Category Archives: World
Louvre workers vote to extend a strike as the museum partially reopens
PARIS (AP) - Employees at the Louvre Museum voted to extend a strike that has disrupted operations at the world's most visited museum, though the attraction partially opened Wednesday to allow visitor...
Dec 17, 2025
Accused gunman in Bondi Beach shooting charged with 15 counts of murder
SYDNEY (AP) - An accused gunman in Sydney's Bondi Beach massacre was charged with 59 offenses including 15 charges of murder on Wednesday, as hundreds of mourners gathered in Sydney to begin funerals ...
Dec 16, 2025
FIFA slashes price of some World Cup tickets to $60 after global fan backlash
GENEVA (AP-CP) - FIFA slashed the price of some World Cup tickets for teams' most loyal fans following a global backlash and some will get US$60 seats for the final instead of being asked to pay $4,18...
Dec 16, 2025
Trump orders blockade of 'sanctioned oil tankers' into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on Maduro
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is ordering a blockade of all "sanctioned oil tankers" into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country's authoritarian leader Nicols Maduro ...
Dec 16, 2025
Trump expands travel ban and restrictions to include an additional 20 countries
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration announced Tuesday it was expanding travel restrictions to an additional 20 countries and the Palestinian Authority, doubling the number of nations affected b...
Dec 16, 2025
Trump will go to Delaware for the dignified transfer of the 2 National Guard members killed in Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is traveling to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday for a dignified transfer for the two Iowa National Guard members killed in an attack in the Syria...
Dec 16, 2025
FIFA slashes price of some World Cup tickets to $60 after global fan backlash
MIAMI (AP) - FIFA slashed the price of some World Cup tickets for teams' most loyal fans following a global backlash and some will get $60 seats for the final instead of being asked to pay $4,185. FIF...
Dec 16, 2025
Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff, criticizes Bondi and opines on Trump in Vanity Fair
WASHINGTON (AP) - Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump's understated but influential chief of staff, criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and broadly defended th...
Dec 16, 2025
Australian police say Bondi Beach mass shooting was inspired by Islamic State group
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach was "a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State," Australia's federal...
Dec 15, 2025
US military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people. The military said in a statement ...
Dec 15, 2025
