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An Israeli strike on a Gaza school that the military claims was being used by Hamas kills 30 people

Jun. 06, 2024 01:21 AM EDT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike early Thursday on a school-turned-shelter in central Gaza that the military claimed was being used as a Hamas compound killed at least 30 people, including five children, according to local health officials. The strike came after...

Israeli settlers in the West Bank were hit with international sanctions. It only emboldened them

Jun. 06, 2024 00:49 AM EDT

SOUTH HEBRON HILLS, West Bank (AP) — For weeks after being sanctioned by the United States, Yinon Levi struggled to pay the bills, living at his farming outpost atop a hill in the occupied West Bank. But the Israeli settler's problems didn’t last. When the banks froze his...

The sun rises over Normandy's beaches on D-Day's 80th anniversary

Jun. 06, 2024 02:40 AM EDT

UTAH BEACH, France (AP) — As the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it has risen again over Normandy beaches where soldiers fought and died exactly 80 years ago Thursday, kicking off intense anniversary commemorations against the backdrop of renewed war in Europe, in Ukraine. ...

Jurors in Hunter Biden's trial hear from the clerk who sold him the gun at the center of the case

Jun. 06, 2024 00:10 AM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors in Hunter Biden's criminal trial got a look at the .38 caliber Colt revolver he bought back in October 2018. They saw Form 4473, the firearms transaction record at the center of the case. And they're hearing testimony from the former store clerk who watched as the...

Election certification disputes in a handful of states spark concerns over presidential contest

Jun. 06, 2024 00:14 AM EDT

In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, two Republican members of a county canvassing board last month refused to sign off on the results of an election that led to the recall of three GOP members of the county commission. They did so only after state officials warned them it was their legal duty to record...

Netherlands kicks off 4 days of European Union elections across 27 nations

Jun. 06, 2024 01:39 AM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Polls opened in the Netherlands on Thursday to kick off four days of voting in European Union parliamentary elections across the 27 member states that are expected to deliver gains for the hard right. Estonians can cast their ballots across six days...

India’s opposition, written off as too weak, makes a stunning comeback to slow Modi's juggernaut

Jun. 06, 2024 00:57 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s bruised and battered opposition was largely written off in the lead-up to the national election as too weak and fragmented to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his powerful Hindu nationalist governing party. It scored a stunning comeback, slowing...

South Africa questions its very being. Yet a difficult change has reinforced its young democracy

Jun. 06, 2024 00:14 AM EDT

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa is in a moment of deep soul-searching after an election that brought a jarring split from the African National Congress, the very party that gave it freedom and democracy 30 years ago. In the days after rejecting what was once the...

Tornado hits Michigan without warning, killing toddler, while twister in Maryland injures 5

Jun. 06, 2024 01:24 AM EDT

LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — A toddler was killed and his mother was injured when a tornado struck suburban Detroit without warning, while five people were injured when a tornado in Maryland collapsed structures and trapped people inside. Officials in Livonia, Michigan, said the tornado...

Migrants are rattled and unsure as deportations begin under new rule halting asylum

Jun. 06, 2024 00:16 AM EDT

DULZURA, Calif. (AP) — Abigail Castillo was about to cross the U.S. border illegally when she heard President Joe Biden was halting asylum. She continued anyway, walking hours through the mountains east of San Diego with her toddler son, hoping it wasn't too late. “I heard that...

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Philippine fishing boat explosion and fire kill 6 crewmembers while 6 others are rescued

Jun. 06, 2024 02:41 AM EDT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — At least six Filipino crewmembers of a fishing boat were killed when an explosion and a fire hit their vessel at sea off a central Philippine province, coast guard officials said Thursday, adding six others were rescued. Surviving crewmembers, including...

The sun rises over Normandy's beaches on D-Day's 80th anniversary

Jun. 06, 2024 02:40 AM EDT

UTAH BEACH, France (AP) — As the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it has risen again over Normandy beaches where soldiers fought and died exactly 80 years ago Thursday, kicking off intense anniversary commemorations against the backdrop of renewed war in Europe, in Ukraine. ...

Tokyo City Hall is developing a dating app to encourage marriage and childbirth

Jun. 06, 2024 02:30 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — Called “Tokyo Futari Story,” the city hall's new initiative is just that: An effort to create couples, “futari,” in a country where it is increasingly common to be “hitori," or alone. While a site offering counsel and general information for potential...

The Latest | D-Day's 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy

Jun. 06, 2024 02:28 AM EDT

World War II veterans are joining heads of state and others Thursday on the beaches of Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The Allied invasion, which began on June 6, 1944, led to the defeat of the Nazis and the end of the war. The assault began with Allied...

Interest rates are likely headed down, at least in Europe

Jun. 06, 2024 02:20 AM EDT

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank plans to move ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve on Thursday in cutting interest rates, making the eurozone the biggest rich-world economy to start easing borrowing costs for businesses and consumers as the inflation that arose after Russia's...

New South Wales becomes last Australian state to apologize for laws criminalizing homosexuality

Jun. 06, 2024 02:19 AM EDT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The leader of Australia's most populous state apologized Thursday for the “unforgivable pain” caused by previous laws criminalizing homosexuality, 40 years after gay sex was decriminalized in New South Wales. “We are here to apologize for every...

What's at stake in the European Parliament election this week

Jun. 06, 2024 01:51 AM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — Nearly 400 million European Union citizens can go to the polls over the coming days to elect members of the European Parliament, or MEPs, in one of the biggest global democratic events. Far-right parties are seeking to gain more power amid a rise in the cost of...

Netherlands kicks off 4 days of European Union elections across 27 nations

Jun. 06, 2024 01:39 AM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Polls opened in the Netherlands on Thursday to kick off four days of voting in European Union parliamentary elections across the 27 member states that are expected to deliver gains for the hard right. Estonians can cast their ballots across six days...

Polls open in the Netherlands, starting key voting period for the EU Parliament, with the far-right tipped to make gains

Jun. 06, 2024 01:33 AM EDT
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Polls open in the Netherlands, starting key voting period for the EU Parliament, with the far-right tipped to make gains.

Tornado hits Michigan without warning, killing toddler, while twister in Maryland injures 5

Jun. 06, 2024 01:24 AM EDT

LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — A toddler was killed and his mother was injured when a tornado struck suburban Detroit without warning, while five people were injured when a tornado in Maryland collapsed structures and trapped people inside. Officials in Livonia, Michigan, said the tornado...