Category Archives: World
China gives suspended death sentences to 2 former defense ministers accused of bribery
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese military court gave suspended death sentences Thursday to former defense ministers Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe, who were accused of bribery, according to the official Xinhua New...
May 07, 2026
Vatican and State Department stress solid ties after Rubio's fence-mending visit over Trump attacks
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican raised the "need to work tirelessly in favor of peace" in talks Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who came to Rome on a fence-mending visit after Presi...
May 07, 2026
Health officials track dozens who left hantavirus-stricken ship after 1st fatality
MADRID (AP) - Health authorities across four continents Thursday were tracking down and monitoring passengers who disembarked a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship before its deadly outbreak was detected,...
May 07, 2026
3 Australian women returning from Syria are arrested on suspicion of slavery and terrorism offenses
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Three women who were among 13 Australians returning home from Syria were arrested at airports on Thursday on allegations of slavery and terrorism inside the Islamic State g...
May 07, 2026
British voters cast ballots in local elections seen as a verdict on Keir Starmer's leadership
LONDON (AP) - British voters cast ballots Thursday in local and regional elections that could shake up the country's politics and deliver a heavy blow to embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Starmer...
May 06, 2026
Polls open in UK local elections seen as a verdict on Keir Starmer's leadership
LONDON (AP) - Polls have opened for midterm local and regional elections on Thursday that could deliver a heavy blow to embattled British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Starmer's center-left Labour Part...
May 06, 2026
Justice Department can keep 2020 election ballots seized from Georgia’s Fulton County, judge rules
ATLANTA (AP) - The federal government can keep the 2020 election ballots from Georgia's Fulton County that were seized by the FBI from a warehouse near Atlanta, a judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District ...
May 06, 2026
FBI searches Virginia Senate leader's office as part of corruption probe, AP source says
The FBI searched the Virginia state Senate leader's office on Wednesday as part of a corruption investigation, a person familiar with the matter said. The search at Virginia Sen. L. Louise Lucas's dis...
May 06, 2026
3 patients are being evacuated to Europe from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak
PRAIA, Cape Verde (AP) - Two patients with hantavirus and one suspected of infection were evacuated from a cruise ship and being flown to the Netherlands on Wednesday, the U.N. health agency said. The...
May 06, 2026
Chedrick Greene wins Michigan special election, ensuring Democrats keep control of state Senate
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) - Democrat Chedrick Greene won a special election in Michigan on Tuesday, securing the party's narrow control of the state Senate through the remainder of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's t...
May 05, 2026
