UK’s Johnson spared vote on foreign aid cut ahead of G7
LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers failed to force a vote Monday on the government's cut to foreign aid spending, sparing Prime Minister Boris Johnson from a potentially embarrassing defeat before he hosts the Group of Seven summit this weekend.
The Latest: Hawaii’s eviction moratorium extended 60 days
HONOLULU — Hawaii’s governor is extending for two more months an eviction moratorium that he implemented during the coronavirus pandemic, but says he doesn’t expect to keep it longer than that.
China defends Hungary university plan following protest
BEIJING (AP) — China on Monday defended a plan to build a university in Hungary, saying critics who protested against it in Budapest over the weekend shouldn't politicize and stigmatize normal exchanges between the two countries.
Russia chafes at Ukrainian team’s shirt for Euro 2020
MOSCOW (AP) — A tense tug-of-war between Russia and Ukraine has spread to soccer, with Russian officials and lawmakers denouncing the design of the Ukrainian national team's shirt for this month's European Championship.
Iran cleric who founded Hezbollah, survived book bomb, dies
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, a Shiite cleric who as Iran's ambassador to Syria helped found the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and lost his right hand to a book bombing reportedly carried out by Israel, died
Ex-NBA player works to end solitary confinement in prisons
Caron Butler can easily point to the lowest moment in his life — the days he spent as a teenager locked in a solitary confinement cell inside a juvenile prison.
Chinese exports jump, gap with US grows as tensions persist
BANGKOK (AP) — China's exports and imports surged in May and its politically sensitive surplus with the U.S. grew as the pandemic was waning in important markets in the West.
Lauded Australian veteran: Jealousy fueled Afghan defamation
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s most decorated living war veteran on Monday began a defamation trial against three Australian newspapers that he alleges depicted him as a criminal who broke the moral and legal rules of military engagement in Afghanistan.
Canada to receive 2.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week
OTTAWA — Canada is scheduled to receive 2.4 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week as more Canadians get their first and second jabs. Those shots are the only expected shipments in what should be a comparatively quiet week
All of Quebec now out of pandemic red zone, restrictions ease further in some regions
Montreal restaurant owner Haykel Abdennadher opened for in-person dining Monday morning for the first time in more than one year, and before the anxiety of the big day could set in, his first patron was already sitting at a table. "I