Jun 07 Chinese trade slowed in May, adding to signs economic rebound is slowing By Joe McDonald, Associated Press Trade weakness adds to signs of a slowing of China's rebound following the lifting in December of anti-virus controls that disrupted travel and commerce. Continue reading
Jun 07 More than 2,700 flee flooded area around collapsed Ukrainian dam By Vasilisa Stepanenko, Associated Press More than 2,700 people have fled flooded areas on both the Russian and Ukrainian-controlled sides of the river. Continue reading
Jun 07 Pope Francis admitted to hospital for intestinal surgery under general anesthesia By Nicole Winfield, Maria Cheng, Associated Press The pope was suffering from a "recurrent, painful and worsening" hernia that formed over a previous scar. Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch 8:59 Experts warn of humanitarian and environmental crisis following Ukraine dam breach By Amna Nawaz, Eliot Barnhart Water is pouring through a giant gap in a dam in southern Ukraine. It gave way early Tuesday morning, forcing thousands of people to flee and touching off competing claims about the cause. Ukraine accused the Russians of blowing up… Continue watching
Jun 06 Watch 3:06 News Wrap: Ukraine brands Russia as terrorist state before International Court of Justice In our news wrap Tuesday, lawyers for Ukraine branded Russia a terrorist state before the International Court of Justice at The Hague, Atlanta’s city council approved funding for a police and firefighter training center that sparked protests, Republican discontent with… Continue watching
Jun 06 Ukraine brands Russia ‘terrorist state’ in opening statement at International Court By Mike Corder, Associated Press Kyiv is bringing a case against Russia linked to Moscow's 2014 annexation of Crimea and arming of rebels in eastern Ukraine in the years before Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch 6:31 PGA Tour and Saudi-backed LIV Golf announce surprise merger following legal battle By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris, Cybele Mayes-Osterman The PGA Tour is merging with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf. The stunning announcement ends months of bitter legal fights between the rival groups. The PGA says the move will unify the game of golf, but critics and human rights activists… Continue watching
Jun 06 Canadian wildfires have led to air-quality alerts in U.S. Here’s how to stay safe By Kathy McCormack, Associated Press Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest fires burning. The smoke has traveled into the United States, resulting in a number of air quality alerts issued since… Continue reading
Jun 06 Milley says fighting in Ukraine has increased and cautions the war will be lengthy By Tara Copp, Associated Press He says there will be days with a lot of fighting and days with little, as the war goes back and forth "for a considerable length of time."… Continue reading
Jun 06 Union activists protest in France in continued resistance to higher retirement age By Oleg Cetinic, Angela Charlton, Associated Press French unions are seeking to reignite resistance to President Emmanuel Macron's higher retirement age with what may be a final surge of nationwide protests and scattered strikes. Continue reading