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Stock market today: Global shares mixed after Wall Street's lull stretches to a 2nd day
HONG KONG (AP) — World shares were mixed on Thursday after Wall Street’s lull stretched into a second day, with Chinese benchmarks rising after China reported better-than-expected trade figures for April. U.S. stocks are set to be down as the futures for the S&P 500 and that...
Russia's celebration of victory in World War II is a key pillar of Putin’s rule
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Thursday wrapped itself in patriotic pageantry for Victory Day, a celebration of its defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II that President Vladimir Putin has turned into a pillar of his nearly quarter-century in power and a justification of his move into Ukraine. ...
Another German politician is attacked as concerns rise over violence ahead of EU elections in June
BERLIN (AP) — A prominent Berlin politician was violently assaulted and suffered injuries to her head and neck, police said Wednesday, in the latest attack on elected officials that raises concern over rising political violence in Germany. Franziska Giffey, the city's top economic...
Police search Brussels office of prominent far-right German lawmaker over China spying allegations
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities were searching the European Parliament office of a prominent German far-right lawmaker in Brussels on Tuesday, Germany’s top prosecutor’s office said. Maximilian Krah, the Alternative for Germany party’s top candidate in the upcoming European...
The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war
OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Holocaust survivors and survivors of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel were among thousands who took part Monday in the March of the Living, a yearly memorial march at the site of Auschwitz that honors the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and celebrates the state of Israel....
Skeletons from a former Hitler base were too decayed to determine who they were and how they died
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish prosecutors have ended an investigation into human skeletons found at a site where German dictator Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders spent time during World War II because their advanced decay made it impossible to determine the cause of death, a spokesman said...
Today in History: May 7, Nazi Germany surrenders
Today in History Today is Tuesday, May 7, the 128th day of 2024. There are 238 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 7, 1945, Nazi Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims (rams), France,...
Donald Trump calls Joe Biden weak on antisemitism, ignoring his own rhetoric
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is accusing Joe Biden of offering a weak response to antisemitism, wielding the clashes on colleges campuses over the war in Gaza as a campaign issue. But Trump's attacks ignore his own long history of rhetoric that invokes the language of Nazi Germany and plays on...
Germany recalls its ambassador in Russia for a week in protest over a hacker attack
BERLIN (AP) — Germany said Monday it recalled its ambassador to Russia for a week of consultations in Berlin following an alleged hacker attack on Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party. Germany last week accused Russian military agents of hacking into the top echelons of Scholz's...
155 police officers injured in clashes with fans at German soccer match, most from tear-gas use
BERLIN (AP) — Some 155 police officers were injured in clashes with Dynamo Berlin and Energie Cottbus fans over the weekend – most of them from the use of their own tear gas. Berlin police said 116 officers suffered injuries from tear-gas use, 28 from assaults and 11 after being...
