People watch Notre Dame cathedral from outside the security zone set up for the Olympic Games, Thursday, July 18, 2024 in Paris. Starting Thursday, parts of the French capital will only be accessible to people who have registered for a QR code, as part of the massive security operation ahead of the...
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, fire engines are parked near a department store in Zigong City, southwest China's Sichuan Province on Thursday, July 18, 2024, following Wednesday's deadly fire at the department store. (Wang Xi/Xinhua via AP) BEIJING (AP) — Chinese investigators...
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — A prominent aid group along the U.S.-Mexico border asked a Texas judge on Wednesday to push back on a widening Republican-led investigation into nonprofits that help migrants, weeks after a separate court rejected efforts by the state to shutter an El Paso shelter. Texas...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 while traveling Wednesday in Las Vegas and is experiencing “mild symptoms” including “general malaise” from the infection, the White House said. President Joe Biden walks up the steps of Air Force One at Harry Reid...
WASHINGTON (AP) — California Rep. Adam Schiff on Wednesday became the highest-profile Democrat to call for President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid, even as the party pushed ahead with plans for a virtual vote to formally make Biden its nominee in the first week of August. FILE - Rep. Adam...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where human rights officials say torture and abuse routinely took place has been arrested in Los Angeles, court documents show. FILE - Freed Syrian detainees gather in front of posters showing Syrian President Bashar Assad,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military-built pier to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza will be dismantled and brought home, ending a mission that has been fraught with repeated weather and security problems that limited how much food and other supplies could get to starving Palestinians. FILE - This...
NEW YORK (AP) — The leader of a neo-Nazi extremist group based in eastern Europe has been charged with plotting to have an associate dress up as Santa Claus and hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children in New York City to sow terror, prosecutors said Tuesday. Assistant Attorney General Matthew...
Cars are partially submerged in flood waters in the Don Valley following heavy rain in Toronto, on Tuesday, July 16 2024. (Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press via AP) TORONTO (AP) — A major highway, several other thoroughfares and a key transit hub were flooded in Toronto as torrential...
French President Emmanuel Macron (R, front) and Prime Minister Gabriel Attal (L, front) attend the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris, France, on July 14, 2024. (Photo by Henri Szwarc/Xinhua) PARIS (Xinhua) – French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted Prime Minister...
In this photo released by the Royal Thai Police, uneaten meals are left on a table in a room in the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel room where six people were found dead from unknown causes, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (AP) BANGKOK (AP) — The bodies of six people were found Tuesday in a luxury...
Associated Press/ MANILA BULLETIN CHICAGO (AP) — Storms with reports of tornadoes blew through Iowa, Illinois and Indiana, including the Chicago area, toppling trees and power poles and cutting electricity to hundreds of thousands of people. A woman in Indiana died after a tree fell onto a...
