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AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
May 3-9, 2024 Crowds of people welcomed the Olympic torch on its arrival to France before the Summer Olympics in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron hosted Xi Jinping at a remote mountain pass in the Pyrenees on the Chinese leader's visit to European countries. The mother of a...
Several people detained as protesters block parking garage at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Police detained several people Thursday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after demonstrators blocked a parking garage in their ongoing protest movement connected to the Israel-Hamas war. Tensions have ratcheted up in standoffs with protesters on...
14-year-old Cavan Sullivan signs deal with Philadelphia Union that will land him with Man City at 18
Cavan Sullivan shrugs off words like prodigy, phenom or even wonderkid, all things he's been called at just 14. But there's no doubt Sullivan is talented. On Thursday, the Philadelphia Union formally announced that they've signed their academy prospect to a Homegrown contract that...
Tent camps razed and activists arrested as Tunisia clamps down on migrants
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tensions in Tunisia ratcheted up as demonstrators seeking better rights for migrants staged a sit-in before European Union headquarters on Thursday, capping a week in which Tunisian authorities targeted migrant communities from the coast to the capital with arrests and the...
A Ukrainian gymnast carried the Paris Olympic torch with an EU team, in a sign of support
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Ukrainian gymnast Mariia Vysochanska led a group of European athletes carrying the torch for the Paris Olympics through the Mediterranean city of Marseille on Thursday, in an important symbolic moment for her war-ravaged country. The torch relay in...
Polish defense minister fends off criticism after he says he keeps an emergency backpack ready
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's defense minister said Thursday that since early in Russia's war against Ukraine he has kept an emergency backpack ready, drawing detractors who said his comments did not send a reassuring message about the country's safety. The comment from a high...
Europe Day marks 1 month till EU elections. Rise of hard right, wilting of Green Deal are possible
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union marks its annual Europe Day on Thursday, but instead of the humdrum celebrations, all eyes are on the EU elections in a month's time, which portend a steep rise of the extreme right and a possible move away from the bloc's global trendsetting climate policies. ...
Today in History: May 9, Nelson Mandela chosen to lead South Africa
Today in History Today is Thursday, May 9, the 130th day of 2024. There are 236 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 9, 1994, South Africa’s newly elected parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be the country’s first Black...
Police clear pro-Palestinian protest camp and arrest 33 at DC campus as mayor's hearing is canceled
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police used pepper spray to clear a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University and arrested dozens of demonstrators on Wednesday just as city officials were set to appear before hostile lawmakers in Congress to account for their handling of the 2-week-old...
AstraZeneca pulls its COVID-19 vaccine from the European market
LONDON (AP) — The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that the European authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine be pulled, according to the EU medicines regulator. In an update on the European Medicines Agency's website Wednesday, the regulator said that the approval for...
