALL CHASE and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The plea deal in Hunter Biden’s criminal case unraveled…
Continue Reading UK government is heavily criticized for underestimating Wagner group’s actions around the world
By Christian Edwards and Vasco Cotovio, CNN London (CNN) — The United Kingdom government has been heavily criticized by Parliament’s Foreign…
Continue Reading UK government is heavily criticized for underestimating Wagner group’s actions around the world
By Christian Edwards and Vasco Cotovio, CNN London (CNN) — The United Kingdom government has been heavily criticized by Parliament’s Foreign…
Continue Reading Stellantis profits soar 37% in first half of the year as electric vehicle sales rise
MILAN (AP) — U.S.-European carmaker Stellantis has reported a 37% boost in earnings in the first half of the year. The results Wednesday were…
Continue Reading The Americans dominated their Women’s World Cup opener. They face a tougher task against the Dutch
By JENNA FRYER AP National Writer AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — The United States and the Netherlands meet again on the Women’s World Cup stage…
Continue Reading Nissan plans $663 million investment in Renault’s EV unit Ampere and says profit leapt in April-June
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nissan and Renault have redefined their French-Japanese auto alliance to establish more equal…
Continue Reading Taiwan’s main airport becomes battleground for simulated Chinese invasion
By Wayne Chang and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Taoyuan, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport became the scene of a simulated…
Continue Reading A guide to how Paris will welcome fans and stage 32 sports at the first post-pandemic Olympics
By GRAHAM DUNBAR and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Olympics is on track to be back in business with millions of visitors coming…
Continue Reading New Zealand’s anti-nuclear stance means it won’t play a role in Australia’s submarine plans
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s commitment to remaining nuclear-free means it won’t play a role in…
Continue Reading Taiwan’s main airport becomes battleground for simulated Chinese invasion
By Wayne Chang and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Taoyuan, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport became the scene of a simulated…
Continue Reading Cambodia’s Hun Sen, one of world’s longest-serving leaders, to hand power to his son
Story by Reuters (CNN) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a speech on Wednesday he would step down, and that his son Hun Manet would…
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Story by Reuters (CNN) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a speech on Wednesday he would step down, and that his son Hun Manet would…
Continue Reading Cambodia’s Hun Sen, Asia’s longest serving leader, says he’ll step down and his son will take over
By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says he will step down in August…
Continue Reading Independent experts quit Mexico over roadblocks in 43 missing students case
By Sofia Cox, CNN (CNN) — An independent panel of experts investigating the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from a rural teachers’ college…
Continue Reading Japan records steepest population decline while number of foreign residents hits new high
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s population has declined in all of its 47 prefectures for the first time in a record…
Continue Reading Small funnel cloud over US Capitol turns into viral photo
WASHINGTON (AP) — Observant visitors to the area around the U.S. Capitol building on Tuesday afternoon were treated to a unusual sight: an…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Stocks drift after Fed hikes rates, as yields fall on hopes that’s the last one
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks held steady Wednesday after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates to their highest level…
Continue Reading A freighter carrying nearly 3,000 cars catches fire in the North Sea and a crew member is killed
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A fire on a freight ship carrying nearly 3,000 cars is burning out of control in the…
Continue Reading NatWest Bank CEO ousted after furor over politician Nigel Farage’s bank account
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — NatWest, one of Britain’s biggest banks, says its chief executive has left her job after…
Continue Reading Rival Koreas mark armistice anniversary in two different ways that highlight rising tensions
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The truce that stopped the bloodshed in the Korean War turns 70 years old on Thursday…
Continue Reading Saudi Arabia is spending billions to become a global gaming hub. Some fans don’t want to play
By NICK EL HAJJ Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia, the new home of some of soccer’s biggest stars and a co-owner…
Continue Reading Officials make ‘hard decision’ to euthanize whales after mass stranding in Western Australia
By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Wildlife officials in Western Australia said they had to make a heart-breaking decision to euthanize a group of…
Continue Reading Taiwan police investigated after botched sting operation leads to sexual assault of minor
By Wayne Chang and Jessie Yeung, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Two Taiwan police officers are under investigation after a botched sting operation…
Continue Reading Taiwan police investigated after botched sting operation leads to sexual assault of minor
By Wayne Chang and Jessie Yeung, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Two Taiwan police officers are under investigation after a botched sting operation…
Continue Reading On their own front line, Ukraine’s surgeons treat waves of soldiers since the counteroffensive began
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press DNIPRO, Ukraine (AP) — The horrors of war arrive through the night at a hospital in eastern Ukraine, a procession…
Continue Reading Michael Jackson’s employees were not legally obligated to prevent sex abuse, lawyer argues in court
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Workers for corporations owned by Michael Jackson had no legal obligation to protect…
Continue Reading LA County Sheriff’s Department accused of excessive force as newly released video shows man yelling ‘you’re gonna kill me’ during arrest
By Cheri Mossburg and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Newly released video shows a Southern California man yelling, “you’re gonna kill me”…
Continue Reading Heirloom corn in a rainbow of colors makes a comeback in Mexico, where white corn has long been king
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press IXTENCO, Mexico (AP) — Small farmers in Mexico struggling to preserve colorful native corn varieties are…
Continue Reading ‘It was like a heartbeat’: Residents at a loss after newspaper shutters in declining coal county
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press WELCH, W.Va. (AP) — Months after the last newspaper closed in a declining coal community in West Virginia,…
Continue Reading South Florida waters hit hot tub level and may have set world record for warmest seawater
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The water temperature around the tip of Florida has hit triple digits — hot tub levels — two days in a row.…
Continue Reading An alliance of Indian opposition parties — called INDIA — joins forces to take on Modi
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s popular but polarizing prime minister, Narendra Modi, has a fondness for abbreviations…
Continue Reading ‘It was like a heartbeat’: Residents at a loss after newspaper shutters in declining coal county
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press WELCH, W.Va. (AP) — Months after the last newspaper closed in a declining coal community in West Virginia,…
Continue Reading How gang warfare jumped from Ecuador’s prisons to the open street
By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — Frantic purchases of ammunition, the daylight assassination of a mayor, and a growing body count inside…
Continue Reading Federal Reserve raises rates for 11th time to fight inflation but gives no clear sign of next move
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate Wednesday for the 11th time in 17…
Continue Reading Volunteers working to save nearly 100 beached whales in Australia, but more than half have died
PERTH, Australia (AP) — Volunteers worked frantically on a second day Wednesday to save dozens of pilot whales that have stranded themselves on a…
Continue Reading Typhoon Doksuri kills at least five as Philippines battles floods and landslides
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A powerful typhoon brought widespread flooding and landslides to the Philippines on Wednesday, killing at…
Continue Reading Typhoon Doksuri kills at least five as Philippines battles floods and landslides
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A powerful typhoon brought widespread flooding and landslides to the Philippines on Wednesday, killing at…
Continue Reading Hunter Biden’s guilty plea is on the horizon, and so are a fresh set of challenges
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, faced new challenges on the eve of a scheduled…
Continue Reading ‘White savior complex’: Malaysia’s LGBTQ community slams The 1975’s Matty Healy’s onstage kiss
By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — When British singer Matty Healy grabbed bandmate Ross MacDonald for an onstage kiss during their Malaysia concert…
Continue Reading ‘White savior complex’: Malaysia’s LGBTQ community slams The 1975’s Matty Healy’s onstage kiss
By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — When British singer Matty Healy grabbed bandmate Ross MacDonald for an onstage kiss during their Malaysia concert…
Continue Reading Typhoon Doksuri leaves at least 6 dead and displaces thousands in the northern Philippines
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Doksuri has lashed northern Philippine provinces with ferocious wind and rain,…
Continue Reading Xi Jinping’s foreign minister ousted after month-long unexplained absence from public view
By Simone McCarthy Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s foreign minister Qin Gang was dramatically ousted on Tuesday after a prolonged absence from…
Continue Reading Xi Jinping’s foreign minister ousted after month-long unexplained absence from public view
By Simone McCarthy Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s foreign minister Qin Gang was dramatically ousted on Tuesday after a prolonged absence from…
Continue Reading Blinken visits tiny Tonga as US continues diplomatic push to counter China in the Pacific
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting the tiny kingdom of Tonga as the United…
Continue Reading ESPN considers adding sports leagues as partners as it transitions from cable to digital
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro says the network could take on a sports league as a minority…
Continue Reading Manchin, Tuberville introduce college sports bill to standardize NIL rules, regulate collectives
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Senators Joe Manchin and Tommy Tuberville introduced a college sports bill that would require athletes…
Continue Reading Canadian search teams find body of a child who died in flooding in Nova Scotia over the weekend
WINDSOR, Nova Scotia (AP) — Canadian police say the body of a child who went missing when the province of Nova Scotia was hit with extreme flooding…
Continue Reading Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz dies at age 70
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Rocky Wirtz, who won three Stanley Cup titles as owner of the Chicago Blackhawks and presided over the…
Continue Reading Chargers, QB Justin Herbert agree to 5-year extension worth $262.5 million, AP source says
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Justin Herbert is set to become the NFL’s highest-paid quarterback by annual salary, agreeing to a five-year, $262.5…
Continue Reading Police K-9 handler who released dog that attacked an unarmed Black man in Ohio placed on paid leave while incident is under review, mayor says
By Isabel Rosales and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A Circleville, Ohio, officer who was seen on video deploying a police K-9 that attacked an…
Continue Reading Former Louisiana police officer charged with 2nd felony count in death of Alonzo Bagley
By Ryan Young and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — The Shreveport, Louisiana, police officer charged in the February shooting death of Alonzo…
Continue Reading Outside experts’ last report raises questions about military’s role in disappearance of 43 students
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The last report submitted by a panel of outside experts has raised further questions about the Mexican military’s role in the…
Continue Reading UK billionaire Joe Lewis, owner of Tottenham soccer team, charged with insider trading in US
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say British billionaire and Tottenham soccer team owner Joe Lewis has been indicted…
Continue Reading Bolivia says it is interest in obtaining Iranian drone technology to protect its borders
By PAOLA FLORES and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia is interested in obtaining Iranian drone technology to protect…
Continue Reading 500-year-old manuscript signed by Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés returned to Mexico
BOSTON (AP) — A nearly 500-year-old manuscript signed by the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés in 1527 has been returned to the Archivo General…
Continue Reading Gynecologist accused of sexually abusing over 200 patients is sentenced to 20 years in prison
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A gynecologist who sexually abused vulnerable and trusting patients for over two decades at…
Continue Reading Phoenix could get a mild break from the extreme heat, as record spell nears the 30-day mark
By WALTER BERRY and TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Longtime Phoenix residents know that sweltering Julys are to be expected, but no one…
Continue Reading West Africa recorded over 1,800 terrorist attack in first six months of 2023, regional official says
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — West Africa has recorded over 1,800 terrorist attacks in the first six months of the…
Continue Reading Colorado cop on trial for putting suspect in car hit by train says she didn’t notice the tracks
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado police officer on trial for putting a handcuffed woman in a parked police…
Continue Reading Judge vacates desertion conviction for former US soldier captured in Afghanistan
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday vacated the military conviction of Bowe Bergdahl, a former…
Continue Reading First panda born in France says goodbye and heads to China
PARIS (AP) — Ensconced in a glass cage lined with bamboo shoots, the first panda ever born in France bid ‘’adieu’’ to the French zoo where…
Continue Reading A man tried to sail from California to Mexico. He was rescued, but abandoned boat drifted to Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — A boat that washed ashore in Hawaii has been identified as belonging to a California mariner who ran into trouble while sailing…
Continue Reading Man suspected of shooting and injuring Dallas-area doctor was then shot and injured by police
CEDAR HILL, Texas (AP) — Police say a man suspected of shooting and injuring a doctor at a Dallas-area medical building was shot and injured by…
Continue Reading A hung jury means a Georgia man jailed for 10 years must wait longer for a verdict on murder charges
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — A man who has been jailed in Georgia for 10 years awaiting trial for a 2013 drive-by shooting that killed two people and injured…
Continue Reading Decades in prison for 3 sentenced in North Dakota fentanyl trafficking probe
By JACK DURA Associated Press Three more men charged in connection with an alleged international fentanyl ring have been sentenced this month to…
Continue Reading Putting a floating barrier in the Rio Grande to stop migrants is new. The idea isn’t.
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — In the final months of the Trump administration, a new plan to seal off the United…
Continue Reading Department of Education launches civil rights probe after lawsuit accuses Harvard of giving preferential treatment to legacy applicants
By Celina Tebor and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Education has begun a civil rights investigation into whether Harvard…
Continue Reading House Speaker Kevin McCarthy floats an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Republican lawmakers may consider an impeachment…
Continue Reading Correction: Big Peanut story
In a story published July 24, 2023, about a peanut monument in Ashburn, Georgia, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the executive…
Continue Reading UN rejects Russian account of attack that killed 50 Ukrainian prisoners, confirming findings of a CNN investigation
By Tim Lister and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations has said that Russian accounts of a rocket attack on a camp holding…
Continue Reading UN rejects Russian account of attack that killed 50 Ukrainian prisoners, confirming findings of a CNN investigation
By Tim Lister and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations has said that Russian accounts of a rocket attack on a camp holding…
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Far-right activist Ammon Bundy loses Idaho hospital defamation case, must pay millions in fines
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press Far-right activist Ammon Bundy, who led the takeover of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, an associate and three…
Continue Reading Officials identify remains found at Indiana farm in 1983 as Chicago teen slain by late serial killer
By RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say human remains found buried in 1983 at an abandoned Indiana farm have been…
Continue Reading Moldova summons Russian ambassador after media reporting on alleged spy devices on embassy’s rooftop
By Josh Pennington and Sugam Pokharel, CNN (CNN) — Moldova has summoned the Russian ambassador in Chisinau after a media report surfaced…
Continue Reading Moldova summons Russian ambassador after media reporting on alleged spy devices on embassy’s rooftop
By Josh Pennington and Sugam Pokharel, CNN (CNN) — Moldova has summoned the Russian ambassador in Chisinau after a media report surfaced…
Continue Reading Rhode Island Ethics Commission opens investigation into Gov. Dan McKee’s lunch with lobbyist
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Ethics Commission says it has opened an investigation into whether Democratic Gov. Dan McKee broke state…
Continue Reading Oklahoma attorney general joins lawsuit over tribal gambling agreements, criticizes GOP governor
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s new Republican attorney general says he’s stepping into an ongoing…
Continue Reading Israel’s government has passed the first part of its legal overhaul. The law’s ripples are dramatic
By JULIA FRANKEL, ISABEL DEBRE and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press The Israeli government has passed the first major piece of legislation in Prime…
Continue Reading Bryan Cranston, Jessica Chastain join star-studded Times Square rally of striking actors and writers
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — SAG-AFTRA held its largest and most star-studded rally yet Tuesday in Times Square in a picket…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book series. Personal Birth date: July…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book series. Personal Birth date: July…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric. Personal…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric. Personal…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Robert Mueller, former special counsel for the Department of Justice and former…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Personal Birth date: October 21, 1949…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Personal Birth date: October 21, 1949…
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