Google and Apple lose their court fights against the EU and owe billions in fines and taxes

Google lost its last bid to overturn a European Union antitrust penalty, after the bloc’s top court ruled against it Tuesday in a case that came with a whopping fine and helped jumpstart an era of intensifying scrutiny for Big Tech companies.

First doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrive in Congo

Authorities in Congo said that 50,000 doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrived in the country on Tuesday, a week after the first batch arrived from the European Union.

EU vows retaliation if Hungary sends buses of migrants to Brussels

Hungary’s threat to send a bus convoy of migrants to Brussels in protest against European Union policies is unacceptable and would prompt EU retaliatory action, the bloc’s powerful executive branch warned on Tuesday.

US and Britain accuse Iran of sending Russia missiles to use in Ukraine

The United States and Britain formally accused Iran on Tuesday of supplying short-range ballistic missiles to Russia to use in the war in Ukraine and will take measures to punish those involved.

US airman being investigated in connection with Venice nightclub stabbing

A U.S. airman is under investigation after a weekend stabbing outside a Venice nightclub left a young man hospitalized in serious condition, the Air Force said.

Commander acted in reprisal by nixing deployment after soldier’s sexual assault report, IG says

A soldier who filed a sexual assault complaint ahead of her unit’s deployment was damaged financially by her boss’ reprisal but wasn’t wrongly denied a promotion, Defense Department investigators decided recently.

Congress bestows its highest honor on 13 troops killed during Afghanistan withdrawal

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday presented Congress’ highest honor — the Congressional Gold Medal — to 13 U.S. service members who were killed during the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, even as the politics of a presidential election swirled around the event.

US sailor accused of knocking down 4 people at Japanese beach faces prison term

Japanese prosecutors asked for a 2½-year prison term for a US sailor who admitted running drunkenly into a group of Japanese pedestrians, seriously injuring four, at a beach in 2022.

Annual DODEA Japan culture swap opens with entrepreneurial exercise

American and Japanese middle and high school students gathered here for a weekend of cultural exchanges and entrepreneurial role-playing.

USS America paused for first South Korea port call after amphibious exercise

The amphibious assault ship USS America stopped in South Korea last week, its first-ever visit to the country in the ship’s nearly 10-year history, the Navy said. 

Israeli strike on Palestinian tent camp kills at least 19

An Israeli strike hit a crowded Palestinian tent camp early Tuesday in Gaza, killing at least 19 people and wounding 60, Palestinian officials said. Israel said it targeted senior Hamas militants with precise munitions.

Tropical Depression 14W (Bebinca), # 4

Guam resumes TCCOR 4, tropical storm warning canceled for Guam and Marianas Islands, forecast track sends Bebinca close Okinawa by the weekend.

North Korea marks founding anniversary with calls for stronger nuclear force

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for the strengthening of his country’s nuclear force due to perceived threats by the United States and South Korea.

Sen. Tuberville blocks promotion of Defense Secretary’s top military aide

Sen. Tommy Tuberville has blocked the promotion of an Army general who is a senior aide to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, threatening a confrontation between the Republican firebrand and the Pentagon, while reviving a months-old furor over the military chief’s medical secrecy.

James Earl Jones, acclaimed actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93

James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen — eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to CNN, “The Lion King” and Darth Vader — has died. Jones, an Army veteran, was 93.

Robins AFB employee sues service for racial, sexual discrimination

A longtime civilian employee of Robins Air Force Base said he faced repeated discrimination from his bosses at the Georgia military post since they learned he was gay about five years ago, according to a lawsuit that he has filed against Frank Kendall, the service secretary.

Ex-employees of Titanic submersible’s owner to testify before Coast Guard panel

Former employees of the company that owned an experimental submersible that imploded on its way to the wreck of the Titanic are scheduled to testify before a Coast Guard investigatory board at an upcoming hearing.

Edward B. Johnson, second CIA officer in Iran for ‘Argo’ rescue mission, dies at age 81

Edward B. Johnson, an Army veteran who as a CIA officer traveled into Iran with a colleague to rescue six American diplomats who fled the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran, has died, the CIA confirmed on Monday. He was 81.

A 9/11 anniversary tradition is handed down to a new generation

A poignant phrase echoes when 9/11 victims’ relatives gather each year to remember the loved ones they lost in the terror attacks. “I never got to meet you.” It is the sound of generational change at ground zero.