Category Archives: World

Biden meets Sweden, Finland leaders to talk NATO, Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Thursday welcomed the leaders of Sweden and Finland to the White House, as he hailed the applications of the once-neutral countries to join the North Atlantic ...
May 19, 2022

NATO chief: Dispute over Sweden, Finland will be resolved
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday he was "confident that we will come to a quick decision to welcome both Sweden and Finland to join the NATO family" des...
May 19, 2022

Jordan's king puts half-brother under formal house arrest
JERUSALEM (AP) - Jordan king has gone public with a royal rift with his half-brother and formalized the former crown prince's house arrest, calling him "erratic" in an unprecedented harshly worded pub...
May 19, 2022

Grand jury indicts man in Buffalo supermarket shooting
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The white man accused of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket appeared briefly in court Thursday after a grand jury indicted him on a first-degree murder charge. Assis...
May 19, 2022

Germany: 1 person wounded, 1 detained in school attack
BERLIN (AP) - German police say they have detained a suspect in connection with a Thursday morning attack at a high school in the northern city of Bremerhaven in which one person was injured. Police s...
May 19, 2022

Biden invokes Defense Production Act for formula shortage
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act to speed production of infant formula and authorized flights to import supply from overseas, as he faces mounting ...
May 18, 2022

US health secretary tests positive for COVID on Germany trip
BERLIN (AP) - Another member of President Joe Biden's Cabinet has tested positive for COVID-19. U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra tested positive for the virus on Wednesday while visiting Berlin, a...
May 18, 2022

DHS pauses disinformation board, director will resign
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Department of Homeland Security paused its new disinformation governance board Wednesday and its board's director will resign, following weeks of criticism from Republicans and q...
May 18, 2022

Kansas Supreme Court upholds Republican congressional map
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas' highest court on Wednesday upheld a Republican redistricting law that makes it harder for the only Democrat in the state's congressional delegation to win reelection in a b...
May 18, 2022

Ex-cop pleads guilty to manslaughter in George Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A former Minneapolis police officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd. As part of the plea ...
May 18, 2022