Category Archives: World

Griner's trial resumes amid intensified diplomacy
MOSCOW (AP) - Since Brittney Griner last appeared in her trial for cannabis possession, the question of her fate expanded from a tiny and cramped courtroom on Moscow's outskirts to the highest level o...
Aug 01, 2022

80 men in South African court on charges of raping 8 women
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - More than 80 men suspected of the gang rapes of eight women and the armed robbery of a video production crew in the South African town of Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, appeare...
Aug 01, 2022

AP sources: NFL suspends Browns QB Deshaun Watson 6 games
The NFL suspended Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for six games on Monday for violating its personal conduct policy following accusations of sexual misconduct made against him by two dozen...
Aug 01, 2022

1st ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain has set off from the port of Odesa, Turkey's defense ministry said Monday. The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship, Razoni left the port of Od...
Jul 31, 2022

Japanese video journalist detained at Myanmar protest march
BANGKOK (AP) - A Japanese video journalist has been detained by security forces in Myanmar while covering a protest against military rule in the country's largest city, pro-democracy activists said Su...
Jul 31, 2022

It's coming home! England rejoices as soccer women win Euros
LONDON (AP) - "It's coming home!" England won a major international soccer tournament on Sunday for the first time in more than half a century. The fact it was the women's team, not the men's, that en...
Jul 31, 2022

England beats Germany 2-1 in European Championship final
LONDON (AP) - England beat Germany 2-1 in the final of the European Championship after extra time on Sunday to win its first major women's soccer title. Chloe Kelly scored the winning goal on a reboun...
Jul 31, 2022

Part of Beirut port silos, damaged in 2020 blast, collapses
BEIRUT (AP) - A section of Beirut's massive port grain silos, shredded in the 2020 explosion, collapsed in a huge cloud of dust on Sunday after a weekslong fire, triggered by grains that had fermented...
Jul 31, 2022

Biden tests positive for COVID-19, returns to isolation
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again Saturday, slightly more than three days after he was cleared to exit coronavirus isolation, the White House said, in a rare cas...
Jul 30, 2022

Kentucky governor: Death toll from flooding rises to 25.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's governor said it could take weeks to find all the victims of flash flooding that killed at least 25 people when torrential rains swamped towns across Appalachia. Gov. ...
Jul 30, 2022