Investors are eyeing political turmoil in France as uncertainty about rate cuts dogs the market.
Col. Edward Thomas Ryan, 85, revealed in his obituary that he was gay and that he had been in a quarter-century relationship with the "love of my life." He will be buried next to him.
Voters in Oklahoma will decide almost 60 contested primaries for the U.S. House of Representatives and both chambers of the state legislature on Tuesday. The race to watch will be the Republican primary in the state’s 4th Congressional District, where a deep-pocketed challenger is making a long-shot bid to unseat 10-term incumbent Tom Cole. Businessman Paul Bondar, a political newcomer who sold an insurance group he founded, has spent almost $4.9 million, according to campaign finance filings, essentially all of it from his own pocket.
The Philippine military chief urged Filipino fishermen to keep fishing in the country's exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea, despite China's new coastguard rules allowing it to detain trespassers without trial that take effect on June 15. China, which claims almost all of the South China Sea including parts claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam, has issued new rules that would enforce a 2021 law allowing its coastguard to use lethal force against foreign ships in waters that it claims. "That's our message to our fishermen, for them not to be afraid but to just go ahead with their normal activities in our exclusive economic zone," Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief Romeo Brawner told reporters on Friday.
A group of about 20 suspects ransacked a Sunnyvale jewelry store Wednesday afternoon, smashing display cases with hammers before taking off with an unknown amount of jewelry, authorities said.
BARI, Italy — U.S. President Joe Biden has consistently resisted pressure during 27 months of war to let Ukraine into NATO, convinced that it could quickly result in U.S. troops being sent into direct combat with the Russians. So, on Thursday, he rolled out alternative steps designed to demonstrate to Russian President Vladimir Putin that the United States and its allies had no intention of packing up and leaving. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times Biden signed a 10-year
17 people died in the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Microsoft plans to invest 6.69 billion euros ($7.16 billion) to develop new data centres in Spain's northeastern region of Aragon, which is becoming a major cloud computing hub within Europe. Aragon's regional government said the U.S. tech giant had applied for a construction permit to build data centres at a site outside the city of Zaragoza, confirming a report by local newspaper El Heraldo. The company's investment will be spread out over 10 years, the regional government said.
Japan's defense chief said Friday that Japanese and American V-22 Ospreys are being safely operated in his country, and that he has no plans to request a flight suspension despite restrictions in the U.S. where ongoing safety and performance assessments will continue until next year. Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said that Japanese and U.S. military officials have closely communicated over technical issues involving the safety of Ospreys following a fatal November crash off Japan's southern coast. “Japanese and U.S. Ospreys have been operated safely and I believe there is no safety issue involved," Kihara said.
France's left put up a united front on Friday, vowing a "total break" with President Emmanuel Macron's policies if it wins historic polls, while far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen pledged a "national unity government" if her party emerges victorious. Hitting the campaign trail in Pas-de-Calais in northern France, Le Pen claimed National Rally could win the elections and form a "national unity government".
The United Nations' refugee and migration agencies on Friday criticized Greece's failure over the past year to shed light on one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea that left hundreds dead. UNHCR and IOM stressed the “critical" importance of a “comprehensive and conclusive” investigation in a joint statement on the first anniversary of the June 14, 2023, tragedy off southern Greece. “Investigations have been initiated in Greece but so far no outcome establishing the facts on the incident has been communicated,” they said.
Indonesia's defeated presidential candidate Anies Baswedan announced he will run for Jakarta governor in a November vote, ending speculation about whether the opposition politician would seek to win back his old job. Baswedan, who served as Jakarta governor from 2017 to 2022, was trounced in February presidential elections by former special forces commander Prabowo Subianto after running on a platform of change. The former education minster confirmed on Friday that he would seek re-election in Jakarta, backed by the National Awakening Party (PKB).
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday played down a "seismic" poll suggesting that his Conservative party has fallen behind the hard-right anti-immigration Reform UK group for the first time.The Conservatives have gone through five prime ministers since 2016, including three in just four months in 2022.
A full-blown war appears to have become more likely – even if both sides have no desire for one, analysts believe.
When Andrey Kozlov saw his mother after being rescued from eight months of captivity in Gaza, the Russian-Israeli fell to his knees while she hugged him.When he was freed, Andrey, who had spent part of his captivity with the two other men rescued in the Israeli operation, was shocked to learn that 116 hostages remained in Gaza, out of 251 people forcibly taken to Gaza on October 7.
NATO defense ministers are expected to finalize an agreement on Friday that will give the alliance greater control over security assistance and training for Ukraine’s military, in an attempt some officials say is meant to give Europe greater responsibility over the aid amid uncertainty over the outcome of the US presidential election this fall.
Western aid has been vital for Kyiv to balance its books as it has poured money into defence since the Russia's full-scale invasion more than two years ago. Ukraine should be able to receive some financing under the mechanism in 2024, Marchenko said. He added that partners had listened to Kyiv's appeals to allow the use of the money for all kinds of spending.
A southwest Georgia Republican who served a brief federal prison sentence for his actions inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is among those running on Tuesday for a chance to serve in Congress when the state holds primary runoff elections in a handful of U.S. House and state legislative races. The contests will determine who will challenge two U.S. House members from opposite ends of Georgia’s political spectrum: 16-term Democratic Rep. Sanford Bishop and two-term Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. The Republican race in Bishop’s 2nd Congressional District is the latest example of someone convicted of a crime on Jan. 6 seeking to return to the Capitol as a member of Congress.
Cyril Ramaphosa was set on Friday to be re-elected as South Africa's president, having brokered a deal with the opposition for a government of national unity after his African National Congress's worst election result since the end of apartheid. A skilful negotiator, Ramaphosa clinched a deal with the opposition, white-led Democratic Alliance and at least two other smaller parties, according to DA and other party officials, as the National Assembly held its first sitting since the election and prepared to elect a head of state. That will allow him to stay on as president and survive - at least for now - the huge drop in support for the ANC when it lost its parliamentary majority in the May 29 election.
China has organised seminars and training courses for officials in African and Latin American countries, aimed at promoting its single-party system and President Xi Jinping's worldview, a report said this week.Another training programme, aimed at African officials involved in city planning, focused on China's pervasive surveillance system.