Category Archives: World

An American reporter jailed in Russia loses his appeal, meaning he'll stay in jail through March
MOSCOW (AP) - A court in Moscow extended the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, until the end of March, Russian news agencies reported Friday. U...
Jan 25, 2024

Jannik Sinner ends 10-time champion Novak Djokovic's unbeaten streak in Australian Open semifinals
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Jannik Sinner has upset Novak Djokovic to reach the Australian Open men's final, ending the 10-time champion's career unbeaten streak in semifinals at Melbourne Park. The 2...
Jan 25, 2024

US Supreme Court rules Alabama can proceed with the country’s first execution by nitrogen gas
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Alabama can proceed with using nitrogen gas to put a man to death, refusing to block what would be the nation's first execution by a new ...
Jan 25, 2024

Turkey formally ratifies Sweden's NATO membership, leaving Hungary as only ally yet to endorse it
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey published a measure approving Sweden's membership in NATO in an official gazette on Thursday, finalizing the ratification that brings the previously nonaligned country a s...
Jan 25, 2024

Donald Trump testifies in his defense in E. Jean Carroll defamation suit
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump began testifying Thursday in a New York defamation trial to determine how much he might owe the advice columnist E. Jean Carroll for disparaging her as a liar after she pu...
Jan 25, 2024

Trump White House official Peter Navarro gets 4-month sentence for defying House Jan. 6 subpoena
WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump White House official Peter Navarro, who was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the ...
Jan 25, 2024

France's constitutional court rejects several measures in controversial immigration law
PARIS (AP) - France's Constitutional Council on Thursday rejected several measures in a divisive new immigration law that critics call inhumane, in a new blow to President Emmanuel Macron and his gove...
Jan 25, 2024

Six nuns and two other people kidnapped in Haiti have been released, archbishop says
Six nuns kidnapped in Haiti last week along with two other people have been released, the archbishop of Port-au-Prince told The Associated Press on Thursday. The group was released late Wednesday, and...
Jan 25, 2024

Russian courts jail a Putin critic and a woman convicted of a blast that killed a pro-war blogger
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - A Russian court on Thursday sentenced a woman to 27 years for a cafe blast that killed a prominent pro-war blogger after he was given a bust of himself that later exploded. Dar...
Jan 25, 2024

Nepal asks Russia to send back Nepalis recruited to fight in Ukraine and the bodies of those killed
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal has asked Russia to send back hundreds of Nepali nationals who were recruited to fight against Ukraine and repatriate the bodies of those who died in the conflict, Nepal'...
Jan 25, 2024