Reuters

By Foo Yun Chee, Ilona Wissenbach and Angelo Amante. BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/ROME (Reuters) -Lufthansa won EU antitrust approval to buy 41% of ITA Airways for 325 million euros ($350 million) on Wednesday after ceding routes and slots, with the news boosting rival IAG's shares and hopes for its takeover of Air Europa.

Lufthansa gets EU nod for $350 million stake in Italy's ITA

ABC News

Police in Australia have launched a search for a missing 12-year-old after reports that they were attacked and taken by a crocodile while swimming in a creek.

12-year-old missing after being attacked and taken by crocodile: Report

At least 30 people are dead and more than 100 were left injured after multiple suicide bombings were carried out in Nigeria, sources said.

At least 30 dead, more than 100 injured after multiple suicide bombings in Nigeria

BEIJING (Reuters) - Japan is not a party to the South China Sea issue and has no right to intervene in China-Philippines maritime matters, a spokesperson for China's embassy in Japan said on Friday.

Japan has no right to meddle in China-Philippines maritime issues, says Chinese embassy in Japan

Business Insider

Tatyana Bakalchuk founded Russian e-commerce retailer Wildberries from her apartment while on maternity leave. It made her a billionaire.

Meet Russia's richest woman, a self-made billionaire who founded her e-commerce company on maternity leave

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Coronado, CA

Several states across the U.S. saw beaches closed over the last few days due to high levels of bacteria in the water.

Dozens of beaches across US closed after high levels of bacteria found in water

Flight UX045 experienced strong turbulence early Monday morning and landed safely after being diverted to Natal International Airport in Brazil, Air Europa said.

40 people injured after turbulence launches plane passengers into ceiling

ASSIS BRASIL, Brazil -- Dozens of migrants sleep in a mosquito-infested six-bedroom wooden shelter in the Brazilian Amazon, their dreams of a better life in the U.S. on hold because of President Joe Biden’shalt on asylum. Johany “Flaca” Rodríguez, 48, was ready to leave behind the struggles of life...

Migrants pause in the Amazon because getting to the US is harder. Most have no idea what lies ahead

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Masonville, NY

The victims were visiting Cooperstown, New York, for a baseball tournament.

5 family members killed in plane crash in upstate New York, police say

MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines needs to do more than protest China's "illegal action" against its navy during a routine resupply mission in the South China Sea last week, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Thursday, without elaborating.

Philippines must do more than protest China's actions in South China Sea, Marcos says

Mclean, VA

President Joe Biden attributed his poor debate performance last week to the amount of foreign travel he did in early June, according to pool notes.

Biden blames international travel for poor debate performance

Norfolk, VA

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Fifty percent of Norfolk church has high blood pressure. 3WTKR reports that Pastor Reverend Dr. Geoffrey Guns of Second Calvery Baptist Church in Norfolk made a startling discovery in March. He asked congregants who had high blood pressure to stand and half of the congregation rose to their feet.

Virginia pastor reveals half of his African American congregation has hypertension

WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden has invited Democratic governors to meet on Wednesday, as he attempts to solidify support among his party's top leaders after last week's shaky debate performance. The discussion is likely to be mostly virtual, according to two people familiar with Biden's plan, who insisted on anonymity...

Biden plans to meet with Democratic governors and look to shore up support after shaky debate

Snopes

This rumor, first shared before France's 2022 presidential election, has now spread in the United States.

Fact Check: France's First Lady Brigitte Macron Isn't Trans

CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- South African police have discovered the body of former high jump world champion Jacques Freitag after he went missing last month, local media reported on Wednesday. The reports said the 42-year-old, who won the 2003 world title in Paris and competed at the 2004 Olympics,...

South African police find the body of former high jump world champion Freitag, who was shot

The S&P 500 has climbed nearly 15% this year.

Where is the stock market headed in the 2nd half of 2024?

CBS News

President Biden said France was America's "first friend" at its founding and is one of its closest allies more than two centuries later as he was honored with a state visit Saturday by French President Emmanuel Macron aimed at showing off their partnership on global security issues and easing past trade tensions."United we stand, divided we fall," Macron said in toasting Mr. Biden at a state dinner. "Allied we are and allied we will stay."Mr. Biden and Macron attended ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday and met separately the following day with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in...

In photos: Bidens attend French state dinner marking D-Day anniversary

The Baltic states and Poland are urging the EU to build further defenses to protect the bloc from Russia's hybrid threats, per Reuters.

4 NATO countries are calling for a defense line along Europe's 700-mile border with Russia and Belarus

A study shows that FDA-approved migraine drug atogepant is effective for relieving “medication overuse headaches” as a result of using too much pain medications.

Top migraine med for preventing migraines, drug-induced headaches is hard to access

Orlando, FL

KANSAS CITY, Missouri -- Gregg Berhalter said he believed he was still the right man to lead the United States men's national soccer team, despite crashing out of the 2024 Copa América in the group stage on Monday with a 1-0 loss to Uruguay at Arrowhead Stadium. The defeat,...

Berhalter defiant as U.S. Soccer to review Copa América exit

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EU commission approves Lufthansa purchase of long-troubled Italian airline ITA, with conditions

MILAN -- The European Commission on Wednesday approved Lufthansa’s takeover of Italian airline ITA with conditions to protect competition in a deal that Italy's finance minister...

EU commission approves Lufthansa purchase of long-troubled Italian airline ITA, with conditions

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