Thousands of people demonstrated across Venezuela on Monday as the country faced a political standstill after both incumbent President Nicolás Maduro and the country’s main opposition coalition claimed victory in the nation’s presidential election. (AP video shot by Juan Arraez and Andry Rincón) Thousands of people demonstrated across Venezuela on Monday as the country faced
A Philippine official said Washington officials in Manila for talks will announce $500 million in funding to boost Philippine defenses and progress in a proposed military pact. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin were holding talks with their Filipino counterparts Tuesday as well as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. A Philippine
PARIS (AP) — The 2024 Olympics famously launched with a rain-soaked opening ceremony that drenched athletes and spectators alike. Now, they’re facing the opposite experience Tuesday: a heat wave. Most of France is under a heat wave warning Tuesday, with temperatures in Paris and surrounding areas expected to climb to 35 C (95 F) or
American gymnast Shilese Jones is aiming for the 2028 Olympics after a left knee injury ended her shot at reaching Paris. The 22-year-old Jones announced on social media late Monday that she tore the ACL and meniscus in the knee while warming up on vault on the first night of the U.S. Olympic trials last
LONDON (AP) — Police were questioning a suspect and working Tuesday to understand what motivated a 17-year-old boy to attack children at a summer vacation dance and yoga class, leaving two dead and six in critical condition. A total of nine children and two adults were hurt in the rampage in Southport, northwest England. Both
BANGKOK (AP) — China’s powerful Politburo has endorsed the ruling Communist Party’s long-term strategy for growing the economy by encouraging more consumer spending and weeding out unproductive companies to promote “survival of the fittest.” A statement issued after the meeting of the 24 highest leaders of the party warned that coming months would be tough
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s economy enjoyed modest growth in the April-June quarter even as the U.S. outperformed expectations, highlighting a persistent transatlantic growth gap with Germany, the leading European economy, remaining in the dumps and as hesitant consumers save more, rather than spend on new houses or cars. Gross domestic product, the total output
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A police officer testified Tuesday he did not know where bullets were coming from as two colleagues were shot in an ambush by three Christian extremists on a rural Australian property two years ago. Constable Randall Kirk told a coroner’s inquest he was also shot as he fled the property in
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — France has recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara, shifting a decades-old position and adding itself to a growing list of countries to back Morocco as a United Nations-mediated peace process remains stalled. In a letter to King Mohammed VI, France’s President Emmanuel Macron called the autonomy plan that Morocco
TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — The next heats of the Paris Olympics surfing competition were postponed through Tuesday afternoon in Tahiti, as strong winds and sheets of rain whipped through the surfing venue, contributing to unfavorable surfing conditions. Surf forecasting website Surfline estimated that the surf will be large on Tuesday and Wednesday, but onshore winds
