Category Archives: World

Spanish Cabinet partially pardons 9 Catalan separatists
MADRID (AP) - The Spanish Cabinet issued pardons on Tuesday for nine imprisoned instigators of Catalonia's 2017 secession bid in a move that Prime Minister Pedro Snchez says is needed to bring reconci...
Jun 22, 2021

3 killed in Denver-area shooting, including officer, suspect
ARVADA, Colo. (AP) - A gunman is believed to have shot and killed an officer and another person in a shopping district in a Denver suburb Monday before being fatally shot by police, authorities said. ...
Jun 21, 2021

Denmark beats Russia 4-1 to advance at Euro 2020
COPENHAGEN - After scoring a goal to help Denmark advance at the European Championship, Joakim Maehle walked straight to a TV camera and formed a "10" with his fingers. That was for Christian Eriksen....
Jun 21, 2021

Not guilty pleas in Jordan sedition trial tied to royal rift
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - A former top adviser to King Abdullah II and a relative of the monarch pleaded not guilty Monday to sedition and incitement charges linked to an unprecedented public rift in Jorda...
Jun 21, 2021

Swedish PM loses confidence vote, sparking uncertainty
STOCKHOLM (AP) - Stefan Lofven, Sweden's Social Democratic prime minister since 2014, lost a confidence vote in parliament on Monday amid a housing crisis and skyrocketing real estate prices, making h...
Jun 21, 2021

Spanish leader: 9 Catalan separatists will be pardoned
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Prime Minister Pedro Snchez said Monday that the Spanish Cabinet will approve pardons for nine separatist Catalan politicians and activists imprisoned for their roles in the 20...
Jun 21, 2021

Iran's president-elect defends himself over 1988 executions
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's president-elect has called himself "a defender of human rights" after being asked directly about his involvement in the 1988 mass executions of some 5,000 peo...
Jun 21, 2021

Armenia PM party wins snap parliamentary election
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) - Results released Monday showed the party of Armenia's acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan won the snap parliamentary elections he called to ease anger over a peace deal he si...
Jun 20, 2021

Far right falters as conservatives lead French regional vote
PARIS (AP) - Marine Le Pen's far-right party stumbled, French President Emmanuel Macron's centrists crashed and incumbent conservatives surged ahead in the first round of regional elections Sunday tha...
Jun 20, 2021

Body of fourth tuber has been found in North Carolina river
EDEN, N.C. (AP) - The body of a fourth tuber has been found in a North Carolina river following a deadly accident in which a family on a recreational float went over a dam, local officials said Sunday...
Jun 20, 2021