Category Archives: World
India’s 'Cockroach' movement ends protests after education minister resigns
NEW DELHI (AP) - India's "Cockroach" movement called off its weeks of protests on Saturday, saying the government had accepted all of its demands after the country's education minister resigned over a...
Jul 25, 2026
France and Spain battle wildfires as more than 250,000 people are forced to flee homes
LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) - France sent a hulking military cargo plane to dump tons of flame retardants as it battled raging wildfires on Saturday and slashed the final stage of Tour de France to r...
Jul 25, 2026
Wildfire leads to evacuations in some suburbs of the French city of Bordeaux
ARCACHON, France (AP) - Authorities in France are evacuating some suburbs of Bordeaux because of a massive and shifting wildfire to the west of the city famous for its wines. The prefect of the Girond...
Jul 25, 2026
More than 200,000 people flee raging wildfires in France and Spain, some escaping by boat
ARCACHON, France (AP) - Massive forest fires forced the evacuation of some 200,000 people in southwestern France and central Spain on Friday, with residents fleeing towns near Madrid and Bordeaux as t...
Jul 24, 2026
Attorney for family of man killed by Madison police says the officer should be criminally charged
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Madison police officer who shot and killed Corey Ruiz should face criminal charges, civil rights attorney Ben Crump said Friday, after protests erupted in anger over videos of...
Jul 24, 2026
Former Cowboys QB Tony Romo arrested on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence
MILWAUKEE (AP) - CBS NFL analyst and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has been arrested on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence. According to the Milwaukee County Sher...
Jul 24, 2026
ICC chief prosecutor removed from post over sexual misconduct allegations, diplomats tell AP
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Member state representatives of the International Criminal Court voted to remove the global tribunal's chief prosecutor on Friday, nearly two years after sexual misconduct allega...
Jul 24, 2026
Democrats select South Carolina for their first presidential nominating contest in 2028 election
WASHINGTON (AP) - South Carolina was selected Friday to once again lead off the Democratic Party's 2028 presidential nominating schedule, most likely cementing a dramatic break from decades of traditi...
Jul 24, 2026
11 indicted in smuggling deaths of 7 migrants in rail cargo container in Texas
Eleven people were charged Friday with causing the deaths of seven migrants by trapping them inside a train container in sweltering Texas heat after they were smuggled into the United States. Among th...
Jul 24, 2026
Teen pleads guilty to murder in a 2024 shooting that left 4 dead at Georgia's Apalachee High School
WINDER, Ga. (AP) - A teenager has pleaded guilty to all 55 counts, including murder, in a shooting nearly two years ago at Apalachee High School in Georgia that killed two students and two teachers. C...
Jul 24, 2026
