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Navalny’s mother files lawsuit demanding release of her son’s body

Published:Thursday | February 22, 2024 | 12:08 AM

AP: The mother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has filed a lawsuit at a court in the Arctic city of Salekhard contesting officials’ refusal to release her son’s body, Russia’s state news agency Tass reported Wednesday. A closed-door...

EU agrees on new sanctions against Russia

Published:Thursday | February 22, 2024 | 12:08 AM

BRUSSELS (AP): European Union countries on Wednesday agreed on a new package of sanctions against Russia to target individuals and businesses suspected of assisting Moscow in its war against Ukraine, including Chinese companies. The decision...

Police confirm video showing bodies kicked, burned and shot

Published:Thursday | February 22, 2024 | 12:08 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP): Authorities in Mexico said Wednesday they have largely confirmed the contents of a grisly drug cartel video showing gunmen shooting, kicking and burning the corpses of their enemies. In a country where videos of decapitations and...

Parts of a Martin Luther King Jr memorial in Denver have been stolen

Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2024 | 9:17 PM

DENVER (AP) — A large Martin Luther King Jr memorial in Denver's City Park was vandalised, and police are trying to determine if racial bias was involved. Several pieces of the marble and bronze "I Have a Dream" memorial were...

Open-pit gold mine collapses in Venezuela, dozens feared dead

Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2024 | 6:17 PM

LA PARAGUA, Venezuela (AP) — An illegally operated open-pit gold mine collapsed in central Venezuela while dozens of people were working there, leaving an undetermined number dead or trapped, officials said Wednesday as relatives demanded...

Attorney for widow of slain Haitian president rejects indictment, says it's politically motivated

Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2024 | 4:40 PM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An attorney for Haitian President Jovenel Moïse's widow, who was indicted in his assassination, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he believes the accusations against her are politically...

South Korean government warns striking doctors to return to work or face legal action

Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2024 | 12:40 PM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean government on Wednesday warned thousands of striking doctors to return to work immediately or face legal action after their collective walkouts caused cancellations of surgeries and...

Mexico’s army takes over yet another civilian role — filling potholes

Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2024 | 11:04 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's president acknowledged Tuesday that the armed forces have taken over yet another civilian role: fixing the nation's highways. Filling potholes has now been added to a long list of projects ranging from...

Russia’s foreign minister reaffirms support of Maduro

Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2024 | 12:12 AM

CARACAS (AP): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reaffirmed Tuesday his government’s support for the administration of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, expressing commitment to strategic cooperation in numerous sectors, including technology...

Prince William appeals for an end to the fighting in Gaza

Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2024 | 12:11 AM

LONDON (AP): Prince William, the heir to the British throne, called Tuesday for an end to fighting in the Gaza Strip as soon as possible. William stopped short of calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as the House of Commons prepares for a...

The widow, aides of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse are indicted in his killing

Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2024 | 12:11 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): A judge in Haiti responsible for investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has indicted his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-Prime Minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s National Police, Léon...

Honduran ex-president accused of running country as a ‘narco-state’ stands trial in NYC

Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2024 | 12:11 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was once touted by US authorities as a key ally in the war on drugs. Now, federal prosecutors say the political leader ran his Central American nation as a “narco-state”, collecting...

Suspects in doomsday cult ordered to be hospitalised after hunger strike

Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2024 | 12:11 AM

NAIROBI (AP): A Kenyan magistrate Tuesday ordered the main suspect in a doomsday starvation cult and 94 of his followers to receive emergency care after some of the suspects had to be carried into the courtroom to answer manslaughter charges, too...

Food deliveries into northern Gaza are halted because of the war's chaos, increasing famine risk

Published:Tuesday | February 20, 2024 | 9:10 PM

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The World Food Program said Tuesday it has paused deliveries of food to isolated northern Gaza because of increasing chaos across the territory, hiking fears of potential starvation. A study by the UN children...

Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are 'children' under state law

Published:Tuesday | February 20, 2024 | 5:24 PM

MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a ruling critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatments. The decision was issued in a pair...

US vetoes an Arab-backed UN resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

Published:Tuesday | February 20, 2024 | 2:46 PM

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States on Tuesday vetoed an Arab-backed and widely supported United Nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in the embattled Gaza Strip, saying it would...

American Airlines is raising bag fees and changing how customers earn frequent-flyer points

Published:Tuesday | February 20, 2024 | 10:55 AM

DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines is pushing customers to buy tickets directly from the airline if they want to earn frequent-flyer points, and it is raising the cost of checking bags. American announced Tuesday that most customers will have to...

Argentina’s poverty levels hit 57% of population, a 20-year high in January, study finds

Published:Tuesday | February 20, 2024 | 9:01 AM

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Poverty levels skyrocketed to 57.4% of Argentina's 46 million people in January, the highest rate in 20 years, according to a study by the Catholic University of Argentina. The findings quickly unleashed...

A ship carrying 19,000 cattle caused a big stink in the Cape Town

Published:Tuesday | February 20, 2024 | 12:12 AM

CAPE TOWN (AP): What stinks? Authorities in Cape Town launched an investigation Monday after a foul stench swept over the South African city. City officials inspected sewage facilities for leaks and an environmental health team was activated...

Tribal violence kills 26 combatants and an unconfirmed number of bystanders

Published:Tuesday | February 20, 2024 | 12:12 AM

MELBOURNE, (AP): At least 26 combatants and an unconfirmed number of bystanders were killed in a gunbattle between warring tribes in Papua New Guinea, police said Monday. A tribe, their allies and mercenaries were on their way to attack a...

Army kills 12 gunmen in shoot-out near Texas border

Published:Tuesday | February 20, 2024 | 12:12 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP): Mexican soldiers killed 12 gunmen in a shoot-out near the Texas border, authorities said. The security department of the northern border state of Tamaulipas said late Sunday the confrontation took place in the township of Miguel...

Navalny’s widow vows to continue his fight

Published:Tuesday | February 20, 2024 | 12:12 AM

AP: The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny vowed on Monday to continue his fight against the Kremlin, while authorities denied his mother access to a morgue where his body is believed to be held after his death last week in an Arctic...

Woman arrested on suspicion of murder after three children found dead in southwest England

Published:Monday | February 19, 2024 | 3:15 PM

LONDON (AP) — A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after three children were found dead in southwest England, police said Sunday. The Avon and Somerset Police force said officers were called to a house in the Sea Mills area of...

Brazil’s health agents scour junkyards and roofs for mosquitos to fight dengue epidemic

Published:Monday | February 19, 2024 | 1:24 PM

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The small team of state public health workers slalomed between auto parts strewn across a Rio de Janeiro junkyard, looking for standing water where mosquitoes might have laid their eggs. They were part of nationwide...

Arrests made in Colorado after girl’s body found encased in concrete and boy’s remains in a suitcase

Published:Monday | February 19, 2024 | 8:39 AM

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Two people have been arrested on charges of murder and abuse of a corpse after the discovery of a girl's body encased in concrete and a boy's remains in a suitcase in Colorado, according to police and...

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