By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — For weeks, a black mountain loomed over the Seine where Paris' oldest bridge should have been. On Monday evening, its doors finally opened. Inside, Paris smells different. The air carries the scent of earth after rain — damp ancient ...
By ANTON L. DELGADO Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The Iran war has exposed major risks for Southeast Asia that could cost the region billions of dollars, if it doesn't diversify sources of energy more quickly, according to an International Energy Agency report released Tuesday. An ...
By JEAN FERNAND KOENA Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — A U.N.-backed court in Central African Republic on Tuesday opened the trial of former President François Bozizé, who is accused of crimes against humanity for abuses committed by members of his security ...
LONDON (AP) — Britain's Prince George will attend Eton College this fall, following in the footsteps of his father, Prince William, Kensington Palace said Tuesday. Speculation had raged for months about where the second in line to the throne would continue his education, with some observers ...
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in the Philippines on Tuesday that Europe is worried over tensions in the disputed South China Sea where a major flare-out could endanger freedom of navigation as has happened in the ...
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and MICHELLE GUMEDE Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa on Tuesday marks the 50th anniversary of the Soweto uprising when over 200 young people protesting against the apartheid education system were shot and killed by the police. The events of June 16, ...
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Prague's St. Vitus Cathedral had its new organ inaugurated on Monday, giving the 700-year-old building, the largest in the Czech Republic, a proper instrument to accompany religious services and concerts. Prague archbishop Stanislav ...
By ANTON L. DELGADO Associated Press KANCHANABURI, Thailand (AP) — A depot on World War II's infamous "Death Railway" has resurfaced from beneath a reservoir where the site has remained underwater for decades, prompting researchers to race to western Thailand to survey the remnants of ...
By HANNA ARHIROVA and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A cathedral in one of the oldest and most sacred landmarks in Eastern Orthodox Christianity was set ablaze early Monday as Russia bombarded Ukraine's biggest cities, killing 11 people, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ...
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong on Monday launched a public consultation for its five-year plan in a politically symbolic step that brings the special administrative region closer to mainland China's development approach. Secretary for Constitutional and ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Monday calling on Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their crackdown on women and to combat militant groups inside Afghanistan that Pakistan accuses of ...
By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's largest remaining rebel group announced a unilateral ceasefire Monday as the nation heads into a highly polarized presidential election next weekend. In a statement published on its X account, the National Liberation ...
By DAVID McHUGH and CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Business Writers FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The tentative agreement to end the war in Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz would be good news for the global economy. But even as the price of oil dropped Monday, many questions remained about when and ...
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Some of Cuba's sickest people are feeling the effects of the U.S. energy blockade, with surgeries delayed, kidney dialysis treatments disrupted and children with cancer facing a higher risk of death, according to a report published ...
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis from across the political spectrum reacted angrily Monday to the news of an initial deal between the U.S. and Iran, calling it a disaster for Israel and directing their fury at one man: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The ...
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukraine on Monday officially started European Union membership negotiations, launching a process that will require its government to commit to years of political reforms even as it fights a Russian invasion. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister ...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Officials in Brazil on Monday were inspecting the site of a crash in which six people were killed Sunday, after two helicopters collided midair over a suburb of Rio de Janeiro. American singer Oliver Tree was among those listed on the passenger list filed with aviation ...
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and FATMA KHALED Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece' s migration minister on Monday called criticism from human rights groups a "badge of honor" and vowed to further toughen migration policies he called "the toughest — if not the toughest — in ...
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Syrian national accused of crimes against humanity was sentenced on Monday to 26 years in prison by a Dutch court for the torture and rape of imprisoned opponents of the government of former president Bashar Assad during the ...
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya will pay compensation to almost 2,000 victims of protest-related human rights abuses, President William Ruto said on Monday, marking a rare national reparations process outside the judicial system. Violent protests in the ...