Category Archives: World
Fred Harris, former US senator from Oklahoma and presidential hopeful, dies at 94
CORRALES, N.M. (AP) - Fred Harris, a former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, presidential hopeful and populist who championed Democratic Party reforms in the turbulent 1960s, died Saturday. He was 94. Harr...
Nov 23, 2024
Trump taps Rollins as agriculture chief, completing proposed slate of Cabinet secretaries
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary, the last of his picks to lead executive agenc...
Nov 23, 2024
Trump taps Rollins as agriculture chief, completing proposed slate of Cabinet secretaries
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary. Rollins, who heads the Trump-allies America F...
Nov 23, 2024
Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in UAE is missing. Israeli officials fear he may have been kidnapped
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - An Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in the United Arab Emirates has gone missing, with Israeli authorities raising the suspicion Saturday he may have been kidnapped as ...
Nov 23, 2024
Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in UAE goes missing; Israeli officials fear he may have been kidnapped
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - An Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in the United Arab Emirates has gone missing, with Israeli authorities raising the suspicion he may have been kidnapped as tensions ...
Nov 23, 2024
Fighting between armed sectarian groups in restive northwestern Pakistan kills at least 37 people
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Fighting between armed Sunni and Shiite groups in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 37 people and injured 25 others, a senior police officer from the region said Saturday...
Nov 23, 2024
Polish prime minister's party picks Warsaw mayor as its candidate for president
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Warsaw Mayor Rafa Trzaskowski has been selected by Prime Minister Donald Tusk's centrist Civic Coalition as its candidate in next year's presidential election, beating out Foreig...
Nov 23, 2024
Fighting between armed sectarian groups in restive northwestern Pakistan kills at least 33 people
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Fighting between armed Sunni and Shiite groups in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 33 people and injured 25 others, a senior police officer from the region said Saturday...
Nov 22, 2024
South Korea will not attend Sado mines memorial event in Japan amid lingering historical tensions
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's government said Saturday it will not attend a memorial service near Japan's Sado Island Gold Mines due to unspecified disagreements with Tokyo over the event, w...
Nov 22, 2024
2 men convicted of charges related to human smuggling after scheme led to an Indian family’s death
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) - Two men have been convicted by a Minnesota jury of charges related to human smuggling for participating in a scheme that led to the deaths of an Indian family who froze whil...
Nov 22, 2024
