Category Archives: World

Opposition candidate wins in Venezuela's cradle of Chavismo
BARINAS, Venezuela (AP) - Voters in the home state of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chvez on Sunday picked an opposition candidate for governor in a closely watched special election called after the...
Jan 09, 2022

19 dead, including 9 children, in NYC apartment fire
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's deadliest fire in more than three decades, killing 19 people including nine children Sunday at a Bronx apartment building, was caused by a faulty space heater, official...
Jan 09, 2022

Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson will seek reelection
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, one of former President Donald Trump's most vocal supporters, said Sunday that he will seek reelection, avoiding a wide open GOP pri...
Jan 09, 2022

Biden shied away from news conferences, interviews in Year 1
WASHINGTON (AP) - In what's become a familiar scene President Joe Biden lingered after delivering a recent speech on the pandemic as reporters fired a barrage of questions. He bristled at a query abou...
Jan 09, 2022

Kazakhstan says 164 killed in week of protests
MOSCOW (AP) - Kazakhstan's health ministry says 164 people have been killed in protests that have rocked the country over the past week. The figures reported Sunday on the state news channel Khabar-24...
Jan 09, 2022

Will he stay or will he go? Djokovic's hearing looms large
After four nights in an Australian immigration detention hotel, Novak Djokovic will get his day in court Monday in a deportation case that has polarized opinions and elicited heartfelt support for the...
Jan 08, 2022

GOP Sen. John Thune of South Dakota says he'll seek 4th term
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - U.S. Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, the second-ranking Republican leader in the Senate, announced Saturday he is seeking reelection to a fourth term in 2022. Thune, who turn...
Jan 08, 2022

Reports: Lawyers say Djokovic had COVID-19 last month
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Lawyers for Novak Djokovic filed court documents in his challenge against deportation from Australia that showed the tennis star contracted COVID-19 last month, the Austral...
Jan 08, 2022

Arbery killers get life in prison; no parole for father, son
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - Three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced Friday to life in prison, with a judge denying any chance of parole for the father and son who armed themselves...
Jan 07, 2022

Ethiopia grants amnesty to high-profile political detainees
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia's government on Friday announced an amnesty for some of the country's most high-profile political detainees, including opposition figure Jawar Mohammed and senior Tigray...
Jan 07, 2022