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May 21, 2024

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  • Stock market today: Global shares mostly decline after Nasdaq ticks to a record high

    May 21, 2024, 1:42 a.m.

    TOKYO (AP) — Global shares retreated Tuesday, even as most U.S. stock indexes finished higher, especially technology issues like Nvidia. France's CAC 40 lost 0.7% in early trading to 8,137.16, while Germany's DAX declined 0.3% to 18,704.35. Britain's FTSE 100 ...

  • Syrian first lady Asma Assad diagnosed with leukemia, president's office says

    May 21, 2024, 1:42 a.m.

    BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian first lady Asma Assad has been diagnosed with leukemia, the office of President Bashar Assad announced Tuesday. The president's wife was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia “after presenting with several symptoms and following a comprehensive series ...

  • France is trying Syrian ex-officials for the torture and killing of a father and son. Here's why

    May 21, 2024, 1:40 a.m.

    PARIS (AP) — The Syrian soldiers came first, at night, for the son, Patrick, a 20-year-old psychology student at Damascus University, and said they were taking him away for questioning. They came back the next night for his father, Mazen. ...

  • 9 Egyptians go on trial in Greece over deadly shipwreck as rights groups question process

    May 21, 2024, 1:39 a.m.

    KALAMATA, Greece (AP) — Nine Egyptian men went on trial in southern Greece on Tuesday, accused of causing a shipwreck that killed hundreds of migrants and sent shockwaves through the European Union’s border protection and asylum operations. Outside the courthouse, ...

  • Trump campaign calls Cannes film 'The Apprentice' 'blatantly false,' vows legal action

    May 21, 2024, 1:35 a.m.

    CANNES, France (AP) — Donald Trump’s reelection campaign called “The Apprentice,” a film about the former U.S. president in the 1980s, “pure fiction” and vowed legal action following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Steven Cheung, Trump campaign spokesperson, ...

  • Weather forecasters warn Pakistanis to stay indoors ahead of new heat wave

    May 21, 2024, 1:33 a.m.

    ISLAMABAD (AP) — Authorities in Pakistan on Tuesday urged people to stay indoors as the country is hit by an extreme heat wave that threatens to bring dangerously high temperatures and yet another round of glacial-driven floods. Pakistan’s most populous ...

  • Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels claim they shot down another US drone

    May 21, 2024, 1:32 a.m.

    CAIRO (AP) — The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed on Tuesday they shot down an American drone over the impoverished Arab county. The U.S. military did not immediately acknowledge the claim. If confirmed, this would be the second MQ-9 ...

  • Germany's foreign minister visits Kyiv as Ukraine battles to hold off a Russian offensive

    May 21, 2024, 1:21 a.m.

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday in the latest public display of support for Ukraine by its Western partners, although deliveries of promised weapons and ammunition from NATO countries like Germany have been slow ...

  • Mourners begin days of funerals for Iran's president and others killed in helicopter crash

    May 21, 2024, 1:19 a.m.

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mourners in black began gathering Tuesday for days of funerals and processions for Iran's late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash, a government-led series of ceremonies aimed at both honoring ...

  • Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline after Nasdaq ticks to a record high

    May 21, 2024, 1:15 a.m.

    TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares retreated Tuesday, even as most U.S. stock indexes finished higher, especially technology issues like Nvidia. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 fell 0.2% to 38,980.60. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.2% to 7,848.00. South Korea's Kospi fell 0.8% ...

  • Australia and New Zealand begin evacuating nationals from unrest in New Caledonia

    May 21, 2024, 1:06 a.m.

    NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Australia and New Zealand sent airplanes to New Caledonia on Tuesday to begin bringing home stranded citizens from the violence-wracked French South Pacific territory . Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Australia had received clearance from ...

  • AP-Scorecard

    May 21, 2024, 1:04 a.m.

    Here are the scores from yesterday's sports events: ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Cleveland 3 N.Y. Mets 1 Final Washington 12 Minnesota 3 Final St. Louis 6 Baltimore 3 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Toronto 9 Chicago White Sox 3 Final Boston 5 ...

  • Israeli forces kill at least 7 Palestinians in a West Bank raid

    May 21, 2024, 12:53 a.m.

    JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces raided a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, killing at least seven Palestinians, including a doctor, according to local authorities, in some of the deadliest violence in the ...

  • The Latest | France and Belgium support ICC request for arrest warrants of Israel and Hamas leaders

    May 21, 2024, 12:44 a.m.

    France and Belgium released statements supporting the world’s top war crimes court’s request for arrest warrants for leaders of Israel and Hamas, after Israel and the United States both harshly condemned the effort. The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, Karim ...

  • Australia's deputy prime minister pledges support to Solomon Islands during visit to Honiara

    May 21, 2024, 12:11 a.m.

    NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Australia's deputy prime minister pledged support to the Solomon Islands during a visit to the archipelago nation on Tuesday, as Canberra intensifies efforts to counter China's growing influence in the South Pacific. Richard Marles’ trip to ...

  • AM Prep-Music

    May 21, 2024, 12:05 a.m.

    “The Voice” marks 25 seasons with tonight’s finale LOS ANGELES (AP) – The Black Keys, Jelly Roll, Kate Hudson, Muni Long and Thomas Rhett are among the performers on tonight’s finale of NBC’s “The Voice.” Other performers include Keith Urban ...

  • AM Prep-Segue

    May 21, 2024, 12:05 a.m.

    “Yellowstone” resumes production on final episodes NEW YORK (AP) – The cast and crew of “Yellowstone” are back at work on the second half of the final season. Paramount Network says production has started in Montana. New episodes will begin ...

  • AM Prep-Cooler Copy

    May 21, 2024, 12:05 a.m.

    Amal Clooney is one of the legal experts who recommended war crimes charges in Israel-Hamas war Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, the wife of actor George Clooney, is one of the legal experts who recommended that the chief prosecutor of ...

  • AM Prep-Cyber Corner

    May 21, 2024, 12:05 a.m.

    Microsoft’s AI chatbot will ‘recall’ everything you do on a PC REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft wants laptop users to get so comfortable with its artificial intelligence chatbot that it will remember everything you’re doing on your computer and help ...

  • AM Prep-Kickers

    May 21, 2024, 12:05 a.m.

    Billionaire rains cash on UMass graduates to tune of $1,000 each, but says they must give half away MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — The clouds weren’t alone in making it rain on the commencement ceremony at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth ...

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