King Charles III unveils his first official portrait since his coronation
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III has unveiled the first portrait of the monarch completed since he assumed the throne, a vivid image that depicts him in the bright red uniform of the Welsh Guards...
View ArticleCannes kicks off with a Palme d'Or for Meryl Streep and a post-'Barbie' fête...
CANNES, France (AP) — Beneath intermittent rainy skies, the Cannes Film Festival opened Tuesday with the presentation of an honorary Palme d'Or for Meryl Streep and the unveiling of Greta Gerwig’s...
View ArticleA wildfire in western Canada is growing. More people nearby are told to leave
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — More people are being told to leave an area of western Canada at threat from a nearby wildfire that has grown significantly in the past day. As forecasts on Tuesday...
View ArticleEU agrees on a new migration pact. Mainstream parties hope it will deprive...
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations endorsed sweeping reforms to the bloc’s failed asylum system on Tuesday as campaigning for Europe-wide elections next month gathers pace, with migration expected...
View ArticleArgentina reports its first single-digit inflation in 6 months as markets...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s monthly inflation rate eased sharply to a single-digit rate in April for the first time in half a year, data released Tuesday showed, a closely watched...
View ArticleGerman court finds that prominent far-right politician knowingly used a Nazi...
HALLE, Germany (AP) — A court ruled on Tuesday that one of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party knowingly used a Nazi slogan in a speech and ordered him to pay a fine....
View ArticleSweltering heat across Asia was 45 times more likely because of climate...
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Sizzling heat across Asia and the Middle East in late April that echoed last year's destructive swelter was made 45 times more likely in some parts of the continent because of...
View ArticleSingapore's new prime minister vows to 'lead in our own way' as Lee dynasty...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore’s new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong vowed to make “tomorrow better than today” as he took his oath of office Wednesday in a carefully planned political...
View ArticleItalian anti-fascist activist jailed in Hungary to be moved to house arrest...
ROME (AP) — A Hungarian court of appeal on Wednesday upheld a request from an Italian anti-fascist activist to be moved from jail to house arrest in Budapest as she awaits trial, authorities said. The...
View ArticleShooting of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico sends shockwaves across Europe
The shooting Wednesday of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico in the town of Handlova following a political event sent shockwaves across Europe three weeks before EU parliament elections are...
View ArticleMassive search in France for prison-break gang that shot 2 officers dead
PARIS (AP) — A massive search was underway in France on Wednesday for armed assailants who ambushed a prison convoy, killing two prison officers, seriously injuring three others and freeing the inmate...
View ArticleA Swiss court sentences a former Gambian interior minister to 20 years for...
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s top criminal court on Wednesday convicted a former interior minister of Gambia for crimes against humanity and sentenced him to 20 years over his role in murder, torture...
View ArticleChances of Cyprus peace talks restart look dimmer as Turkish Cypriot leader...
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Chances of restarting formal talks to mend Cyprus’ decades-long ethnic division appeared dimmer Wednesday as the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots told a U.N. envoy that...
View ArticleThe Latest | Palestinians mark 76 years of their dispossession as more...
Palestinians are marking 76 years of dispossession on Wednesday, commemorating their mass expulsion from what is today Israel, as a potentially larger catastrophe unfolds in Gaza where over a quarter...
View ArticleNetanyahu fends off criticism at home and abroad over his lack of a postwar...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday fended off criticism that he is not planning for a postwar reality in the Gaza Strip, saying it was impossible to prepare for...
View ArticleSlovakia's populist prime minister shot in assassination attempt, shocking...
BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, was shot multiple times and gravely wounded Wednesday while greeting supporters at an event in an attempted...
View ArticleCanadians are hopeful shifting winds may push wildfire away from the oil...
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Favorable winds are expected to push an “out of control” wildfire away from Canada’s oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, officials said Wednesday, a day after thousands...
View ArticleTurkey sentences pro-Kurdish politicians to lengthy prison terms over deadly...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced several pro-Kurdish politicians to between nine and 42 years in prison over deadly riots in 2014 by Kurds angered by what they perceived to...
View ArticleSlovak authorities charge 'lone wolf' with assassination attempt on the prime...
BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovak authorities charged a man Thursday with attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Robert Fico, saying he acted alone in a politically motivated attack that left...
View ArticleThe number of child migrants arriving in an Italian city has more than...
ROME (AP) — The number of unaccompanied children who arrived in the northern Italian city of Trieste through the Balkan migratory route more than doubled last year, an aid group said Thursday. About...
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