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Argentina: Third person arrested in VP assassination attempt

Published:Tuesday | September 13, 2022 | 9:00 PM

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A third person has been arrested as part of the investigation into the assassination attempt on Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández — a move that suggests the incident could have involved a...

US teen who killed rapist sentenced, ordered to pay $150K in restitution

Published:Tuesday | September 13, 2022 | 8:54 PM

A teenage human trafficking victim who was initially charged with first-degree murder after she stabbed her accused rapist to death was sentenced Tuesday in an Iowa court to five years of closely supervised probation and ordered to pay $150,000...

Arrests of UK anti-royal protesters spur free speech debate

Published:Tuesday | September 13, 2022 | 12:48 PM

LONDON (AP) — In a country famed for irreverence, some worry a new code of silence has taken hold. Since the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a handful of people in Britain have been detained by police for expressing — often bluntly...

Pakistan scrambles to deliver aid as flood death toll rises

Published:Tuesday | September 13, 2022 | 9:39 AM

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan scrambled to deliver aid to those most in need on Tuesday as the death toll from record-breaking floods in this impoverished Islamic nation rose further, with no respite in sight from the unprecedented monsoon rains...

Saudi Arabia arrests man over pilgrimage for Queen Elizabeth

Published:Tuesday | September 13, 2022 | 8:06 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi police arrested a Yemeni man this week after he advertised on social media his pilgrimage to Mecca, where he paid tribute to the memory of Queen Elizabeth II. The pilgrim, who was not identified by...

William Ruto sworn in as Kenya’s president after close vote

Published:Tuesday | September 13, 2022 | 8:03 AM

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya's president on Tuesday after narrowly winning the August 9 election in East Africa's most stable democracy, and quickly signalled that his leadership would be a strongly...

‘I cannot mourn’: Former British colonies conflicted over The Queen

Published:Tuesday | September 13, 2022 | 12:07 AM

NAIROBI (AP): Upon taking the throne in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II inherited millions of subjects around the world, many of them unwilling. Today, in the British Empire’s former colonies, her death brings complicated feelings, including anger. Beyond...

PM urges calm, requests help in nation’s crisis

Published:Tuesday | September 13, 2022 | 12:07 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Prime Minister Ariel Henry asked on Monday for international help in fighting gang violence in Haiti and pledged yet again to work towards holding elections as he marked the anniversary of being sworn into office following the...

Police believe three children drowned by mother at NYC beach

Published:Monday | September 12, 2022 | 9:42 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Three children died after being found on a New York City beach early Monday and police believe they were drowned by their mother. The children — a 7-year-old boy, a 4-year-old girl and a 3-month-old boy — were...

New Zealand PM says no republic plan following queen’s death

Published:Monday | September 12, 2022 | 7:47 AM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday that her government will not pursue any moves to change the country into a republic following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Ardern said she thought New...

Pakistani PM says his flooded country faces food shortages

Published:Monday | September 12, 2022 | 6:45 AM

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is grappling with food shortages after deadly floods left the impoverished country's agriculture belt underwater, the prime minister told the Turkish president by phone, as authorities scaled up efforts Monday to...

EU nations struggle to find joint approach on energy prices

Published:Friday | September 9, 2022 | 9:42 PM

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations struggled to find full consensus Friday on ways to shield the population from dramatically increasing energy prices that threaten to plunge millions into cold and poverty over the winter as...

UN chief asks world for ‘massive’ help in flood-hit Pakistan

Published:Friday | September 9, 2022 | 9:20 PM

ISLAMABAD (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday that the world owes impoverished Pakistan “massive” help in recovering from the summer's devastating floods because the country bears less blame...

Two decades later, 9/11 self-professed mastermind awaits trial

Published:Friday | September 9, 2022 | 8:15 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Hours before dawn on March 1, 2003, the United States scored its most thrilling victory yet against the plotters of the September 11 attacks — the capture of a dishevelled Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, hauled away by...

Gov’t seizes donkey penises to be smuggled to Hong Kong

Published:Friday | September 9, 2022 | 12:09 AM

ABUJA (AP): Nigerian officials have seized thousands of donkey penises that were about to be exported to Hong Kong, an official said on Thursday. Sacks of the donkey male genitals were seized at the international airport in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest...

President bars Haitian ex-leader from entering country

Published:Friday | September 9, 2022 | 12:09 AM

SANTO DOMINGO (AP): The president of the Dominican Republic has barred Haiti’s former interim prime minister – who is now an aspiring presidential candidate – from entering the country, a move that further heightens tensions between two nations...

Retailers pull lobster from menus after 'red list' warning

Published:Thursday | September 8, 2022 | 3:42 PM

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Some retailers are taking lobster off the menu after an assessment from an influential conservation group that the seafood poses too much of a risk to rare whales and should be avoided. Whales can suffer injuries and...

Crowd gathers outside Buckingham Palace

Published:Thursday | September 8, 2022 | 12:56 PM

LONDON — Crowds of people have begun to gather outside London’s Buckingham Palace as news spreads that Queen Elizabeth II is under medical supervision at her Balmoral estate in Scotland. More than 100 people, many holding...

Foreign leaders send best wishes to Queen Elizabeth

Published:Thursday | September 8, 2022 | 12:54 PM

Foreign leaders are sending well wishes to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II after the 96-year-old monarch was placed under medical supervision because doctors are concerned about her health. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted his on...

Volunteers search villages to rescue flood victims

Published:Thursday | September 8, 2022 | 12:10 AM

MEHAR (AP): Pakistani volunteers spread out in boats Wednesday across the inundated Sindh province to try and rescue those stranded in submerged towns and villages as the country struggles with record-breaking floods. The unprecedented deluge,...

Thousands demand ouster of PM in new protest

Published:Thursday | September 8, 2022 | 12:10 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Thousands of people in Haiti’s capital and other major cities organised new protests on Wednesday to demand safer streets, more affordable goods, and the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. The occasional crack of...

Truss vows energy relief, rules out windfall tax

Published:Thursday | September 8, 2022 | 12:09 AM

LONDON (AP): Newly installed UK Prime Minister Liz Truss told Parliament on Wednesday that she would tackle Britain’s “very serious” energy crisis while still slashing taxes, ruling out imposing a windfall levy on oil companies to pay for her plans...

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