Category Archives: World

Official: Czech president can't perform duties due to health
PRAGUE (AP) - Health problems were preventing Czech President Milos Zeman from carrying out his duties, an official said Monday. The speaker of the Czech Senate, Milos Vystrcil, said that a letter he ...
Oct 18, 2021

Witnesses: Ethiopian military airstrikes hit Tigray capital
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopian military airstrikes have hit the capital of the country's Tigray region and killed at least three people, witnesses said Monday, returning the war abruptly to Mekele af...
Oct 18, 2021

Colin Powell has died of COVID-19 complications, family says
WASHIINGTON (AP) - Colin Powell, former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from COVID-19 complications, his family said Monday. He was 84. In an announcement on social media, the f...
Oct 18, 2021

Russia suspends its mission to NATO, foreign minister says
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's foreign minister said Monday that the country is suspending its mission to NATO. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the move is in response to last week's expulsion by NAT...
Oct 18, 2021

Gang with past abductions blamed for kidnapping missionaries
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A gang blamed for kidnapping five priests and two nuns earlier this year in Haiti is now accused of kidnapping 17 missionaries from a U.S.-based organization, including a ...
Oct 17, 2021

Bill Clinton to be released from California hospital
ORANGE, Calif. (AP) - Bill Clinton spent a fifth night at a Southern California hospital where he is recovering from an infection but is expected to be released Sunday after making great progress, a s...
Oct 17, 2021

Russian filmmakers head for Earth from space station
MOSCOW (AP) - A Soyuz space capsule carrying a cosmonaut and two Russian filmmakers has separated from the International Space Station and is heading for the Earth. The separation took place on schedu...
Oct 16, 2021

Venezuela halts talks after Maduro ally extradited to US
MIAMI (AP) - Venezuela's government said it would halt negotiations with opponents in retaliation for the extradition the U.S. of a close ally of President Nicolas Maduro wanted on criminal charges. J...
Oct 16, 2021

Hail, Mary! High school's halftime show is a drag pageant
A Vermont high school homecoming football game turned into a "drag ball" runway at halftime, with a mix of students and faculty members parading in gowns, wigs and makeup - and a big crowd in rainbow ...
Oct 16, 2021

Removing the %&*@ from Maine's vanity plates will take time
Removing the flipping obscenities from license plates on Maine's roads and highways isn't going to happen overnight, even though a law banning such profanities in a state where such regulation has bee...
Oct 16, 2021