ROME (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is meeting Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Monday, as the two very different politicians, from left and right, seek common cause to curb migrants reaching their shores by boat . Support for Ukraine is also on the agenda for the trip, part of Starmer’s effort
NEW YORK (AP) — At the end of her new memoir, Hillary Clinton offers up what sounds like a far-off wish: “I hope I’m alive to see the United States elect a female president.” Turns out her book went to the printers a tad too soon. Clinton wrote that sentence before Kamala Harris became the
BLUFFTON, South Carolina (AP) — On the first day of his American National Government class, Prof. Kevin Dopf asks how many of his students are United States citizens. Every hand shoots up. “So, how did all you people become citizens?” he asks. “Did you pass a test?” “No,” one young woman says tentatively. “We were
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed on Monday with several key markets closed for a holiday, after U.S. stocks finished their best week of the year and climbed to the cusp of their records. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 0.3% to 17,312.37 after data released over the weekend showed a slowdown in China’s
U.S. Coast Guard officials investigating the implosion of an experimental watercraft en route to the wreck of the Titanic were scheduled Monday to hear from former employees of the company that owned the Titan submersible. The aim of the two-week hearing in Charleston County, South Carolina, is to “uncover the facts surrounding the incident and
BEIJING (AP) — The strongest typhoon to hit Shanghai since at least 1949 made landfall early Monday with powerful winds and heavy rains after more than 400,000 people were evacuated. Flights, ferries and train services were suspended in the megacity and in neighboring provinces, disrupting travel during China’s three-day Mid-Autumn Festival. Shanghai’s airports canceled hundreds
Israeli warplanes carried out an aerial assault, launching a series of airstrikes targeting the Mahmoudiyeh area in southern Lebanon, state-run National News Agency said on Sunday. (AP Video by Mohamad Zanatky Production by Ali Sharafeddine) Israeli warplanes carried out an aerial assault, launching a series of airstrikes targeting the Mahmoudiyeh area in southern Lebanon, state-run
Emergency workers carried out rescue operations on Sunday in the eastern Czech towns of Jesenik and Opava after days of heavy rains caused widespread flooding and forced mass evacuations. (AP Video by Jan Gebert and Stanislav Hodina) Emergency workers carried out rescue operations on Sunday in the eastern Czech towns of Jesenik and Opava after
2024 Emmy Awards: Follow live updates from AP reporters . “Shogun” entered the Emmy Awards telecast Sunday with an arsenal of trophies already — 14 Creative Arts Emmys given out earlier, making the Japan-based epic the record-holder for most wins for a single season. Even as it hopes to add to its haul throughout the
2024 Emmy Awards: Follow live updates from AP reporters . LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 76th annual Emmy Awards are being handed out Sunday at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Stars presenting Emmys to their peers include: Kathy Bates, Billy Crystal, Viola Davis, Giancarlo Esposito, Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, Maya Rudolph, Dick Van
