UK drops plans to challenge ICC arrest warrant request against Benjamin Netanyahu

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office said Friday that the U.K. will not intervene in the International Criminal Court’s request for an arrest warrant against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The announcement is reversal of plans announced by...

UK drops plans to challenge the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant request against Benjamin Netanyahu

Today in History: July 26, Americans with Disabilities Act signed into law

Today in History Today is Friday, July 26, the 208th day of 2024. There are 158 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the ADA, prohibiting discrimination based on mental or physical...

Kamala Harris: A Baptist with a Jewish husband and a faith that traces back to MLK and Gandhi

WASHINGTON (AP) — Black clergy who know Vice President Kamala Harris, now the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, marvel at the fusion of traditions and teachings that have molded her religious faith and social justice values. A Baptist married to a Jewish man,...

UK police officer suspended after video appears to show a man being kicked in head

LONDON (AP) — A British police officer was suspended from duties Thursday after a video posted on social media appeared to show him kicking and stomping on the head of a man lying on the floor at Manchester Airport. Greater Manchester Police said the incident occurred while police...

The Olympics are coming to the capital of fashion. Expect uniforms befitting a Paris runway

PARIS (AP) — Sure, they call it the City of Light. But Paris is also the City of Fashion, one of most influential fashion capitals of the world for decades, no, centuries (remember Louis XIV?) So it’s no surprise that fashion designers across the globe are busy getting their...

India and UK launch tech initiative as new British foreign minister makes his first official visit

NEW DELHI (AP) — India and the United Kingdom launched a new technology security initiative expected to boost economic growth and deepen collaboration, the two countries announced during the first official visit to India by the new British foreign secretary. According to the...

Andrew Tate's defamation lawsuit against human trafficking accuser can proceed, judge says

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A judge says controversial social media personality Andrew Tate 's defamation lawsuit against a Florida woman who accused him of imprisoning her in Romania can move forward, but he threw out Tate's allegations against her parents and some allegations against the...

Monday breaks the record for the hottest day ever on Earth

Driven by oceans that won't cool down, an unseasonably warm Antarctica and worsening climate change, Earth's record hot streak dialed up this week, making Sunday, then Monday, the hottest days humans have measured, according to the European climate service. There's a good chance that...

UN cultural agency rejects plan to place Britain's Stonehenge on list of heritage sites in danger

LONDON (AP) — The United Nations’ cultural agency rejected recommendations Wednesday to place Stonehenge on the list of endangered world heritage sites over concerns that Britain’s plans to build a nearby highway tunnel threaten the landscape around the prehistoric monument. ...