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FILE - Police wait for the arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron at the central police station in Noumea, New Caledonia, Thursday, May 23, 2024. French authorities in New Caledonia regained full control of their Pacific territory's capital, the French interior and overseas minister said on Friday May 31, 2024 after two weeks of unrest that had left seven people dead and significant destruction in the archipelago with decades of tensions between those seeking independence and those loyal to France. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)
French authorities regain full control of New Caledonia's capital after days of deadly unrest
The French interior minister says French authorities in New Caledonia have regained full control of their Pacific territory’s capital after two weeks of unrest that left seven people dead. Gerald … more
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FILE - A person looks at an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo, on May 27, 2024. Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday, May 29, 2024, after a mixed session on Wall Street following a three-day holiday weekend. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Inflation ticked up in Europe in May. That likely won't stop a central bank rate cut next week
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation ticked up to an annual 2.6% in Europe in May, according to official figures on Friday. That's more than expected as a painful spike in consumer prices takes its … more
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Firefighters put out a fire an apartment building damaged in the Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, May, 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
Russian missiles kill 4 people in Kharkiv after Biden OKs a Ukrainian response using U.S. weapons
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The German government says Ukraine can use weapons it delivers against attacks from positions just over the Russian border. The government said in a statement Friday that, … more
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MK Party supporters dance in the middle of the street in Mahlbnathini village in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on Thursday May 30, 2024. MK Party is currently leading in the provincial poll against the ANC, who've held the stronghold in the province for the last 20 years. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
South Africa heading for 'coalition country' as partial election results have ANC falling under 50%
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa was heading closer to the reality of a national coalition government for the first time Friday as partial election results put the ruling African Nation Congress … more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak issues a statement after British and US forces struck Houthi targets in Yemen, at 10 Downing Street, London, Friday May 31, 2024. The U.S. and Britain struck 13 Houthi targets in several locations in Yemen on Thursday in response to a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden over the Israel-Hamas war. (Yui Mok/Pool Photo via AP)
Houthi rebels say at least 16 killed, 35 others wounded in joint US-British airstrikes in Yemen
Joint British-U.S. airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed at least 16 people and wounded 35 others. That's according to the rebels' comments Friday. The attack marked the highest … more
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United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speak with the media prior to a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at the Czernin Palace, in Prague, Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool)
NATO ministers meet in Prague as allies ease restrictions on Ukraine's use of their weapons
PRAGUE (AP) — NATO foreign ministers were meeting in the Czech capital Friday to prepare for this summer’s leaders’ summit as the alliance boosts support for Ukraine and countries one-by-one … more
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FILE - Storage tanks are seen at the North Jeddah bulk plant, an Aramco oil facility, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on March 21, 2021. Saudi Arabia said Friday, May 31, 2024, it will sell a second sliver of stock in its state oil giant Aramco worth billions of dollars, its first tranche since its initial public offering back in 2019. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
Oil giant Saudi Aramco offers a second stock tranche worth billions of dollars
Saudi Arabia says it will sell a second sliver of stock in its state oil giant Aramco worth billions of dollars, its first tranche since its initial public offering back in 2019. Saudi Aramco, … more
Mourners gather at the house of Ousmane Sylla's mother after his burial in Matoto Bonagui, a suburb of Conakry, Guinea, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. In Italy, he found despair. He spent months in a crowded, squalid migrant detention center, unable to contact his family. He died by suicide in February after other detainees said he became depressed and withdrawn. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
In Guinea's capital, a heartbroken family brings their son's body home
Ousmane Sylla’s final journey home came not with joyful celebration, but with mourning. The 21-year-old’s body was flown in a metal coffin from Rome to Conakry, Guinea’s coastal … more
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Patricia Owtram who was a serving Wren at the time of D-Day, shows a photograph of herself in wartime uniform, at her home in London, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. D-Day, took place on June 6, 1944, the invasion of the beaches at Normandy in France by Alied forces during World War II. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Pat Owtram used her language skills to listen in on German U-boats during WWII
LONDON (AP) — Pat Owtram didn’t need to go to war. It came to her. As the Nazis took control of Germany and Austria, her father hired Jewish refugees to cook and clean at the family home in … more
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Dorothea Barron who was a serving Wren at the time of D-Day, holds up a photograph of herself in uniform during WWII, at her home near Sawbridgeworth, in England, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. D-Day, took place on June 6, 1944, the invasion of the beaches at Normandy in France by Allied forces during World War II. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Dorothea Barron watched over men who tested portable harbors for D-Day
LONDON (AP) — Dorothea Barron got a preview of the D-Day invasion from a watchtower on the coast of Scotland. During the spring and summer of 1943, she and her colleagues kept watch over the … more
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Christian Lamb who was a serving Wren at the time of D-Day, looks through a photograph album at her home in London, Thursday, April 11, 2024. D-Day, took place on June 6, 1944, the invasion of the beaches at Normandy in France by Alied forces during World War II.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Christian Lamb made maps to guide the crews landing crafts at Normandy on D-Day
LONDON (AP) — Working alone in a tiny office in London, Christian Lamb tried to make sure British troops were in exactly the right place when they scrambled onto Normandy's beaches under enemy fire … more
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Marie Scott who was a serving Wren and switchboard operator at the time of D-Day, at her home in London, Thursday, April 25, 2024. D-Day, took place on June 6, 1944, the invasion of the beaches at Normandy in France by Alied forces during World War II. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Radio operator Marie Scott provided a link to D-Day beaches at age 17
LONDON (AP) — On D-Day, Marie Scott experienced British forces landing on the Normandy coast through her earphones. Stationed in an underground tunnel 100 feet (30 meters) below the south coast … more
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