Category Archives: World
Italy greenlights a $15.5 billion project to build bridge linking Sicily to the mainland
MILAN (AP) - A long-delayed and debated bridge linking the Italian mainland with Sicily cleared a major hurdle Wednesday, allowing work to begin on what would be the world's longest suspension bridge,...
Aug 6, 2025
Separatist Bosnian Serb leader Dodik removed from office by Bosnian election authorities
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - Bosnia's electoral authorities on Wednesday stripped separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik from his position as president of the Serb entity in Bosnia, follo...
Aug 6, 2025
Trump's envoy meets Putin ahead of Russia-Ukraine peace deadline, the Kremlin says
The Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff for talks, days before the White House's deadline for Russia to reach a peace dea...
Aug 6, 2025
4 people die in crash of medical transport plane on Navajo Nation in northern Arizona
A small medical transport plane crashed and caught fire Tuesday on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, killing four people, the tribe said in a statement. A Beechcraft 300 from the CSI Aviation com...
Aug 5, 2025
Mary Sheffield advances in Detroit mayor’s race, opponent not yet decided
DETROIT (AP) - Mary Sheffield, Detroit's City Council president, has advanced to the November election that will decide who will succeed popular three-term Mayor Mike Duggan, who is not seeking reelec...
Aug 5, 2025
RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu. ...
Aug 5, 2025
Federal judge rules Trump administration cannot reallocate billions meant for disaster mitigation
BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from reallocating $4 billion meant to help communities protect against natural disasters. U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stear...
Aug 5, 2025
Tennessee executes inmate by lethal injection without deactivating his implanted defibrillator
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee executed an inmate Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, despite uncertainty about whether the device would shock his heart when the lethal chemic...
Aug 5, 2025
Ion Iliescu, Romania's first freely elected president after 1989 revolution, has died at 95
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Ion Iliescu, Romania's first freely elected president after the fall of communism in 1989, who later faced charges of crimes against humanity for his role in the bloody revol...
Aug 5, 2025
Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus says parliamentary election to take place in February
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Bangladesh's interim leader, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, said Tuesday that the country's parliamentary election would be held in February. In a televised addres...
Aug 5, 2025
