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Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as its first woman president

Jun. 03, 2024 04:07 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s projected presidential winner Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first woman president in the country's 200-year history. “I will become the first woman president of Mexico,” Sheinbaum said with a smile, speaking at a downtown hotel shortly after...

Mexico's first woman president faces pressing gender-related issues

Jun. 03, 2024 04:43 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum’s name will go down in Mexican history. The governing party candidate won Mexico’s presidential election on Sunday, a turning point in a mostly conservative nation that for more than two centuries has been exclusively ruled by men. ...

The Latest | Israel finds the remains of a presumed hostage as the US pushes a cease-fire plan

Jun. 03, 2024 04:02 AM EDT

The Israeli military said Monday that the body of a presumed hostage was found in a community near the Gaza border that Hamas militants attacked on Oct. 7. Dolev Yehud, 35, was thought to be among scores of hostages held in Gaza until Monday, when the military announced the discovery...

Jury selection is beginning in gun case against President Joe Biden's son

Jun. 03, 2024 00:19 AM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jury selection is to begin Monday in the federal gun case against President Joe Biden's son after a deal with prosecutors fell apart that would have avoided the spectacle of a trial so close to the 2024 election. Hunter Biden, who spent the weekend with his...

Zelenskyy in Philippines to promote peace summit he says China and Russia are trying to undermine

Jun. 03, 2024 00:02 AM EDT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in the Philippines on Monday in a rare Asian trip to urge regional leaders to attend a Swiss-organized global peace summit on the war in Ukraine that he accuses Russia, with China’s help, of trying to undermine. ...

India's election concludes with the votes being counted Tuesday. Here's what to know

Jun. 03, 2024 01:19 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — The world’s largest election could also be one of its most consequential. India has close to 970 million voters among its more than 1.4 billion people, and its general election pits Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an avowed Hindu nationalist, against a broad...

After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories alive

Jun. 02, 2024 22:19 PM EDT

HONG KONG (AP) — As the 35th anniversary of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square crackdown neared, Rowena He, a prominent scholar of that bloody chapter of modern China's history, was busy flying between the United States, Britain and Canada to give a series of talks. Each was aimed at speaking out for...

Remembering D-Day, RAF veteran Gilbert Clarke recalls the thrill of planes overhead

Jun. 03, 2024 03:23 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Gilbert Clarke leans back on the seat of his mobility scooter, cranes his neck and gazes into the bright blue skies over East London, remembering the moment 80 years ago when he knew the invasion of France was under way. Clarke, then an 18-year-old Royal Air Force...

President Milei's surprising devotion to Judaism and Israel provokes tension in Argentina and beyond

Jun. 03, 2024 01:35 AM EDT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — At the base of the sacred Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, President Javier Milei of Argentina appeared to be in a spiritual trance. With head and hands pressed against the ancient stone, he prayed with the Orthodox rabbi who introduced him to...

Sally Buzbee steps down as executive editor of The Washington Post

Jun. 02, 2024 23:20 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post said Sunday that its executive editor, Sally Buzbee, has stepped down after three years at the top of one of journalism's most storied brands. She will be replaced by Matt Murray, former editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal, through this...

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Beijing accuses 2 Chinese citizens of being British spies in latest test of relations

Jun. 03, 2024 04:54 AM EDT

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Beijing has accused two Chinese citizens of spying for Britain, in the latest test of a relationship that has grown increasingly fraught. China and the U.K. have clashed over Beijing’s clampdown on free speech and open elections in Hong Kong, a former...

Mexico's first woman president faces pressing gender-related issues

Jun. 03, 2024 04:43 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum’s name will go down in Mexican history. The governing party candidate won Mexico’s presidential election on Sunday, a turning point in a mostly conservative nation that for more than two centuries has been exclusively ruled by men. ...

Georgia's parliament speaker signs a divisive foreign influence bill into law

Jun. 03, 2024 04:43 AM EDT

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The speaker of Georgia's parliament said he gave the final endorsement on Monday to a divisive “foreign agents” bill that has prompted weeks of protests by critics who say it will restrict media freedom and jeopardize Georgia’s chances of joining the European Union....

American veterans depart to be feted in France as part of 80th anniversary of D-Day

Jun. 03, 2024 04:20 AM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Hilbert Margol says he didn't look on himself as a hero when his U.S. Army artillery unit fought its way across Europe during World War II. But he will be feted in France as one of 60 American veterans of that conflict traveling to Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day...

Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as its first woman president

Jun. 03, 2024 04:07 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s projected presidential winner Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first woman president in the country's 200-year history. “I will become the first woman president of Mexico,” Sheinbaum said with a smile, speaking at a downtown hotel shortly after...

The Latest | Israel finds the remains of a presumed hostage as the US pushes a cease-fire plan

Jun. 03, 2024 04:02 AM EDT

The Israeli military said Monday that the body of a presumed hostage was found in a community near the Gaza border that Hamas militants attacked on Oct. 7. Dolev Yehud, 35, was thought to be among scores of hostages held in Gaza until Monday, when the military announced the discovery...

A scientist, a leftist and a former Mexico City mayor. Who is Claudia Sheinbaum?

Jun. 03, 2024 03:53 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum, who will be Mexico’s first woman leader in the nation's more than 200 years of independence, captured the presidency by promising continuity. The 61-year-old former Mexico City mayor and lifelong leftist ran a disciplined campaign...

South Korea plans to nullify peace deal to punish North Korea over trash-carrying balloon launches

Jun. 03, 2024 03:53 AM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea announced Monday it’ll suspend a rapprochement deal with North Korea to punish it over its launches of trash-carrying balloons, even after the North said it would halt its balloon campaign. Over several days, North Korea flew hundreds of...

South Korea says it’ll suspend a peace deal with North Korea to punish it for the trash-carrying balloon launches

Jun. 03, 2024 03:46 AM EDT
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it’ll suspend a peace deal with North Korea to punish it for the trash-carrying balloon launches.

The speaker of Georgia's parliament says he has signed a divisive foreign influence bill into law

Jun. 03, 2024 03:44 AM EDT
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The speaker of Georgia's parliament says he has signed a divisive foreign influence bill into law.