Category Archives: World

Tanks but no tanks! German fined for WWII weapons arsenal
BERLIN (AP) - A German court on Tuesday convicted an 84-year-old man of illegal weapons possession for having a personal arsenal that included a tank, a flak cannon and multiple other items of World W...
Aug 03, 2021

Head of group for exiled Belarusians found hanged in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A Belarusian activist who ran a group in Ukraine helping Belarusians fleeing persecution was found dead in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, local police said Tuesday. Vitaly Shishov, ...
Aug 03, 2021

Children stopped at border likely hit record-high in July
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The number of children traveling alone who were picked up at the Mexican border by U.S. immigration authorities likely hit an all-time high in July, and the number of people who came ...
Aug 02, 2021

Judge denies new trial request in Mollie Tibbetts case
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A judge on Monday rejected a convicted man's request for a new trial in the 2018 killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, whose body was found in a cornfield week...
Aug 02, 2021

US hits 70% vaccination rate -- a month late, amid a surge
The U.S. on Monday finally reached President Joe Biden's goal of getting at least one COVID-19 shot into 70% of American adults -- a month late and amid a fierce surge by the delta variant that is swa...
Aug 02, 2021

Mask mandate reinstated in San Francisco Bay Area amid surge
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Health officials in San Francisco and six other Bay Area counties announced Monday that they are reinstating a mask mandate for all indoor settings as COVID-19 infections surge be...
Aug 02, 2021

Citing Taliban violence, US expands Afghan refugee program
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration on Monday expanded its efforts to evacuate at-risk Afghan citizens from Afghanistan as Taliban violence increases ahead there of the U.S. military pullout at...
Aug 02, 2021

Tourists flee as wildfires threaten Turkish beach resorts
ISTANBUL (AP) - Wildfires raged Sunday near Turkey's holiday beach destinations of Antalya and Mugla as the discovery of more bodies caused the death toll to rise to eight. Residents and tourists fled...
Aug 01, 2021

Turkey evacuates panicked tourists by boat from wildfires
ISTANBUL (AP) - Panicked tourists in Turkey hurried to the seashore to wait for rescue boats Saturday after being told to evacuate some hotels in the Aegean resort of Bodrum due to the dangers posed b...
Jul 31, 2021

Florida coronavirus cases jump 50% as surge continues
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's coronavirus cases jumped 50% this week, the state Health Department reported Friday, continuing a six-week surge that has seen it responsible for 1 in 5 new infe...
Jul 30, 2021