Category Archives: World

Biden: Putin should face war crimes trial for Bucha
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Monday called for war crimes trial against Russia President Vladimir Putin and said he'd seek more sanctions after reported atrocities in Ukraine. "You saw wha...
Apr 04, 2022

Jury deliberations underway in Michigan Gov. Whitmer plot
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A jury in Michigan started its deliberations Monday in the trial of four men accused of designing a plan to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The jury picked a leader late Frida...
Apr 04, 2022

US seizes yacht owned by oligarch with close ties to Putin
PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (AP) - The U.S. government seized a mega yacht in Spain owned by an oligarch with close ties to the Russian president on Monday, the first in the government's sanctions enforc...
Apr 04, 2022

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she won't seek second term
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has announced she will not seek second term. Lam made the announcement Monday at a news conference. Her successor will be picked in May. The Associated Pre...
Apr 03, 2022

Ex-treasury minister wins Costa Rica's presidency in runoff
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - A former Costa Rican finance minister beat one of the country's former presidents in a presidential runoff election Sunday, according to preliminary results from the vote t...
Apr 03, 2022

Early projections point to victory for Serbia's president
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - President Aleksandar Vucic and his populist right-wing party appeared headed to victory in Sunday's national election, extending a decade-long authoritarian rule in the Balkan ...
Apr 03, 2022

Weighed down by bad reviews, 'Morbius' opens with $39.1M
NEW YORK (AP) - Sony Pictures' Marvel adaptation "Morbius" landed with dismal reviews but still managed to debut with $39.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. That was enou...
Apr 03, 2022

Hungarians vote on giving pro-Putin PM Orban a 4th term
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Polls have closed in Hungary's national election on Sunday in which pro-Putin nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban sought a fourth consecutive term. There were no exit poll...
Apr 03, 2022

Jordan's Prince Hamzah relinquishes title a year after plot
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - The half-brother of Jordan's king relinquished his princely title on Sunday, a year after a rare palace feud saw him placed under house arrest. Prince Hamzah posted the letter on ...
Apr 03, 2022

Police say 6 dead, at least 9 injured in Sacramento shooting
SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) - Police in Sacramento say six people are dead and at least nine others have been injured after a shooting in downtown Sacramento. The Sacramento Police Department says the shoo...
Apr 03, 2022