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Russia’s air force accidentally bombs own city of Belgorod

Published:Friday | April 21, 2023 | 3:46 PM

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's military acknowledged that a bomb accidentally dropped by one of its warplanes caused a powerful blast in a Russian city not far from Ukraine's border, injuring two and scaring local residents. Belgorod, a city...

Man accused of shooting 6-year-old neighbour, parents arrested in Florida

Published:Friday | April 21, 2023 | 1:27 PM

GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man accused of shooting and wounding a 6-year-old girl and her parents after children went to retrieve a basketball that had rolled into his yard was arrested in Florida Thursday afternoon, authorities...

Singapore to resume executions after 6-month break

Published:Friday | April 21, 2023 | 11:36 AM

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Singaporean man is scheduled to be hanged next week for abetting an attempt to smuggle cannabis into the island-state, in a resumption of executions after a half-year pause, activists said Thursday. The family...

Rampant thefts prompt 17 states to urge recall of Kia, Hyundai cars

Published:Friday | April 21, 2023 | 11:26 AM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Attorneys general in 17 states on Thursday urged the federal government to recall millions of Kia and Hyundai cars because they are too easy to steal, a response to a sharp increase in thefts fuelled by a viral...

Child among 10 family members killed in South Africa shooting

Published:Friday | April 21, 2023 | 9:44 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Ten members of the same family, seven of them female and at least one of them a child, were killed in a mass shooting at a house in South Africa, police said Friday. A male suspect was killed in a shootout with police...

UK deputy prime minister quits after bullying investigation

Published:Friday | April 21, 2023 | 8:34 AM

LONDON (AP) — United Kingdom Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab grudgingly resigned Friday after an independent investigation found he bullied civil servants, though he criticised the report as “flawed.” Raab's...

Proud Boy who smashed Capitol window at riot denies any plot

Published:Friday | April 21, 2023 | 12:55 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): A member of the Proud Boys far-right extremist group who smashed out a window at the US Capitol, allowing some of the first January 6 rioters to enter the building, testified Wednesday that he acted alone. Dominic Pezzola is one of...

PM weighs deputy’s fate after ‘bully’ probe

Published:Friday | April 21, 2023 | 12:48 AM

LONDON (AP): UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday reviewed the findings of a long-awaited investigation into allegations his top deputy bullied government employees, but didn’t make a decision on his fate. An independent employment lawyer...

Russian foreign minister visits Cuba, condemns US sanctions

Published:Friday | April 21, 2023 | 12:44 AM

HAVANA (AP): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday condemned US sanctions against Cuba as he visited the island during the last leg of a Latin American tour that took him to Brazil, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Lavrov met with his Cuban...

Army demands rivals’ surrender as ceasefire runs out

Published:Friday | April 21, 2023 | 12:42 AM

KHARTOUM (AP): Sudan’s military ruled out negotiations with a rival paramilitary force on Thursday, saying it would only accept its surrender as the two sides continued to battle in central Khartoum and other parts of the country, threatening to...

Charge to be dropped in Alec Baldwin movie set shooting

Published:Thursday | April 20, 2023 | 2:57 PM

SANTA FE, New Mexico (AP) — Prosecutors in New Mexico plan to drop an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western film 'Rust', Baldwin's attorneys...

BuzzFeed to close news division, cut 15% of all staff

Published:Thursday | April 20, 2023 | 1:03 PM

Pulitzer Prize winning digital media company BuzzFeed will shut down its news division cut another 15% of its staff across the company, adding to layoffs made earlier this year. BuzzFeed has approximately 1,200 total employees, according to a...

House passes trans athlete ban for girls and women’s teams

Published:Thursday | April 20, 2023 | 10:41 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House passed a bill Thursday that would bar federally supported schools and colleges from allowing transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male to compete on girls or women's...

Hunger soaring and spreading across West Africa, says UN

Published:Thursday | April 20, 2023 | 1:06 AM

DAKAR (AP): Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, with some 48 million people, a 10-year high, facing food insecurity in the conflict-riddled region, the United Nations (UN) warned on Tuesday. Driven primarily by violence, as well as...

Hospital fire deaths rise to 29, mostly patients

Published:Thursday | April 20, 2023 | 1:04 AM

BEIJING (AP): The death toll from a fire at a Beijing hospital rose to 29, including 26 patients, authorities said Wednesday, and a dozen people had been detained, including the hospital’s head and her deputy. The fire broke out at the private...

Caribbean leaders agree on plan to ban assault-style weapons

Published:Thursday | April 20, 2023 | 1:03 AM

GEORGETOWN (AP): Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders have agreed on plans to introduce bans in their countries on assault-style weapons mostly manufactured in the US to curb spikes in gun violence and weapons smuggling in the 15-nation Caricom...

UN: India to be world’s most populous nation by mid-2023

Published:Thursday | April 20, 2023 | 1:01 AM

NEW DELHI (AP): India is on track to surpass China by mid-2023 as the world’s most populous nation, United Nations (UN) data said on Wednesday, raising questions about whether a booming, young Indian population will fuel economic growth for years...

Homeowner who shot Black teen Ralph Yarl pleads not guilty

Published:Wednesday | April 19, 2023 | 7:12 PM

LIBERTY, Missouri (AP) — The 84-year old man who shot Ralph Yarl when the Black teenager went to his door by mistake pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a case that has shocked the country and renewed national debates about gun policies...

UK inflation remains over 10% as food prices rise

Published:Wednesday | April 19, 2023 | 2:58 PM

LONDON (AP) — The price of food in the United Kingdom rose at the fastest pace in 45 years last month in, keeping inflation above 10% for a seventh straight month amid a cost-of-living crisis that has fuelled a wave of strikes by...

Suspect in Japan PM attack may have had election grudge

Published:Wednesday | April 19, 2023 | 2:49 PM

TOKYO (AP) — A 24-year-old man who allegedly threw an explosive at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wanted to be a politician and believed that he was unfairly blocked from running for Japan's parliament by an age requirement,...

UN says India to be world’s most populous nation by mid-2023

Published:Wednesday | April 19, 2023 | 1:10 PM

NEW DELHI (AP) — India is on track to surpass China by mid-2023 as the world's most populous nation, United Nations data said Wednesday, raising questions about whether a booming, young Indian population will fuel economic growth for...

Madagascar faces ‘catastrophic’ hunger after three cyclones

Published:Wednesday | April 19, 2023 | 9:02 AM

MANANJARY, Madagascar (AP) — Battered by three intense cyclones in the space of a year, southeast Madagascar is experiencing the knock-on effect of those climatic disasters: “catastrophic” hunger in remote, inaccessible areas that...

US charges four Americans, three Russians in election discord case

Published:Wednesday | April 19, 2023 | 1:15 AM

ST PETERSBURG, Fla (AP): Four Americans affiliated with a Black empowerment and political organisation have been charged along with three Russians with conspiring to covertly sow discord in US society, spread Russian propaganda and interfere...

Fox, Dominion reach $787M settlement over election claims

Published:Wednesday | April 19, 2023 | 1:13 AM

WILMINGTON, Del (AP): Fox and Dominion Voting Systems reached a $787 million settlement Tuesday in the voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit, averting a trial in a case that exposed how the top-rated network chased viewers by promoting lies...

Fox, Dominion reach $787M settlement over election claims

Published:Tuesday | April 18, 2023 | 7:01 PM

WILMINGTON, Delaware (AP) — Fox News agreed Tuesday to pay Dominion Voting Systems nearly $800 million to avert a trial in the voting machine company's lawsuit that would have exposed how the network promoted lies about the 2020...

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