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The bodies of 3 more hostages are recovered from Gaza by the Israeli army

May. 24, 2024 06:51 AM EDT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The bodies of three more hostages killed on Oct 7. were recovered overnight from Gaza, Israel's army said Friday, as the top United Nations court prepares to rule on whether Israel must halt its military operations and withdraw from the enclave. The bodies...

Trump swaps bluster for silence, and possibly sleep, in his hush money trial

May. 24, 2024 00:13 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump isn’t known for letting slights pass. Yet for weeks, the famously combative presumptive Republican nominee has sat silently — to the point of sometimes seeming asleep — in a sterile Manhattan courtroom amid a barrage of accusations and insults. ...

The top UN court is set to rule on a request for it to order Israel to halt its offensive in Gaza

May. 24, 2024 03:51 AM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court is ruling Friday on an urgent plea by South Africa to order Israel to halt its military operations in Gaza and withdraw from the enclave. Israel is unlikely to comply with any such order. Even so, a cease-fire order by...

'Green blitz': As election nears, Biden pushes slew of rules on environment, other priorities

May. 24, 2024 00:05 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — As he tries to secure his legacy, President Joe Biden has unleashed a flurry of election-year rules on the environment and other topics, including a landmark regulation that would force coal-fired power plants to capture smokestack emissions or shut down. The...

Hunter Biden's lawyers are expected in court for a final hearing before his June 3 gun trial

May. 24, 2024 07:23 AM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Attorneys for Hunter Biden are due in court Friday for the final hearing before the president's son is expected to stand trial on federal firearms charges in Delaware as his father's reelection campaign unfolds. Hunter Biden is charged with lying about his...

A fire in an apartment building in Hanoi, Vietnam, kills 14 people and injures 6

May. 24, 2024 03:10 AM EDT

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — An overnight fire in an apartment building on a narrow alley in Vietnam's capital killed 14 people and injured six others, state media said Friday. The apartment building in central Hanoi could only be accessed through an alley just 2 meters (6.5 feet) wide,...

Fire at chemical factory in India kills at least 9, with searchers looking for more victims

May. 24, 2024 03:15 AM EDT

THANE, India (AP) — Rescuers combed through piles of debris and wreckage Friday searching for bodies after an explosion and fire at a chemical factory in western India killed at least nine people and injured 64 others, officials said. The explosion in the factory’s boiler on...

More than 100 people believed killed by a landslide in Papua New Guinea, Australian media report

May. 24, 2024 07:44 AM EDT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — More than 100 people are believed to have been killed Friday in a landslide that buried a village in a remote, mountainous part of Papua New Guinea, and an emergency response is underway, the South Pacific island nation's leader and news media said. The...

King Charles III won’t be out and about much over the next six weeks amid election campaign

May. 24, 2024 07:19 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III won’t be out and about much over the next six weeks — and it’s not because of his ongoing cancer treatments. Shortly after U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called an early parliamentary election for July 4, Buckingham Palace said that all members...

With college athletes on cusp of revenue-sharing, there are Title IX questions that must be answered

May. 24, 2024 07:41 AM EDT

The looming athlete pay system that will upend the traditional college sports model and still-to-be-determined details about how millions of dollars will be distributed are certain to bring questions about gender equity. Of special interest will be whether schools must comply with...

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American soldier arrested in Russia over an alleged theft will remain in custody, state media report

May. 24, 2024 08:26 AM EDT

An American soldier arrested in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok on charges of stealing lost an appeal against his detention and will remain in custody, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported Friday, citing court officials. The soldier, identified by court officials...

UN human rights office decries beheadings, other violence in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state

May. 24, 2024 08:21 AM EDT

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office warned Friday of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state, pointing to new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the military and an ethnic armed group fighting it. ...

Palm Dog: Kodi, star of 'Dog on Trial,' is the top dog of Cannes

May. 24, 2024 08:15 AM EDT

CANNES, France (AP) — The verdict is in: The titular “Dog on Trial” was declared this year's Palm Dog winner in Cannes on Friday. Kodi the griffon mix, who plays Cosmos in the Swiss comedy-drama, narrowly beat Xin, a sighthound who instead wagged away with the Grand Jury Prize...

Louis Vuitton pays homage to Barcelona architect Antoni Gaudí in 2025 Cruise Collection

May. 24, 2024 08:12 AM EDT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Louis Vuitton unveiled its latest fashion designs at Barcelona’s Park Güell on Thursday, providing the clothes with drama to finally match Antoni Gaudí’s architectural masterpiece. Nicolas Ghesquiere’s ambitions for the Parisian house’s 2025 Cruise...

The Latest | Israel finds 3 hostages' bodies in Gaza as it braces for UN court ruling

May. 24, 2024 08:09 AM EDT

Israel is bracing for the top United Nations court to rule Friday on whether it must halt its military operations and withdraw from Gaza. After seven brutal months of war with Israel, Hamas has regrouped in some of the hardest-hit areas in northern Gaza, resuming rocket attacks into...

2 men to go on trial for allegedly helping Hong Kong authorities gather intelligence in UK

May. 24, 2024 07:32 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — The office manager of the Hong Kong trade office in London and another man will go on trial in February for allegedly helping Hong Kong authorities gather intelligence in the U.K. a judge said Friday. Chung Biu Yuen, 63, and Chi Leung Peter Wai, 38, appeared at...

UK Parliament to break up ahead of election day with pomp, ceremony and hard-nosed politics

May. 24, 2024 08:03 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s lawmakers will leave Parliament on Friday for the last time before an election is held in six weeks. Some will never return — members of Parliament who are retiring or who lose their seats on July 4 face an abrupt readjustment to life outside politics. ...

China sends dozens of warplanes and ships near Taiwan to show its anger over island's new leaders

May. 24, 2024 07:54 AM EDT

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan tracked dozens of Chinese warplanes and navy vessels off its coast on Friday, the second day of a large military exercise launched by Beijing to show its anger over the self-governing island's inauguration of new leaders who refuse to accept its insistence that Taiwan...

More than 100 people believed killed by a landslide in Papua New Guinea, Australian media report

May. 24, 2024 07:44 AM EDT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — More than 100 people are believed to have been killed Friday in a landslide that buried a village in a remote, mountainous part of Papua New Guinea, and an emergency response is underway, the South Pacific island nation's leader and news media said. The...

Russia smashes train tracks in a battered Ukrainian border region where children are being evacuated

May. 24, 2024 07:40 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A nighttime Russian attack destroyed train tracks and rolling stock in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, officials said Friday, and authorities organized the evacuation of children from the area that is being pummeled by the Kremlin’s forces in a powerful new...