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BREAKING: The global temperature in June was record warm for the 13th straight month and it marked the 12th straight month that the world was 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial time, according to Copernicus.

June sizzles to 13th straight monthly heat record. String may end soon, but dangerous heat won'tapnews.com The European climate service Copernicus says Earth's more than year-long streak of record-shattering hot months kept on simmering through June.

BREAKING: French leftists win most seats in legislative elections as the far right falls short, pollsters say. The lack of a majority plunges the country into turmoil.

Live updates: French leftists win most seats in legislative elections, pollsters sayapnews.com The first projections say French leftists have won most seats in legislative elections. The surprise projections put President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance in second and the far right in third.

BREAKING: French President Emmanuel Macron votes in legislative elections that could force him to share power with the far right.

France is voting in a key election that could force Macron to share power with the far rightapnews.com The pivotal runoff elections could hand a historic victory to Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally and its inward-looking, anti-immigrant vision — or produce a hung parliament and years of political deadlock.

BREAKING: Follow live updates as polls open in France for the second round of legislative elections that could propel the far right to power.

French election 2024 live updates: Polls open for round 2 of votingapnews.com Results suggest Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration, nationalist party National Rally stands a good chance of winning a majority in France's runoff elections.

BREAKING: Uruguay beats Brazil 4-2 on penalties after scoreless draw, advances to Copa America semifinals

Uruguay beats Brazil 4-2 on penalties after scoreless draw, advances to Copa America semifinalsapnews.com Uruguay advanced to the Copa America semifinals with a 4-2 victory over Brazil on penalty kicks after the teams played to a scoreless draw.

BREAKING: Jon Landau, the Oscar-winning "Titanic" and "Avatar" producer who worked closely with director James Cameron, has died at 63.

Jon Landau, Oscar-winning 'Titanic' and 'Avatar' producer, dies at 63apnews.com Jon Landau, an Oscar-winning producer who worked closely with director James Cameron on “Titanic” and the “Avatar” series, has died. He was 63.

BREAKING: Four people are dead and three are wounded after a mass shooting in Kentucky, police say. The suspect is also dead.

4 killed in shooting at Kentucky home; suspect died after vehicle chase, police sayapnews.com Police say four people were killed and three others were wounded in an early morning shooting at a home in northern Kentucky.

BREAKING: Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran's presidential runoff election, besting hard-liner Jalili

Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran's presidential runoff election, besting hard-liner Jaliliapnews.com Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran’s runoff presidential election, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country’s mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests squeezing the Islamic Republic.

BREAKING: Biden says he's 'staying in the race' as he scrambles to save candidacy and sits for ABC interview

Biden says he's 'staying in the race' as he scrambles to save candidacy and sits for ABC interviewapnews.com President Joe Biden is fighting to save his endangered reelection effort. The president on Friday defiantly declared that “I’m staying in the race” during a campaign rally in a critical battleground state before he sat down for a network television interview where his every answer was sure to be scr

BREAKING: Rachel Reeves has been appointed Treasury chief in the new U.K. Labour government, the first woman to hold the job. Follow live updates:

UK election live updates: Starmer is the new prime ministerapnews.com Sunak officially left the post after tendering his resignation to King Charles III in his final audience with the monarch.

BREAKING: Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Mexico’s coast near the resort of Tulum as a Category 2 storm early Friday after leaving a trail of destruction across the eastern Caribbean.

Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on Mexico’s Caribbean coast near Tulum as a Category 2 stormapnews.com Hurricane Beryl has made landfall on Mexico’s coast near the resort of Tulum as a Category 2 storm after leaving a trail of destruction across the eastern Caribbean.

BREAKING: Keir Starmer officially becomes Britain's new prime minister, after ceremonial “kissing of hands’’ with King Charles III.

UK election live updates: Sunak resigns as prime ministerapnews.com Sunak officially left the post after tendering his resignation to King Charles III in his final audience with the monarch.

BREAKING: Labour leader Keir Starmer has arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the request of King Charles III to form a government after his party’s landslide victory.

UK Labour Party sweeps to power in historic election win. Sunak bids farewell in magnanimous speechapnews.com Labour leader Keir Starmer will officially become prime minister.

BREAKING: Rishi Sunak has left the prime minister’s residence and headed to Buckingham Palace to offer his resignation to King Charles III.

UK election live updates: Sunak heads to Buckingham Palace to resignapnews.com Rishi Sunak has left the prime minister’s residence and headed to Buckingham Palace to offer his resignation to King Charles III.

BREAKING: Liz Truss, Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister, loses seat in Parliament in another blow to defeated Conservatives

UK election live updates: Labour Party wins enough seats to form majority governmentapnews.com The Labour Party has officially won enough seats in the UK's 2024 general election to have a majority in parliament, as vote counting continues. Labour Leader Keir Starmer will become prime minister and can form a majority government.

BREAKING: Britain’s Labour Party has won enough seats to have a majority in the UK Parliament

Britain’s Labour Party has won enough seats to have a majority in the UK Parliamentapnews.com An exit poll and partial returns indicate that Britain’s Labour Party is headed for a landslide victory in a parliamentary election, as voters punish the governing Conservatives.

BREAKING: Hurricane Beryl strengthens back into a Category 3 storm as it nears Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula

Hurricane Beryl strengthens back into a Category 3 storm as it nears Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsulaapnews.com Hurricane Beryl has strengthened back into a Category 3 storm late as it nears Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula after leaving a trail of destruction across the eastern Caribbean.

BREAKING: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro indicted in connection with diamonds he received from Saudi Arabia, two sources with knowledge of the accusations told AP.

Brazil police indict ex-President Bolsonaro for money laundering, criminal association, sources sayapnews.com Brazilian police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds the far-right leader received from Saudi Arabia during his time in office, according to a source with knowledge of the accusations.

BREAKING: Exit poll suggests that Keir Starmer's Labour Party has won a huge majority in the UK election, riding a wave of frustration with the Conservatives' 14-year rule.

Conservatives face the prospect of defeat after 14 years in power. Follow live updates from the UK electionsapnews.com Polls are open in the United Kingdom for the country's first national election in almost five years. Follow live updates and latest news on the candidates, political parties, key issues and results.

BREAKING: The parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue has signed a deal to buy upscale rival Neiman Marcus for $2.65 billion.

Parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue to buy rival Neiman Marcusapnews.com The parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue has signed a deal to buy upscale rival Neiman Marcus for $2.65 billion.

BREAKING: The Health Ministry in Gaza says the Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has passed 38,000.

Palestinian death toll from Israel-Hamas war surges past 38,000, Gaza Health Ministry saysapnews.com The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says the Palestinian death toll from nearly nine months of war has surged past 38,000.

BREAKING: Follow live updates as polls open in the UK for the first parliamentary election in nearly five years

2024 UK Election live updates: Polls open for first parliamentary election in nearly 5 yearsapnews.com Polls are open in the United Kingdom for the country's first national election in almost five years. Follow live updates and latest news on the candidates, political parties, key issues and results.

BREAKING: Democratic governors say they stand with President Biden after a candid conversation but are worried about the state of the race.

Biden vows to keep running as signs point to rapidly eroding support for him on Capitol Hillapnews.com President Joe Biden is vowing to keep running for reelection as he rejects pressure from within his Democratic Party to withdraw after a disastrous debate performance raised questions about his readiness.

BREAKING: Biden and Harris join campaign call to say they will keep fighting after debate flop, AP sources say

Biden and Harris join campaign call to say they will keep fighting after debate flop, AP sources sayapnews.com President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have made a surprise appearance on a Democratic National Committee call, reiterating to staffers that they are in this fight for reelection together.

BREAKING: Advocates submit double the amount of signatures needed to put a constitutional right to abortion on the ballot in Arizona.

Abortion-rights advocates in Arizona submit needed signatures to put the issue on November ballotapnews.com Abortion-rights advocates in Arizona have submitted more than enough signatures to put the issue on November’s ballot in the key swing state.

BREAKING: Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, anti-settlement watchdog says.

Anti-settlement group says Israel has made largest West Bank land seizure in 3 decadesapnews.com An anti-settlement watchdog says Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades.

BREAKING: Robert Towne, an Oscar-winning screenwriter whose work on "Chinatown" became a model of the art form, dies at 89.

Robert Towne, Oscar-winning writer of ‘Chinatown,’ dies at 89apnews.com Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of "Shampoo," "The Last Detail" and other films whose script for "Chinatown" became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure of his native Los Angeles, has died.

BREAKING: Judge delays Trump’s sentencing in hush money case to eye high court ruling on presidential immunity

Judge delays Trump’s sentencing in hush money case to eye high court ruling on presidential immunityapnews.com Former President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case has been postponed until Sept. 18.

BREAKING: FDA approves a second Alzheimer's drug that can modestly slow disease

FDA approves a second Alzheimer's drug that can modestly slow diseaseapnews.com U.S. health officials have approved a new Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease. It's only the second drug that's been convincingly shown to slow the memory-destroying disease.

BREAKING: In wake of Supreme Court ruling, Biden administration tells doctors to provide emergency abortions

In wake of Supreme Court ruling, Biden administration tells doctors to provide emergency abortionsapnews.com The Democratic Biden administration is telling emergency room doctors they must perform emergency abortions when necessary to save a pregnant woman’s health.