Category Archives: World
Peru wakes up to 7th president in less than a decade after President Boluarte ousted by Congress
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peruvians woke up to their seventh president in less than a decade Friday, as 38-year-old Jos Jer took the reins of the shaken nation after Congress ousted widely loathed President D...
Oct 10, 2025
Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves 19 people missing and feared dead, sheriff says
McEWEN, Tenn. (AP) - A blast leveled an explosives plant Friday in rural Tennessee, leaving behind a mass of twisted metal, burned-out shells of cars and at least 19 people missing and feared dead, au...
Oct 10, 2025
Melania Trump says 8 children are reunited with families after ongoing talks with Putin
WASHINGTON (AP) - Melania Trump announced Friday that eight children displaced by the Russia-Ukraine war have been reunited with their families following ongoing talks with Russian President Vladimir ...
Oct 10, 2025
Maine Gov. Janet Mills will challenge Sen. Susan Collins in key 2026 Senate contest, AP sources say
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Maine's two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year, two people familiar with Mills' plans sai...
Oct 10, 2025
National Guard troops seen patrolling in Memphis alongside local police
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - National Guard troops were seen patrolling in Memphis for the first time on Friday, as part of President Donald Trump's federal task force, which faces multiple legal challenges....
Oct 10, 2025
Thousands of Palestinians return to what's left of their homes as Gaza ceasefire takes effect
WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) - Tens of thousands of Palestinians headed back to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza Strip on Friday as a U.S.-brokered ceasefire came into effect in a deal that raised ho...
Oct 10, 2025
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO, Norway (AP) - Venezuelan opposition leader Mara Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, winning recognition as a woman "who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkne...
Oct 10, 2025
Man convicted of killing a 15-year-old girl in her home in 2001 is executed by injection in Indiana
CHICAGO (AP) - An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl was executed by injection early Friday in the state's third execution since resuming capital punishment last year....
Oct 09, 2025
Peru’s Congress removes President Boluarte as a crime wave grips the country
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peru's Congress voted early Friday to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation and quickly replaced her with 38-yea...
Oct 09, 2025
Taiwan's president pledges to build air defense system in face of China threat
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan will accelerate the building of a "Taiwan Shield" or "T-Dome" air defense system in the face of the military threat from China, its leader said Friday. President Lai Ching...
Oct 09, 2025
