Category Archives: World
Negotiations over the war in Ukraine could start 'in the winter,' Poland's leader Tusk says
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday that negotiations over the war in neighboring Ukraine could start "in winter," as his country prepares to take over the rotating ...
Dec 10, 2024
Israel's Netanyahu takes the stand in long-running corruption trial
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stand on Tuesday in his long-running trial for alleged corruption, setting off what's expected to be a weekslong spectacle th...
Dec 10, 2024
Mass evacuation of Philippine towns underway after a brief but major volcanic eruption
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region Tuesday after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash plume and superhot streams of gas and deb...
Dec 09, 2024
Mass evacuation of Philippine villages underway after a brief but major volcanic eruption
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region Tuesday a day after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash plume and superhot streams of gas a...
Dec 09, 2024
Polygamous sect leader gets 50 years in prison in scheme to orchestrate sex involving children
PHOENIX (AP) - A polygamist religious leader who claimed more than 20 spiritual "wives" including 10 underage girls was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Monday for coercing girls as young as 9 years...
Dec 09, 2024
6 Guatemalans arrested and charged with human smuggling in deadly 2021 Mexico truck crash
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Six Guatemalans are charged with human smuggling linked to a semi-trailer truck crash in Mexico in 2021 that killed more than 50 migrants and were arrested in Guatemala and Texas ...
Dec 09, 2024
Ghana's ex-leader is declared the winner of the presidential election
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - Ghana's former leader John Dramani Mahama was officially declared the winner of the presidential election on Monday evening, after voters vented anger at the government's handling ...
Dec 09, 2024
Ghana's ex-leader is declared the winner of the presidential election
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - Ghana's former leader John Dramani Mahama was officially declared the winner of the presidential election on Monday evening, after voters vented anger at the government's handling ...
Dec 09, 2024
New Jersey becomes latest state to prohibit bans on books in school, public libraries
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and ...
Dec 09, 2024
Veteran Daniel Penny is acquitted in NYC subway chokehold case over Jordan Neely's death
NEW YORK (AP) - A Marine veteran who used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider was acquitted on Monday in a death that became a prism for differing views about public safety, valor and vigilantism....
Dec 09, 2024
