Category Archives: World
Japan’s ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as new leader, likely to become first female PM
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hardline ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her likely to become ...
Oct 03, 2025
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert vows to repair player relationships
LAS VEGAS (AP) - WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said Friday there's work to be done to repair relationships with players in the league, while adding that there were "inaccuracies" in some of the co...
Oct 03, 2025
Supreme Court lets Trump strip protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to strip legal protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants. The justices issued an emergency or...
Oct 03, 2025
North Carolina governor signs criminal justice bill into law after Ukrainian refugee’s death
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's Democratic governor signed into law on Friday a criminal justice measure that the state's Republican-controlled legislature approved in response to the stabbing d...
Oct 03, 2025
Hegseth announces latest strike on boat near Venezuela he says was trafficking drugs
WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday he ordered another strike on a small boat he accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela, expanding what the Trump administration...
Oct 03, 2025
Trump orders Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas partially accepts his peace plan
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered Israel to stop bombing the Gaza Strip after Hamas said it had accepted some elements of his plan to end the nearly two-ye...
Oct 03, 2025
One of two victims in Manchester synagogue attack may have been killed by a bullet fired by police
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - One of the two men killed in a car and knife attack on a synagogue in the city of Manchester may have been killed by a bullet fired by a police officer, the force said on Fr...
Oct 03, 2025
Sarah Mullally named the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in history of Church of England
LONDON (AP) - Sarah Mullally, the bishop of London, was announced Friday as Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time a woman has been chosen as the spiritual leader of the Church of England. Mullally,...
Oct 03, 2025
Dutch high court orders government to reevaluate license to export F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The highest court in the Netherlands on Friday ordered the Dutch government to reevaluate its currently suspended license for exporting parts for F-35 fighter jets to Isr...
Oct 03, 2025
Luxembourg crowns a new grand duke after the former grand duke abdicates
LUXEMBOURG (AP) - Grand Duke Guillaume swore an oath to ascend to the throne of Luxembourg on Friday in a traditional ceremony attended by royals and European heads of state. Flanked by his wife, the ...
Oct 03, 2025