MADRID (AP) — A judge arrived at Spain’s presidential palace in Madrid on Tuesday to take Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s statement, part of an investigation into allegations of corruption against his wife , which the premier had repeatedly called a “smear campaign.” A group called Manos Limpias, or “Clean Hands,” which describes itself as a
PARIS (AP) — A storm of outrage about the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony took a legal turn Tuesday, with a DJ who performed at the show saying her lawyer is filing complaints over a torrent of threats and other abuse that the LGBTQ+ icon has suffered online in the ceremony’s wake. Barbara Butch’s lawyer said
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s highest court on Tuesday upheld the central part of an electoral reform designed to downsize the country’s increasingly bloated parliament, but overturned a planned change that two opposition parties feared could cost them their chance to send lawmakers to Berlin. The country’s last national election in 2021 produced a lower house
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Air New Zealand scrapped its 2030 carbon emissions reduction targets on Tuesday, citing lags in producing new planes, a lack of alternative fuel and “challenging” regulatory and policy settings. The move by the national carrier — one of New Zealand’s biggest companies by revenue — was the highest-profile reversal yet
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, President Vladimir Putin and other Kremlin voices have frequently threatened the West with its nuclear arsenal. On Day 1 of the war , Putin said “whoever tries to impede us, let alone create threats for our country and its people, must know that the Russian response will be immediate
NEW DELHI (AP) — Multiple landslides triggered by torrential rains in southern India have killed five people and left many others feared trapped under the debris, the Press Trust of India reported. The landslides hit hilly villages in Wayanad district of Kerala state Monday after heavy rains battered the state. Rescuers were working to pull
PARIS (AP) — The men’s Olympic triathlon planned for Tuesday has been postponed over concerns about water quality in Paris’ Seine River, where the swimming portion of the race was supposed to take place. Organizers said they will try to hold the men’s triathlon Wednesday instead. The women’s competition is also scheduled on Wednesday, but
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is expected to pass legislation Tuesday that is designed to protect children from dangerous online content , pushing forward with what would be the first major effort by Congress in decades to hold tech companies more accountable for the harm that they cause. The bill has sweeping bipartisan support and
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Security officers had to fire shots Monday to cover Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille’s exit from a hospital in Port-au-Prince on Monday, the prime minister’s office said. Conille was visiting Haiti’s largest hospital with the head of the national police, Normil Rameu, and some journalists when gunshots were heard outside the
NEW DELHI (AP) — A passenger train derailed Tuesday in eastern India, killing at least two passengers and injuring 20 others, a railroad official said. Dozens of rescuers pulled the injured passengers from the derailed coaches and moved them to hospitals and government health centers for treatment, railway spokesperson Om Prakash Charan said. The cause
