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Modi's coalition leads in a majority of seats in early count but opposition is stiffer than expected

Jun. 04, 2024 07:09 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi's coalition led in a majority of seats Tuesday in India's general election, according to early figures, but faced a stronger challenge from the opposition than expected after it pushed back against the leader's mixed economic record and polarizing...

Hunter Biden's federal firearms case is opening after the jury is chosen

Jun. 04, 2024 06:49 AM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Lawyers will make their opening statements Tuesday in the federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter after a jury was seated for the trial while the first lady watched from the courtroom and the president sent a message of support. Hunter...

How Trump's deny-everything strategy could hurt him at sentencing

Jun. 03, 2024 20:10 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has had plenty to say since his hush money trial conviction last week. He’s claimed the case was rigged, incorrectly linked President Joe Biden to the state prosecution, called the star witness against him a “sleazebag" and said the judge was a...

The Latest | Israeli strikes kill 11 overnight in Gaza, including a family of 3 at a refugee camp

Jun. 04, 2024 07:31 AM EDT

Palestinian health officials in the Gaza Strip said Israeli strikes killed at least 11 people overnight into Tuesday, including a family of three in the built-up Bureij refugee camp and eight police officers. In the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military said it killed two...

Tractors rumble in streets again ahead of EU polls. Farming is a big issue and the far right pounces

Jun. 04, 2024 05:25 AM EDT

BEERSEL, Belgium (AP) — The far-right Flemish Interest party had set up the demonstration in the picture-pretty rolling fields south of Brussels, ahead of the four-day European Union election starting Thursday. The goal was clear: Decrying how farmers would lose fertile land to what they see as...

Mexico’s next president faces 3 pressing challenges: money, dialogue and the US election

Jun. 04, 2024 00:30 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s newly elected president, the first woman to win the job, faces a long list of challenges, including persistent cartel violence, a deeply divided country, cash-straitened social programs and the long shadow of her mentor, outgoing President Andrés Manuel López...

Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong mark 35th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown

Jun. 04, 2024 06:04 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — Checkpoints and rows of police vehicles lined a major road leading to Beijing's Tiananmen Square on Tuesday as China heightened security on the 35th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests. Hong Kong police took at least two people off the streets as the effort...

Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later

Jun. 04, 2024 07:04 AM EDT

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — World War II veterans from the United States, Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler’s defeat. Few witnesses remain who remember the Allied assault. The Associated Press...

Mourners can now speak to an AI version of the dead. But will that help with grief?

Jun. 04, 2024 07:00 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — When Michael Bommer found out that he was terminally ill with colon cancer, he spent a lot of time with his wife, Anett, talking about what would happen after his death. She told him one of the things she'd miss most is being able to ask him questions whenever she...

She's the world's most expensive cow, and part of Brazil's plan to put beef on everyone's plate

Jun. 04, 2024 00:07 AM EDT

UBERABA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil has hundreds of millions of cows, but one in particular is extraordinary. Her massive, snow-white body is watched over by security cameras, a veterinarian and an armed guard. Worth $4 million, Viatina-19 FIV Mara Movéis is the most expensive cow ever...

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Syria says no dialogue with Turkey before Ankara announces plans to withdraw its troops

Jun. 04, 2024 07:38 AM EDT

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s foreign minister said Tuesday that any dialogue between Syria and Turkey should follow Ankara’s announcement that it will withdraw its troops from all Syrian territories it controls. Faisal Mekdad’s comments during a joint news conference with...

The Latest | Israeli strikes kill 11 overnight in Gaza, including a family of 3 at a refugee camp

Jun. 04, 2024 07:31 AM EDT

Palestinian health officials in the Gaza Strip said Israeli strikes killed at least 11 people overnight into Tuesday, including a family of three in the built-up Bureij refugee camp and eight police officers. In the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military said it killed two...

The Latest | India counts votes from a mega-election seen as a referendum on Modi

Jun. 04, 2024 07:27 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — India started counting votes Tuesday from its staggered, six-week election that was seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decade in power and was expected to give him a third term in office. Early leads showed fewer seats for Modi’s governing...

Editorial Roundup: Kansas - Advisory

Jun. 04, 2024 07:24 AM EDT
Eds: The Kansas editorial roundup will not move this week due to a lack of editorials of state-wide interest. We will resume the roundup at its normal time on Tuesday, June11, 2024. The AP

Editorial Roundup: Indiana

Jun. 04, 2024 07:24 AM EDT

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. May 29, 2024. Editorial: Overdose deaths down, but we’ve got to keep going Finally, Hoosiers have some good news concerning the opioid crisis. First, because of the effective distribution and use of Narcan, the...

Editorial Roundup: Missouri

Jun. 04, 2024 07:23 AM EDT

St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 29, 2024. Editorial: Bailey’s anti-trans witch hunt is now targeting even social workers Like the cultural cancer it is, demagoguery tends to spread. That’s the simplest explanation for the recently revealed fact that Missouri Attorney...

Editorial Roundup: Illinois

Jun. 04, 2024 07:19 AM EDT

Chicago Tribune. June 2, 2024. Editorial: A balanced state budget. But hardly Springfield Democrats’ finest hour. Next year’s budget looks rougher, and “easy” money grabs were used this year Here’s the good news: Illinois lawmakers under Gov....

Many Americans are still shying away from EVs despite Biden's push, an AP-NORC/EPIC poll finds

Jun. 04, 2024 07:10 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans still aren’t sold on going electric for their next car purchase. High prices and a lack of easy-to-find charging stations are major sticking points, a new poll shows. About 4 in 10 U.S. adults say they would be at least somewhat likely to buy an...

Modi's coalition leads in a majority of seats in early count but opposition is stiffer than expected

Jun. 04, 2024 07:09 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi's coalition led in a majority of seats Tuesday in India's general election, according to early figures, but faced a stronger challenge from the opposition than expected after it pushed back against the leader's mixed economic record and polarizing...

Spanish court summons the prime minister's wife for questioning in a corruption probe

Jun. 04, 2024 07:05 AM EDT

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish investigative judge has summoned the wife of Spain’s prime minister to give testimony as part of a probe into allegations that she used her position to influence business deals, a Madrid-based court said Tuesday. Begoña Gómez, the spouse of Prime...