• Boston Experiencing Scottish Beer Shortage
  • What Stolen Scottish Party Funds Bought
  • Sturgeon Won't Apologise for Husband's Crimes
  • Traditionalists Defy Pope Leo XIV With Consecrations
  • Russian Attack Kills 20 Across Kyiv
Estranged husband of former Scottish leader pleads guilty to embezzlement

LONDON (AP) – The estranged husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling more than 400,000 pounds ($540,000) from the Scottish National Party to fund a lavish lifestyle when he was its chief executive.

Spectacular orange lava flows stream from Mount Etna, Europe's largest active volcano

Spectacular orange lava flows stream from Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano

Hospitals in Europe are gearing up for the next heat wave armed with lessons from this one

ORSAY, France (AP) – Ice. Urgently and in large quantities. At a Paris-region hospital, emergency medics needed it to plunge patients into cold-water baths to speedily bring down their temperatures so they wouldn’t join the growing tally of dead.

Top Stories
CMA CGM Group to buy FedEx' logistics arm for $1.4B

NEW YORK (AP) – French container shipping company CMA CGM Group said Wednesday it will buy FedEx Supply Chain, the third-party logistics subsidiary of FedEx for $1.4 billion, as it works to expand in the U.S.

Politics
Kroger buying Giant Eagle in deal valued at $1.65 billion

Kroger is buying regional grocer and pharmacy retailer Giant Eagle in a deal valued at $1.65 billion.

Politics
Trump lifts restrictions on Anthropic's Claude models after cybersecurity alarm

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The Trump administration has lifted restrictions on artificial intelligence company Anthropic’s latest versions of its Claude chatbot, ending a weekslong ban tied to cybersecurity concerns.

Politics
Iran warns oil tankers to use approved routes or face a 'forceful response'

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran’s joint military command warned Thursday that all oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz must use its approved routes or face a “forceful response,” ratcheting up tensions again over a waterway crucial for international energy supplies.

Politics
Russian attack kills at least 20 and causes damage across Kyiv

Russian attack kills at least 20 and causes damage across Kyiv

Politics
Trump and Republicans return to communist attacks against Democrats ahead of the midterm elections

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans are reviving a line of attack against Democrats heading into the midterm elections: They’re communists.

1
Mourners attend funerals for 14 Pakistani children killed in roof collapse
2
Panda birthdays at Hong Kong Zoo
3
Defying Pope Leo XIV, traditionalists go ahead with Latin Mass consecrations
4
2 people hang 'the power of love' banner on Empire State Building antenna