WASHINGTON (AP) – An upcoming celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, “The Great American State Fair,” recently had several musical guests back out partly over the event’s ties to President Donald Trump. Now, Trump himself is slated to headline the festivities, the organizers said Saturday.
NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices rose following the latest fighting to threaten the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, but Wall Street isn't very worried, and U.S. stocks rose to more records. The S&P 500 added 0.3% Monday to its prior all-time high. The Dow Jones rose 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.4%. The price for a barrel of Brent crude rose more than 4%.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. military stopped a merchant vessel trying to break through its blockade of Iranian ports by firing a missile into its engine room, the U.S. Central Command said on Saturday.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – An Australian woman charged with joining the Islamic State group expressed views supporting terrorist acts and killing of non-believers, attempted to indoctrinate her children and recruited others to join her in Syria, according to allegations made in court Monday.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) – U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau is scheduled to meet with officials in the Dominican Republic on Saturday as part of an official two-day trip that included a stop in neighboring Haiti. The talks are focused on mutual economic commercial interests and regional priorities including security, according to a U.S. government statement.
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) – European Council President António Costa said Monday that this week’s European Union summit with Western Balkan candidate nations aims to show that the opportunity for enlargement is real. Speaking in Bosnia at the start of a pre-summit tour of the Western Balkans, Costa said that amid global geopolitical uncertainty and economic instability, “enlargement is a geostrategic interest for Europe.”
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The end of California’s chaotic governor’s race was approaching Saturday as leading candidates rushed to deliver their closing arguments before voting concludes Tuesday. Former U.S. health secretary Xavier Becerra has called for “hot competence summer,” promoting his decades of public service as evidence he has what it takes to be California’s next governor.
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:
Moments after Jenna Carberg gave birth to her daughter, doctors put the baby on her chest. “I felt a disconnect right away,” she recalled. At home, the Orlando, Florida, mom was exhausted and anxious and cried every day. She was eventually diagnosed with postpartum depression – a potentially dangerous condition that can fill a typically joyous time with deep despair.
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