Monday, June 26, 2017

Australian and Chinese casino employees stood trial Monday on charges relating to gambling, in a case that highlights the sensitivity of doing certain businesses in China.

The Latest on the BET Awards being presented from the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles (all times local):

Government websites, many of them in Ohio, were hacked Sunday with a message that purports to be supportive of the Islamic State terrorist group. A message posted on the website …

A rescue operation is underway in Colombia after a tourist boat with about 150 people on board sank in a reservoir near Medellin.

Authorities in Colombia say a rescue operation is underway after a recreational boat with about 150 people on board sank near Medellin.

The Latest on a satellite launch from California (all times local): 1:30 p.m. A SpaceX rocket has lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, in the second half of …

Sportscaster Erin Andrews and former NHL player Jarret Stoll have tied the knot.

Thousands of protesters are demanding that Belgium immediately shut down two nuclear reactors because of safety concerns. German news agency dpa reported that people from Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands formed a human chain across the border triangle of the three countries on Sunday. Protesters are concerned over the safety of the pressure vessels at the Tihange 2 and Doel 3 reactors in Belgium. Germany, which plans to switch off all of its nuclear reactors by 2022, is sensitive to concerns about nuclear plants outside of the country. German Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks urged Belgium last year to take the two reactors offline "until open safety questions are cleared up.

John McEnroe wants more anger in tennis.

Drowning in a sea of lawsuits and recall costs, Japanese air bag maker Takata Corp. is expected to seek bankruptcy protection in Tokyo and the United States early Monday.

British police say they have arrested a woman after a car collided with pedestrians outside a Newcastle sports center, injuring six people.

He may be a great player, but Portugal is not just Cristiano Ronaldo. A whole array of players has driven the team to the top of European football.

Activists for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex rights say they will march for Pride in Istanbul, despite a ban by the governor's office.

The Latest on an oil tanker fire in Pakistan that killed more than 140 people (all times local):

Turkey's president says he will not pull Turkish troops from their base in Qatar, rejecting a demand by major Arab states that it do so to end the ongoing crisis with the small Gulf country.

The California-based Vietnam Reform Party, or Viet Tan, says its member Pham Minh Hoang was forcibly taken from his home in southern Ho Chi Minh City on Friday evening and placed on a flight to Paris on Saturday. The 61-year-old math lecturer was sentenced to three years in prison in 2011 for attempted subversion by posting articles on his blog criticizing the Communist government.

Albanians were voting Sunday in a general election that follows a landmark agreement between the country's two biggest political parties to look past their bitter differences and back efforts for Albania to eventually join the European Union.