Balkan Leaders Attend EU Summit in Montenegro as Enlargement Gains Urgency

TIVAT, Montenegro (AP) — Leaders from across the European Union and the Balkans are gathering in Montenegro on Friday to discuss expanding the bloc to include countries in the region, seen as a key area in countering security and economic threats posed by Russia and China. The EU-Western Balkans summit, being held in the Adriatic …

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Actors’ Union Approves 4-Year Contract With Studios and Streamers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Television and movie actors on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to ratify a four-year contract with studios and streaming services, a month after their union leaders negotiated a deal they say provides protections against synthetic actors created by artificial intelligence. The ratification was widely expected and a walkout never seemed to be in …

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Trump’s Latest Tariff Salvo No Fix for Global Issue of Forced Labor

By Olivia Le Poidevin, Christoph Steitz and Josephine Mason LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s threat ⁠to ⁠slap new tariffs on trade partners the U.S. accuses ⁠of failing to crack down on forced labour will do little to fight modern slavery — and could even make things ​worse, experts, business groups and some …

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Australian Cockroach Kingpin Caught With 100,000 Illegal Insects in Record Bug Bust

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — More than 100,000 live cockroaches illegal to keep in Australia were confiscated from a single breeder in the country’s largest-ever seizure of exotic invertebrates, officials said Friday. The haul of Madagascar hissing cockroaches and dubia cockroaches, worth 200,000 Australian dollars ($142,000), was seized in May from a commercial breeder in …

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John Tortorella’s Failed Coach’s Challenge Is a Difference-Maker in Stanley Cup Final Game 2

His Vegas Golden Knights appeared to score with five minutes left in regulation, but referee Jean Hebert waved it off immediately, citing goaltender interference. Hebert announced that he and the other on-ice officials thought Ivan Barbashev pushed Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen to knock the puck into the net. Tortorella after some deliberation decided to …

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Senate in Overnight Session as Republicans Debate Limits on $1.8B Trump Settlement

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is working overnight to pass legislation that would fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies as Democrats and some Republicans have tried to add language to permanently block Trump from creating a $1.776 billion settlement fund. Earlier in the day, Republicans turned back a Democratic effort to block the fund, …

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Who’s really at your door? App delivery drivers in California found using accounts that aren’t theirs

Do you know who you’re opening your door to? A CBS News California consumer investigation uncovered food delivery drivers using rented or stolen app accounts to bypass background checks, exposing a loophole that could put customers at risk. Now, in a CBS California accountability follow-up, investigative correspondent Julie Watts went to the State Capitol to …

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