By JAMES ELLINGWORTH | AP Sports Writer Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics saying Wednesday it would pay $50,000 to gold medalists in Paris. The move is a symbolic break with the amateur past of the Olympics in one of the … Read more
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the 10th consecutive month, Earth in March set a new monthly record for global heat — with both air temperatures and the world’s oceans hitting an all-time high for the month, the European Union climate agency Copernicus said. March 2024 averaged 14.14 degrees Celsius (57.9 … Read more
By NICOLE WINFIELD | Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Monday declared gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy as grave violations of human dignity, putting them on par with abortion and euthanasia as practices that reject God’s plan for human life. The Vatican’s doctrine office issued “Infinite Dignity,” a 20-page declaration that has been … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who won a Nobel Prize in economics for his insights into how ingrained neurological biases influence decision making, died Wednesday at the age of 90. Kahneman and his longtime collaborator Amos Tversky, a cognitive psychologist at Stanford, reshaped the field of economics. Prior to their work, the assumption … Read more
By Silvia Marchetti | CNN Italy’s 1-euro home sales have been attracting a lot of interest over the past few years, with dozens of buyers snapping up abandoned properties in some of the country’s depopulated towns. But while towns like Mussomeli in Sicily and Zungoli in Campania have managed to offload abandoned dwellings to foreigners … Read more
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities arrested the four men suspected of carrying out the attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed at least 133 people, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday during an address to the nation. He claimed they were captured while fleeing to Ukraine. Kyiv strongly denied any involvement in Friday’s attack … Read more
By Kylie Atwood and Arit John | CNN Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announced Wednesday that she is exiting the Republican presidential race, leaving former President Donald Trump as the party’s presumptive nominee. “The time has now come to suspend my campaign. I said I wanted Americans to have their voices heard. I have done that. I have … Read more
Families attending a Willy Wonka-inspired event in Glasgow, Scotland were promised “optical marvels” and “extraordinary props.” What they got for their $44 ticket was a sparsely decorated warehouse and a quarter-cup of lemonade. People became so angry on Saturday that the police were called, Police Scotland confirmed to CNN. The event was canceled, and the … Read more
By Dasha Litvinova | Associated Press Over 300 people were detained in Russia while paying tribute to opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died at a remote Arctic penal colony, a prominent rights group reported Sunday. The sudden death of Navalny, 47, was a crushing blow to many Russians, who had pinned their hopes for the … Read more
By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and TIA GOLDENBERG | Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 18 people overnight into Sunday, according to medics and witnesses, as the United States said it would veto another draft U.N. cease-fire resolution. The U.S., Israel’s top ally, instead hopes to broker … Read more
