TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran swore in the country’s new president on Tuesday, with the reformist politician and heart surgeon Masoud Pezeshkian pledging that his administration will keep trying to remove economic sanctions imposed by the West over Tehran’s controversial nuclear program. Pezeshkian delivered a speech after taking his oath in a ceremony at the
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) — Heavy rain early Tuesday caved in roads, pushed some homes off their foundations and led to about two dozen rescues in northern Vermont, nearly three weeks after many farmers and residents in the state were hit by flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl. Some areas got 6 to 8
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Meta has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over claims that the tech giant used biometric data of users without their permission, officials said Tuesday. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said the settlement is the largest secured by a single state. In 2021, a judge
MILAN (AP) — Carmaker Stellantis has shipped the first electric vehicles produced under a joint venture with China’s Leapmotor to Europe, with the first models to go on sale next month. Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares called the shipment from China of the C10 SUVs and T03 five-door city cars “a landmark moment in this partnership.”
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian leader said Tuesday he was considering a request for a pardon from a German citizen who has been sentenced to death on terrorism charges. Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko called a meeting to discuss the appeal from Rico Krieger, who was convicted and sentenced to capital punishment in June. Krieger’s
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The Iraqi government has postponed an order to clear out camps in the country’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region that house thousands of people who fled when the Islamic State group seized their home areas a decade ago, officials said Tuesday. Earlier this year, Baghdad ordered the camps to be closed by
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó Tuesday accused the European Union’s executive commission of orchestrating a stoppage of some Russian oil supplies into the bloc through Ukraine and warned that the dispute could lead to an energy crisis . Ukraine last month adopted sanctions against Lukoil — Russia’s largest non-state firm —
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — International criticism of President Nicolás Maduro mounted Tuesday, a day after electoral authorities declared him the winner in a presidential election that the opposition claims to have won by a landslide. The Organization of American States chastised Maduro for his government’s sustained repression of the opposition, and lambasted the ruling party-loyal
Lakes are dry and fields are scorched by heat in Sicily, but water is still gushing copiously for tourists. After an almost totally rain-free year on the Italian island, fountains inside Agrigento’s famous archaeological park are still flowing, and pools in rows of hotels are full. Like many Mediterranean islands, people in Sicily are used
A handful of flights to and from Beirut’s international airport were cancelled this week as tensions between Israel and Hezbollah escalate, with several carriers citing safety and security risks. (AP video shot by Fay Abuelgasim) A handful of flights to and from Beirut’s international airport were cancelled this week as tensions between Israel and Hezbollah
