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PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro banned 87 Serbs from entering the country on Wednesday, saying they posed a security threat ahead of a European Union summit with Western Balkan leaders. The men arrived in the coastal town of Tivat on a charter flight from Serbia earlier in the day. Police said they singled out the Air Serbia plane as part of increased security checks ahead of the summit on Friday […]

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Judges in Amsterdam handed Greenpeace a preliminary victory on Wednesday in an anti-intimidation court case, rejecting a request from fossil fuel pipeline company Energy Transfer to toss the complaint out. The Dutch-based environmental organization filed a lawsuit last year to block a $345 million award stemming from protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline. A jury in North Dakota found Greenpeace liable for millions in damages to […]

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian lawyer and presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, who secured the most votes in the first round of Colombia’s elections, on Wednesday thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for endorsing his campaign, in an election that serves as a litmus test as the region shifts towards the right. Trump said on social platform X that he predicts stronger bilateral ties if the conservative defeats progressive Iván […]

A no-holds-barred bout of partisan redistricting has been won by Republicans. Now it’s up to voters to decide whether it matters for control of Congress. Republicans could net about 10 additional U.S. House seats in the November elections if redrawn voting districts perform as they were intended. The question is whether that’s enough for the GOP to hold on to a majority in the chamber, where Democrats need to gain […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday considered whether to throw out a jury’s guilty verdict against former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan, who was convicted of felony obstruction for helping an immigrant evade federal officers. The case was an early test of how the courts would respond to President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown. Dugan had been scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday, but U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman […]

All of the talk about Deion Sanders leaving Colorado to coach the Dallas Cowboys was just that — rumors that weren’t true, he said. “They weren’t real at all,” Sanders told Front Office Sports on Tuesday. “I liked playing the pro game, but I wouldn’t enjoy coaching the pro game. It’s a different game.” The Cowboys were looking for a replacement for Mike McCarthy after his contract was not renewed […]

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, June 3 (Reuters) – U.S. services sector activity picked up in May as businesses preemptively placed orders and replenished inventories in anticipation of shortages and higher prices stemming from the war in the Middle East. The Institute for Supply Management survey on Wednesday showed a measure of prices paid by services businesses increased to the highest level in nearly four years last month, with the cost […]

By Shrivathsa Sridhar PARIS, June 3 (Reuters) – Flavio Cobolli started slowly in wild and windy conditions at the French Open before blowing away Canadian fourth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 on Wednesday, making the semi-finals at Roland Garros for the first time. Following an early exchange of breaks on a blustery day, Auger-Aliassime pounced on Cobolli’s serve in the 10th game to claim the opening set, after […]

Congo’s Ebola outbreak “had a big head start, and we’re still behind,” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday, but asserted that “we are catching up” as testing improves. According to Congolese authorities, 344 cases including 60 deaths have been confirmed of the rare Bundibugyo type of Ebola since the outbreak was announced in mid-May in the eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu. The number […]