Vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and former President Bill Clinton will headline the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, the third day of the party’s choreographed rollout of a new candidate, Kamala Harris , and her pitch to voters. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg are also expected to address the convention. Follow
LONDON (AP) — A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after allegedly setting a house fire Wednesday that killed a woman and three children in northern England, police said. An initial investigation showed the fire in the city of Bradford was deliberately set and is believed to be a domestic-related crime, police said.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Danish and Swedish justice ministers vowed Wednesday to go after organized crime leaders abroad, whom they say have been hiring teenagers in Sweden to carry out deadly shootings in Denmark. Denmark’s Peter Hummelgaard has said that gangs have hired young Swedes to commit crimes in Denmark at least 25 times
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, on Wednesday called for more international backing for Taiwan and a coordinated pushback against China’s claims over the self-ruled democracy. “The United States should elevate Taiwan on the world stage. You should no longer be silenced in global affairs,” Haley told
HONG KONG (AP) — Macao leader Ho Iat Seng announced Wednesday he would not seek another term due to health reasons, less than two months before the election for the top official of the casino city. Ho said in a statement that he has deep feelings for Macao and has done his best for the
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police have arrested a man and charged him with cyber terrorism for his alleged role in spreading misinformation that led to widespread rioting in the U.K. earlier this month, a senior police investigator said Wednesday. The suspect was identified as Farhan Asif, 32, a freelance web developer, said Imran Kishwar
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Brown bear hunting in Sweden started Wednesday with 486 licenses to kill them, but conservationists warned that the move would result in a 20% drop in the country’s predator population. The Swedish Carnivore Association — a non-profit and independent advocacy group — said, “it was absolutely not okay to shoot this
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal safety officials are requiring inspections of cockpit seats on Boeing 787 Dreamliners after one of the jets went into a dive when the captain’s seat lurched forward without warning and disconnected the plane’s autopilot system. Boeing also has stopped test flights of a new version of its 777 jetliner after discovering
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A health clinic in a Montana town that was polluted with deadly asbestos will ask a federal appeals court on Wednesday to reverse almost $6 million in fines and penalties after a jury determined it submitted hundreds of false claims on behalf of patients. The jury verdict came last year in
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A school employee shot and killed at least two people and wounded several others on Wednesday in a town in northwestern Bosnia, local media reported. The shooting reportedly happened in a secondary school building in Sanski Most, about 300 kilometers (180 miles) northwest of Bosnia’s capital, Sarajevo. Regional N1 television reported
