HONG KONG — Chinese university student Fleming Cheng found the political books he had only glimpsed online in a Hong Kong bookstore last year. Before visiting Greenfield Book Store, Cheng had only managed to see the books’ covers online after bypassing Beijing’s internet censorship ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Citing the importance of the First Amendment, a federal judge in California says the U.S. government is unconstitutionally silencing critics of Israel’s war in Gaza and others as part of the Trump administration’s quest to deport noncitizens who it says disrupted college campuses while expressing their views. Judge Noel Wise, in a ruling Friday, delivered a victory for The Stanford Daily, the student newspaper at Stanford University, which has said some international students were afraid to speak out because of the deportation threat. “Freedom of ...
President Donald Trump said Saturday he will be at the Presidents Cup next month outside Chicago in the traditional role as honorary chairman of the matches, the second year in a row Trump will be at a premier team golf competition. The Presidents Cup began in 1994 to include international players from non-European countries who were not eligible for the more famed Ryder Cup. The name of the tournament comes from including the head of state of the host country to be honorary chairman. Canadian Prime Minister Julien Trudeau was part of the trophy presentation at the last Presidents ...
KYIV, Ukraine — The death toll from a Russian strike on a warehouse west of Kyiv, the war’s deadliest attack this year, rose to 38 with four people still missing, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday. The Friday night strike on the warehouse, which Ukrainian officials said was storing ammunition, sparked massive explosions and fires that swept through dozens of nearby homes and buildings in the village of Myla. The attack came as Russia has sharply intensified its air campaign recently in the 4 1/2-year-old war, with air raid sirens wailing repeatedly and ...
Iran’s supreme leader called on Muslim countries to stand together against Israel and the United States, imploring them to “know your real enemy.” A monitor says a tanker vessel was struck in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. Israel’s Shin Bet said it had evacuated the prime ...
OSLO, Norway (AP) — King Haakon VIII of Norway used his first speech in his new role to eulogize his father, King Harald V, as a loving parent and dedicated monarch a day after he died at 89. “We are in mourning. At the same time, it brings us comfort and strength to know that so many are mourning with us,” the king said wearing a black suit as his speech was shown live on public television. After Harald V’s death on Friday morning, the crown prince became King Haakon VIII immediately. He thanked the people for their outpouring of compassion and remembered what a loving ...
