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Manhattan DA sues Rep Jordan over Trump indictment inquiry

Published:Wednesday | April 12, 2023 | 1:09 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sued Rep Jim Jordan on Tuesday, an extraordinary move as he seeks to halt a House Judiciary Committee inquiry that the prosecutor contends is a “transparent campaign to intimidate and attack”...

Italy declares state of emergency as migrant numbers surge

Published:Wednesday | April 12, 2023 | 1:08 AM

ROME (AP): Italy’s right-wing government on Tuesday declared a six-month national state of emergency to help it cope with a surge in migrants arriving on the country’s southern shores. State TV said a special commissioner was expected to be named....

Colombian convicted for racism directed at nation’s Black VP

Published:Wednesday | April 12, 2023 | 1:06 AM

BOGOTÁ (AP): A 62-year-old woman was convicted of discrimination and harassment on Monday for making racist comments about Colombia’s first Black vice president during an anti-government protest last year. Luz Fabiola Rubiano pleaded guilty to the...

US, Panama and Colombia aim to stop Darien Gap migration

Published:Tuesday | April 11, 2023 | 8:36 PM

PANAMA CITY (AP) — The United States, Panama and Colombia announced Tuesday that they will launch a 60-day campaign aimed at halting illegal migration through the treacherous Darien Gap, where the flow of migrants has multiplied this year....

Chile lawmakers vote to reduce work week from 45 to 40 hours

Published:Tuesday | April 11, 2023 | 8:24 PM

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's Congress on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill to reduce the work week from 45 to 40 hours over five years, a decision hailed by the left-wing government as a breakthrough for workers' rights. The...

UK junior doctors begin 4-day strike, seeking hefty pay hike

Published:Tuesday | April 11, 2023 | 4:09 PM

LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of doctors walked off the job across England on Tuesday, kicking off a four-day strike billed as the most disruptive in the history of the United Kingdom's public health service. The walkout by junior...

Prolonged high inflation dims outlook for world economy

Published:Tuesday | April 11, 2023 | 2:26 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The outlook for the world economy this year has dimmed in the face of chronically high inflation, rising interest rates and uncertainties resulting from the collapse of two big American banks. That's the view of the...

Airstrikes on Myanmar village feared to have killed 100

Published:Tuesday | April 11, 2023 | 12:47 PM

BANGKOK (AP) — Airstrikes by Myanmar's military on Tuesday killed as many as 100 people, including many children, who were attending a ceremony held by opponents of army rule, said a witness, a member of a local pro-democracy group and...

Louisville bank employee livestreamed attack that killed five

Published:Tuesday | April 11, 2023 | 7:52 AM

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) — A Louisville bank employee armed with a rifle opened fire at his workplace Monday morning, killing five people — including a close friend of Kentucky's governor — while livestreaming the...

Netanyahu reverses firing of defence minister amid tension

Published:Tuesday | April 11, 2023 | 1:08 AM

JERUSALEM (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday reversed his decision to fire his defence minister over criticism of the government’s contentious plan to overhaul the judiciary. In a live press conference, Netanyahu said that...

English doctors’ strike could be catastrophic, official says

Published:Tuesday | April 11, 2023 | 1:06 AM

LONDON (AP): Britain is bracing for a four-day walkout by tens of thousands of doctors at the state-funded healthcare system that one official warned Monday could be “catastrophic” and postpone up to 350,000 appointments. The strike, due to start...

Dalai Lama apologises after video shows him kissing boy

Published:Tuesday | April 11, 2023 | 12:34 AM

DHARAMSALA (AP): Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama apologised on Monday after a video showing him kissing a child on the lips triggered criticism. A statement posted on his official website said the 87-year-old leader regretted the incident...

Ukraine, Russia send home around 200 troops in prisoner swap

Published:Tuesday | April 11, 2023 | 12:32 AM

KYIV (AP): More than 200 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have returned home in a prisoner swap, the warring countries said Monday. Russia’s defence ministry said 106 Russian soldiers were released from Ukrainian custody, as part of an agreement...

Black lawmaker who was expelled reinstated to Tennessee seat

Published:Monday | April 10, 2023 | 8:41 PM

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — One of the two Black Democrats who were expelled last week from the GOP-led Tennessee House was reinstated Monday after Nashville's governing council voted to send him straight back to the Legislature...

Mother of six-year-old boy who shot teacher indicted by grand jury

Published:Monday | April 10, 2023 | 4:24 PM

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia (AP) — A grand jury in Virginia has indicted the mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher on charges of child neglect and failing to secure her handgun in the family's home, a prosecutor said Monday. A grand...

Four killed in shooting at downtown Louisville building

Published:Monday | April 10, 2023 | 11:05 AM

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) — A shooting Monday at a bank in downtown Louisville killed at least four people and wounded at least eight others, police said. The suspected lone shooter was also dead. Louisville Metro Police Department Deputy...

Dalai Lama apologises after video shows him kissing boy

Published:Monday | April 10, 2023 | 10:43 AM

DHARAMSALA, India (AP) — Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama apologised Monday after a video showing him kissing a child on the lips triggered criticism. A statement posted on his official website said the 87-year-old leader ...

Coal miners dig deep to power a nation at war

Published:Monday | April 10, 2023 | 12:23 AM

DNIPROPETROVSK OBLAST (AP): Deep underground in southeastern Ukraine, miners work around the clock extracting coal to power the country’s war effort and to provide civilians with light and heat. Coal is central to meeting Ukraine’s energy needs...

Ben Ferencz, last living Nuremberg prosecutor of Nazis, dies

Published:Monday | April 10, 2023 | 12:22 AM

Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, who tried Nazis for genocidal war crimes and was among the first outside witnesses to document the atrocities of Nazi labour and concentration camps, has died. He had just turned...

Once everywhere, Saddam’s image scrubbed from Baghdad

Published:Monday | April 10, 2023 | 12:20 AM

BAGHDAD (AP): Of his countless stories of his life as a hairdresser in Iraq, the one Qaiss al-Sharaa most enjoys retelling is about the day April 9, 2003, when he watched Iraqis and American Marines pull down the statue of Saddam Hussein in...

As tiger count grows, indigenous demand land rights

Published:Monday | April 10, 2023 | 12:18 AM

BENGALURU (AP): It was a celebratory atmosphere for officials gathered just hours away from several of India’s major tiger reserves in the southern city of Mysuru. Here Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced, to much applause, that the country’...

Sanctions imposed on former president of Haitian Senate

Published:Saturday | April 8, 2023 | 12:40 AM

WASHINGTON (CMC): The United States says it has imposed visa and financial sanctions on the former president of the Haitian, Chamber of Deputies, Gary Bodeau, for his alleged involvement in corruption. US Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken, said...

China sanctions Reagan library, others over Tsai’s US trip

Published:Saturday | April 8, 2023 | 12:37 AM

TAIPEI (AP): China retaliated for the United States House speaker’s meeting with the Taiwanese president by announcing sanctions Friday against the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and other organisations, adding to strains over the self-...

Police: Dissidents might try attacks as N. Ireland marks peace

Published:Saturday | April 8, 2023 | 12:35 AM

LONDON (AP): Police have warned that armed dissident groups are planning violent attacks over the Easter holiday weekend as Northern Ireland marks 25 years since the peace accord that ended three decades of bloodshed. US President Joe Biden is due...

Saudi, Iran restore ties, say they seek Mideast stability

Published:Saturday | April 8, 2023 | 12:33 AM

DUBAI (AP): Long-time Mideast rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia took another significant step toward reconciliation Thursday, formally restoring diplomatic ties after a seven-year rift, affirming the need for regional stability and agreeing to pursue...

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