Category Archives: World
Argentine tribunal allows ex-President Fernández to serve corruption sentence at home
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - A federal court on Tuesday granted former Argentine President Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner's request to serve a six-year prison sentence for corruption at her home in B...
Jun 17, 2025
UK lawmakers vote to decriminalize abortion amid concern about the prosecution of women
LONDON (AP) - British lawmakers voted Tuesday to decriminalize abortion in England and Wales after a lawmaker argued that it was cruel to prosecute women for ending a pregnancy. The House of Commons a...
Jun 17, 2025
Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate, is arrested outside immigration court
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by federal agents at an immigration court Tuesday as he was trying to "accompany" a person out of a courtroom. ...
Jun 17, 2025
Trump says US knows where Iran's Khamenei is hiding, urges Iran's unconditional surrender
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. knows where Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is hiding during the Israel-Iran conflict but doesn't want him killed "for now."...
Jun 17, 2025
Things to know about the retrial of Karen Read in the killing of her police officer boyfriend
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - The jury asked the judge three questions relating to charges and evidence Tuesday in the second murder trial of Karen Read, who is charged with killing her Boston police officer b...
Jun 17, 2025
An 80-year-old drives a luxury Mercedes sedan down Rome's Spanish Steps and gets stuck
ROME (AP) - An 80-year-old man drove a compact luxury Mercedes-Benz A Class sedan down the landmark Spanish Steps in Rome early on Tuesday before getting stuck part way down, municipal police said in ...
Jun 17, 2025
Alcaraz-Raducanu is a US Open mixed doubles entry. So are Osaka-Kyrgios, Keys-Tiafoe, Swiatek-Ruud
NEW YORK (AP) - Imagine Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu competing together for a Grand Slam trophy. How about Madison Keys and Frances Tiafoe as a duo? Iga Swiatek alongside Casper Ruud? Or Naomi Osa...
Jun 17, 2025
North Korea to send thousands of military construction workers and deminers to Russia
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Russian state news agency RIA Novosti says North Korea will send thousands of military construction workers and deminers to Russia. The Russian new agency cited top Russian s...
Jun 17, 2025
At least 45 Palestinians killed while waiting for aid trucks in Gaza, health officials say
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - At least 45 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip while waiting for U.N. and commercial trucks to enter the territory with desperately needed food, according to Gaz...
Jun 17, 2025
At least 14 killed and more than 40 wounded in Kyiv after Russian drone and missile attack
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - At least 14 people were killed and 44 wounded in a combined Russian missile and drone attack targeting Ukraine' capital overnight on Tuesday, Ukrainian officials said. Kyiv City M...
Jun 16, 2025
