Singapore ride-hailing firm Grab slashes 1000 jobs in biggest layoff since pandemic
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Singapore ride-hailing firm Grab Holdings said it is cutting over 1,000 jobs or 11% of its workforce…
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7-year-old fatally shoots 5-year-old child in eastern Kentucky
MCKEE, Ky. (AP) — Police say a 7-year-old child fatally shot a 5-year-old child inside a home in Kentucky. State police say an initial…
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The North Atlantic is experiencing a ‘totally unprecedented’ marine heat wave
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Temperatures in parts of the North Atlantic Ocean are soaring off the charts, with an “exceptional” marine…
Continue Reading US home construction surged in May by the fastest pace in more than a year
By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US home building surged in May, climbing 21.7% from April, as low inventory in the existing home…
Continue Reading NASA spacecraft captures image of ghostly lightning on Jupiter
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A NASA spacecraft captured the eerie glow of lightning inside a swirling vortex on Jupiter. The green…
Continue Reading Wisconsin governor signs bipartisan bill designed to prevent Milwaukee bankruptcy
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bipartisan bill that sends more money to…
Continue Reading Fire that killed 4 at NYC e-bike store was caused by lithium ion batteries, fire commissioner says
By Laura Ly and Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — The early-morning fire at an e-bike store in lower Manhattan that left four dead was caused…
Continue Reading Parents of Nashville shooting victims urge court to deny release of shooter’s writings in new declarations
By Alta Spells, CNN (CNN) — Parents of two of the three children killed during the shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville expressed their…
Continue Reading Actor Jonathan Majors domestic violence trial scheduled for Aug. 3
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Jonathan Majors’ domestic violence case will go to trial Aug. 3, a Manhattan judge…
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By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The path to the Women’s World Cup has been vastly uneven for the teams headed to Australia and New Zealand…
Continue Reading At least four Israelis killed in West Bank shootings, authorities say
By Elliott Gotkine and CNN’s Kareem Khadder and Amir Tal Jerusalem (CNN) — Four people were killed and four more were wounded in…
Continue Reading UN official praises Kenya’s refugee integration program, says $200 million pledged, more needed
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Marking World Refugee Day, Kenya’s president has met with a top U.N. official to…
Continue Reading Turkish drone strike kills 2 Kurdish local officials and their driver in north Syria, officials say
By BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Officials say a Turkish drone attack has killed two Kurdish local officials and…
Continue Reading Tesla technology inches closer to becoming industry standard as Rivian joins its charging network
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Electric vehicle maker Rivian says it will follow General Motors and Ford and join Tesla’s charging…
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By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer BEIJING (AP) — The United States and China may be back to talking at a high level, but their battle for global…
Continue Reading Dr. Dre to receive first Hip-Hop Icon Award from music industry group ASCAP
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Continue Reading Slovakia’s first female president won’t seek reelection next year
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s president says she will not seek re-election in next year’s presidential vote. Zuzana Čaputová says…
Continue Reading Hunter Biden will plead guilty in a deal that likely averts time behind bars in a tax and gun case
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter will plead guilty to federal tax offenses and avoid a…
Continue Reading Italy’s Meloni and France’s Macron express agreement on migration following policy dispute
By SYLVIE CORBET and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni and French President Emmanuel Macron have buried…
Continue Reading Gannett sues Google, Alphabet claiming they have a monopoly on digital advertising
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Gannett is suing Google and its parent company Alphabet, claiming that they unlawfully acquired and maintain…
Continue Reading Andrew Tate indicted on human trafficking and rape charges in Romania
By Cristiana Moisescu, Amy Croffey and Vicky Bennett, CNN, and Reuters (CNN) — Andrew Tate, the self-proclaimed “misogynist” online…
Continue Reading Author of children’s book about grief who is accused of killing her husband files suit against his estate
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A Utah woman accused of killing her husband before she authored a children’s book about grieving a loved one,…
Continue Reading Vatican document highlights need for concrete steps for women, ‘radical inclusion’ of LGBTQ+
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — An unprecedented global canvassing of Catholics has called for the church to take concrete…
Continue Reading How a Mexican spiritual leader preserves the sacred knowledge of the volcano known as El Popo
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press AMECAMECA, Mexico (AP) — Moisés Vega has a distinctive job: The 64-year-old Mexican says he can speak…
Continue Reading Rwanda genocide suspect to claim asylum in South Africa, lawyer says, complicating extradition
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Continue Reading Estonia becomes first ex-Soviet state to legalize same-sex marriage
By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Estonia’s parliament passed on Tuesday a law legalizing same-sex marriage, becoming the first ex-Soviet…
Continue Reading Build begins on Wyoming-to-California power line amid growing wind power concern
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — Portrait photographer Anne Brande shoots graduation and wedding engagement photos at scenic…
Continue Reading Head of UN agency for Palestinian refugees warns of service cuts without more funding
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says that without a new injection of funding, it…
Continue Reading Sub passengers included CEO of expedition company, experienced explorers and Pakistani father and son from prominent family
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Continue Reading 4 dead after battery causes fire at New York City e-bike shop that spreads to apartments
NEW YORK (AP) — A fire at a New York City e-bike shop quickly spread to upper-floor apartments and killed four people early Tuesday in the latest…
Continue Reading Convalescing Pope Francis holds talks with Cuba’s president at Vatican
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Continue Reading Social media star Andrew Tate charged with rape and human trafficking in Romania
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Continue Reading 9 Egyptians appear in Greek court over deadly migrant shipwreck
By COSTAS KANTOURIS and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Nine Egyptian men accused of being members of a migrant smuggling…
Continue Reading Tropical Storm Bret grows stronger as eastern Caribbean islands prepare for heavy flooding
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Continue Reading 5 things to know for June 20: Missing sub, Hurricane watch, Refugees, Reddit, Meat recall
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Major insurance companies are pulling out of some states entirely to limit their risks where natural disasters…
Continue Reading What Juneteenth and ‘freedom’ mean to an 109-year-old survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre
By Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — Juneteenth has become a day to celebrate freedom in the United States, but the survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race…
Continue Reading Auto tycoon Ghosn files $1 billion lawsuit in Lebanon against Nissan over his imprisonment in Japan
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn has filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Nissan and about a dozen individuals…
Continue Reading Norwegian citizen arrested in Hungary for alleged extremist plot
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Police have arrested a Norwegian citizen in Hungary on suspicion that he was planning an extremist attack modeled after a…
Continue Reading Billie Jean King recalls the meeting that launched the WTA women’s tennis tour 50 years ago
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer A half-century later, Billie Jean King thinks back on the landmark gathering of female tennis players at a London…
Continue Reading Southeast Asian nations move ahead with plan for navy drills near disputed area of South China Sea
By EDNA TARIGAN and DAVID RISING Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is moving ahead with plans…
Continue Reading Sudanese official urges international probe into violence against residents in Darfur
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The governor of Darfur called for an international investigation into alleged atrocities against…
Continue Reading Germany’s intelligence agency says there’s been a rise in the number of far-right extremists in 2022
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s domestic intelligence agency says it has recorded a new high in crimes by political extremists in 2022, with the far…
Continue Reading Ukrainian refugees helped push German population up 1.3% last year
BERLIN (AP) — Official statistics in Germany show that large numbers of refugees from Ukraine fleeing Russia’s war fueled a 1.3% rise in the…
Continue Reading A search and rescue operation is underway for a submersible touring the wreckage of the Titanic
By Eric Levenson and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Officials are in a race against time to find a civilian submersible that had five people aboard…
Continue Reading Banging sounds heard during Titan search, according to internal US government memo
By Nouran Salahieh, Eric Levenson, Priscilla Alvarez and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Sonar picked up banging sounds on Tuesday from underneath the…
Continue Reading French investigators search the offices of Paris Olympic organizers in corruption probe
PARIS (AP) — French investigators searched the headquarters of Paris Olympic organizers on Tuesday in a probe into suspected corruption, according…
Continue Reading In San Francisco, Biden talks with tech leaders about risks and promises of artificial intelligence
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden has convened a group of technology leaders in San Francisco to debate the…
Continue Reading Ukraine downs Russian drones but some get through due to gaps in air protection
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say the country’s air defenses have downed 32 of 35 Shahed exploding…
Continue Reading Australian senator invites International Criminal Court to probe officers in war crime allegations
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A senator has invited the International Criminal Court to investigate what Australian…
Continue Reading Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announces new CEO and chairman in major management reshuffle
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China’s Alibaba Group has announced a major management reshuffle as the e-commerce giant…
Continue Reading Germany prods China on Ukraine war as leaders pledge to work together on climate
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s chancellor has pressed China to lean harder on Russia over its war in Ukraine, while…
Continue Reading The family of Keenan Anderson, who died after being tased by LAPD officers, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The family of a 31-year-old father who died after being tased by Los Angeles police officers is suing the city…
Continue Reading The family of Keenan Anderson, who died after being tased by LAPD officers, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The family of a 31-year-old father who died after being tased by Los Angeles police officers is suing the city…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares mostly lower, tracking Wall Street retreat
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly lower Wednesday in Asia after Wall Street benchmarks retreated following…
Continue Reading New study says high housing costs, low income push Californians into homelessness
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A new study by the University of California, San Francisco shows that homeless people in…
Continue Reading Palestinians fatally shoot 4 Israelis before being killed, spurring revenge attacks in West Bank
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Two Palestinian attackers have opened fire at a restaurant and gas station near an Israeli…
Continue Reading Himalayan glaciers could lose up to 80% of their ice by 2100 as temperatures rise, report warns
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The world’s highest peaks are at risk of losing up to 80% of their volume by the end of the…
Continue Reading Himalayan glaciers could lose up to 80% of their ice by 2100 as temperatures rise, report warns
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The world’s highest peaks are at risk of losing up to 80% of their volume by the end of the…
Continue Reading Rescuers race against time to find missing sub bound for Titanic site
By BEN FINLEY and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press Rescuers in a remote area of the Atlantic Ocean raced against time Tuesday to find a missing…
Continue Reading Young crown prince is meant to embody Jordan’s future, but his generation faces bleak prospects
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Visitors to Jordan this month noticed a new addition to the royal portraits over highways and…
Continue Reading Ending Nigeria’s fuel subsidy pushes a shift to solar. Without a climate plan, progress is at risk
By TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s removal of a subsidy that helped reduce the price of gasoline has increased…
Continue Reading What it was like inside the lost Titanic-touring submersible
By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Authorities have said the Titanic-touring submersible that went missing on Sunday suffered a “catastrophic…
Continue Reading Banging sounds heard during Titan search, according to internal US government memo
By Nouran Salahieh, Eric Levenson, Priscilla Alvarez and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Sonar picked up banging sounds on Tuesday from underneath the…
Continue Reading Rights group urges Pakistan to stop what it says are arbitrary arrests of Afghan refugees
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The international rights group Amnesty International is urging Pakistan’s government to stop…
Continue Reading Slain Hong Kong model Abby Choi mourned at pink-themed funeral
By Chris Lau and Candice Zhu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hundreds of mourners attended a funeral on Sunday for a Hong Kong model whose grisly death…
Continue Reading Biden is ready to fete India’s leader, looking past Modi’s human rights record and ties to Russia
By AAMER MADHANI and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is honoring Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a…
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Continue Reading India’s Prime Minister Modi will bend leaders into shape on International Yoga Day
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads foreign dignitaries and…
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Continue Reading What we know about the missing Titanic submersible
By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — A submersible carrying five people to see the remains of the Titanic at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean is…
Continue Reading What we know about the missing Titanic-exploring submersible
By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — A submersible carrying five people to see the remains of the Titanic at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean is…
Continue Reading Tribal activists oppose Nevada mine key to Biden’s clean energy agenda as ‘green colonialism’
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press OROVADA, Nevada (AP) — A huge lithium mine under construction in northern Nevada is at the center of a dispute…
Continue Reading New killings reported in Darfur on second day of Sudan ceasefire
By Celine Alkhaldi, Mostafa Salem and Ingrid Formanek, CNN (CNN) — Killings and attacks on communities in Darfur by the paramilitary Rapid…
Continue Reading Texas Sen. Angela Paxton says she will ‘carry out my duties’ in husband’s impeachment trial
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton said Monday she will “carry out my duties” ahead of the historic impeachment trial of her…
Continue Reading New killings reported in Darfur on second day of Sudan ceasefire
By Celine Alkhaldi, Mostafa Salem and Ingrid Formanek, CNN (CNN) — Killings and attacks on communities in Darfur by the paramilitary Rapid…
Continue Reading Poor villagers risk their lives in danger zone as Philippines’ most active volcano erupts
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press CALBAYOG, Philippines (AP) — Delfina Guiwan’s heart was pounding as she snuck back to her village, now abandoned…
Continue Reading Blinken touts ‘progress’ made in highly-anticipated Beijing meetings
By Kylie Atwood, Simone McCarthy and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Beijing (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday said that the United…
Continue Reading Six teens shot after Juneteenth celebration in Milwaukee
By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Six teenagers were shot after a Juneteenth celebration Monday outside downtown Milwaukee, police said. The Milwaukee…
Continue Reading Six teens shot after Juneteenth celebration in Milwaukee
By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Six teenagers were shot after a Juneteenth celebration Monday outside downtown Milwaukee, police said. The Milwaukee…
Continue Reading At least 6 teens shot after Milwaukee Juneteenth celebration ends
MILWAUKEE (AP) — At least six teenagers were shot Monday afternoon around where Milwaukee’s Juneteenth celebration had just wrapped up, according…
Continue Reading Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming isn’t controlled, study finds
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges…
Continue Reading LGBTQ+ pride flags vandalized at Stonewall National Monument 3 times during Pride month
NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of LGBTQ+ pride flags were damaged and ripped down at the Stonewall National Monument over the weekend, the third such bout…
Continue Reading Mexican government orders state-funded academics not to post ‘damaging’ criticism of bosses
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government has ordered academics at a state-funded research institute not to post criticism that could “damage…
Continue Reading In Mexico, primary candidate proposes central role for president’s son in next administration
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A primary candidate for Mexico’s 2024 presidential elections has proposed giving the president’s son a central role…
Continue Reading 4 people wounded by man wielding axe who attacked diners at Chinese restaurants in New Zealand
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A man with an axe attacked random diners at three neighboring Chinese restaurants in…
Continue Reading Power outages continue across southern US; triple-digit heat wave grips Texas
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — More than 300,000 customers in the southern U.S. are still without power following damaging…
Continue Reading Montana officials downplay first-of-its-kind climate trial
By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials sought to downplay a first-of-its-kind trial taking…
Continue Reading UN envoy to intensify negotiations to reach final agreement on Libyan elections in the coming months
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Libya says he plans to intensify negotiations with the…
Continue Reading UK Parliament approves report that Boris Johnson misled parliament
By Luke McGee, CNN London (CNN) — The UK parliament has voted to uphold a finding that Boris Johnson knowingly misled lawmakers when he said…
Continue Reading UK Parliament approves report that Boris Johnson misled parliament
By Luke McGee, CNN London (CNN) — The UK parliament has voted to uphold a finding that Boris Johnson knowingly misled lawmakers when he said…
Continue Reading Nigeria’s leader replaces security chiefs in major shakeup
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian presidency has announced that the president has replaced the chiefs of all the…
Continue Reading Tropical Storm Bret moves west in Atlantic, with possible hurricane threat to Caribbean islands
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Bret formed in the central Atlantic Ocean on Monday, with forecasters saying it could pose a hurricane…
Continue Reading Why it’s becoming harder and more expensive to get homeowners insurance
By Chris Isidore and Ella Nilsen, CNN New York (CNN) — Homeowners insurance is becoming more expensive and, in many places, more difficult to…
Continue Reading A search and rescue operation is underway for a submersible touring the wreckage of the Titanic
By Eric Levenson and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Officials are in a race against time to find a civilian submersible that had five people aboard…
Continue Reading Lawyer facing 30 to life for murdering his girlfriend dies in custody
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a New Jersey lawyer who faced a lengthy sentence for murdering his longtime girlfriend is dead. James Ray III…
Continue Reading Mexico’s president appoints young woman to top Cabinet post
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has appointed a 35-year-old lawyer as interior secretary, considered the country’s top Cabinet post.…
Continue Reading Singer Bebe Rexha says she’s OK after being hit in the face on stage by thrown phone
NEW YORK (AP) — Pop star Bebe Rexha was hit in the face and injured by a cellphone hurled from the audience at a hometown show in New York City…
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