Category Archives: World

Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy won’t seek reelection
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the most senior member of the Senate, said Monday he will not seek reelection in 2022 to the seat he has held for eight terms. Leahy, 8...
Nov 15, 2021

Trump ally Bannon taken into custody on contempt charges
WASHINGTON (AP) - Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, surrendered to federal authorities on Monday to face contempt charges after defying a subpoena from a House committee ...
Nov 15, 2021

Democrat Beto O'Rourke running for Texas governor in 2022
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Democrat Beto O'Rourke is running for governor of Texas, pursuing a blue breakthrough in America's biggest red state after his star-making U.S. Senate campaign in 2018 put him clo...
Nov 15, 2021

Pope honors Catholic priests, nuns who cared for HIV victims
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis has paid tribute to Catholic priests, nuns and laypeople who helped care for people with HIV and AIDS during the early period of the epidemic in the U.S. "at great risk to the...
Nov 15, 2021

UK police: Blast outside hospital was terrorist incident
LONDON (AP) - British police say an explosion in a taxi outside a hospital that killed a man is being treated as a terrorist incident, but the motive remains unclear. Russ Jackson, the head of Counter...
Nov 15, 2021

Ex-US diplomat says Myanmar frees jailed American journalist
BANGKOK (AP) - Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson says American journalist Danny Fenster has been released from prison in Myanmar. Richardson said in a statement Monday that Fenster ha...
Nov 15, 2021

9-year-old Dallas boy dies after Astroworld festival crush
HOUSTON (AP) - A 9-year-old Dallas boy has become the youngest person to die from injuries sustained during a crowd surge at the Astroworld music festival in Houston. Ezra Blount of Dallas died Sunday...
Nov 14, 2021

Exit poll: Anti-corruption party leads in Bulgarian election
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - A newly founded anti-corruption party appears to be the winner of Bulgaria's parliamentary election on Sunday, initial exit poll data suggests. The exit poll conducted by Gallup...
Nov 14, 2021

Gadhafi's son announces candidacy for president of Libya
CAIRO (AP) - The son and one-time heir apparent of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi announced Sunday his candidacy for the country's presidential election next month, Libya's election agency said....
Nov 14, 2021

Queen sprains back, won't attend Remembrance Sunday event
LONDON (AP) - Queen Elizabeth II has sprained her back and will not attend the Remembrance Sunday service in central London to remember Britain's war dead, Buckingham Palace said Sunday. The monarch i...
Nov 14, 2021