ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece Monday formally agreed to participate in and lead a European Union maritime security operation in the Red Sea to protect commercial shipping from attacks by Houthi militants in Yemen. A security committee headed by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ordered the participation of a Greek frigate in the Aspides operation – named from the Greek word …
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Case possibly containing Wayne Gretzky rookie cards sells for $3.7M at auction
REGINA, Saskatchewan (AP) — A case of old hockey cards possibly containing the game’s Great One has fetched more than $3.7 million after it was discovered in a Regina home. Heritage Auctions says the winning bidder bought the case of 16 sealed boxes of O-Pee-Chee’s 1979 hockey card collection, amounting to more than 10,000 cards. The auctioneer says the case …
Read More »Grecia liderará operación de seguridad marítima de UE en el mar Rojo
ATENAS (AP) — Grecia acordó formalmente el lunes participar y liderar una operación de seguridad marítima de la Unión Europea en el mar Rojo para proteger el transporte marítimo comercial de los ataques de milicianos hutíes en Yemen. Un comité de seguridad encabezado por el primer ministro Kyriakos Mitsotakis ordenó la participación de una fragata griega en la operación Aspides …
Read More »A French journalist has been detained in Ethiopia, his publisher says
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A French journalist has been detained in Ethiopia while visiting the country for a recent African Union summit, his employer said Monday. Antoine Galindo, a Paris-based correspondent for the Africa Intelligence website, was detained in the capital Addis Ababa last Thursday by plainclothes security officers, the news outlet’s publisher, Indigo Publications, said in a statement. Galindo …
Read More »Global economy is weighed down by war, uncertainty and instability, trade chief warns
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of the World Trade Organization warned on Monday that war, uncertainty and instability are weighing down the global economy and urged the bloc to embrace reform as elections across nearly half the world’s population could bring new challenges. WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala sought to offer some praise for her organization as …
Read More »Alec Baldwin to stand trial this summer on a charge stemming from deadly ‘Rust’ movie set shooting
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge has set a trial date for Alec Baldwin on an involuntary manslaughter charge stemming from the 2021 deadly shooting on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” The scheduling order entered Monday calls for jury selection to begin July 9, with the trial starting the following day with opening statements by …
Read More »Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline, while Tokyo again touches a record high
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly declined Monday, although Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index touched another record high in morning trading. The Nikkei 225 gained 0.5% to 39,309.76. Trading was closed in Tokyo for a holiday on Friday. The benchmark surged to an all-time high on Thursday. In currency trading, the dollar edged up to 150.49 Japanese yen from 150.47 …
Read More »Belarus’ election reinforces the authoritarian leader’s 30-year rule. Only loyalists could run
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Monday announced preliminary results from parliamentary and local elections in which only candidates loyal to the country’s authoritarian leader were allowed to compete and the opposition called for a boycott. The vote further cemented the 30-year rule of President Alexander Lukashenko, who declared his intention to seek another five-year term in a presidential …
Read More »Irán aumentó sus reservas totales de uranio, según informe de ONU
VIENA (AP) — Irán ha aumentado aún más sus reservas totales de uranio, según un informe del organismo de vigilancia nuclear de Naciones Unidas visto por The Associated Press el lunes. Además, Teherán continúa prohibiendo a los inspectores monitorear su programa nuclear. El Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica (OIEA) también indicó en un segundo informe confidencial, distribuido a los Estados …
Read More »Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens to remain jailed while he awaits trial, judge rules
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former FBI informant charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family must remain behind bars while he awaits trial, a judge ruled Monday, reversing an earlier order releasing the man. U.S. District Judge Otis Wright II in Los Angeles ordered Alexander Smirnov’s detention days after he was freed by another judge, …
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