Far-left protesters clash with German police in Leipzig after trial verdict
BERLIN (AP) — Far-left supporters of a woman sentenced to prison for participating in attacks on neo-Nazis and other extremists clashed with police…
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Vigilantes in Haiti strike back at gangsters with brutal street justice
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Old cars, used tires and barbed wire block off the biggest neighborhood in the…
Continue Reading Four dead in Missouri after car crosses center line, strikes motorcyclists
AURORA, Mo. (AP) — Four people died and seven others were seriously injured when a car crossed the center line of a Missouri highway and struck…
Continue Reading 7 shot, 1 fatally, in Chicago when gunfire erupts amid remembrance for man killed in car crash
CHICAGO (AP) — A 25-year-old woman was fatally shot and six other people were wounded early Sunday when gunfire erupted in Chicago during a…
Continue Reading Chuck Todd leaving NBC political panel show ‘Meet the Press’ and being replaced by Kristen Welker
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Chuck Todd said on Sunday that he’ll be leaving “Meet the Press” after a tumultuous…
Continue Reading Iran’s top leader defends hard-line approach toward West, blames protests on ‘thugs and villains’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader has defended his tough approach to the West, saying compromise would only invite further…
Continue Reading Biden’s 2024 pitch highlights pragmatism over Trump’s pugilism
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden promised voters in 2020 that he knew how to get things done in…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka’s LGBTQ+ community holds Pride march, demands end to discrimination
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Hundreds of members of Sri Lanka’s LGBTQ+ community have paraded through the streets of the capital Colombo to mark the…
Continue Reading Russia’s most famous icon handed over from museum to church despite protests
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Orthodox believers celebrated Trinity Sunday with Russia’s most famous icon transferred from a museum to Moscow’s…
Continue Reading Navalny supporters hold demonstrations to mark Russian opposition leader’s 47th birthday
MOSCOW (AP) — The imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has voiced hope for a better future in Russia as his supporters held…
Continue Reading DeSantis hits Trump from the right while the ex-president looks ahead to the general election
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In his first week on the campaign trail as a presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis…
Continue Reading Highly anticipated legislative election underway in Guinea-Bissau
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An highly anticipated election to fill Guinea-Bissau’s national legislature is underway…
Continue Reading 19 killed in southwest China landslide covering mine worker dormitory
A landslide tore through a mining company’s worker dormitory early Sunday morning in southwestern China, killing 19 people, authorities said. The…
Continue Reading Fire at refugee shelter in eastern Germany kills 1, injures 10
BERLIN (AP) — A fire at a refugee shelter in eastern Germany has killed one person and injured at least 10 others. Police in the German state of…
Continue Reading US, Saudi Arabia urge Sudan’s warring parties to agree to a new cease-fire, amid fresh battles
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia and the United States have urged Sudan’s warring parties to agree to and “effectively…
Continue Reading Russia says it thwarted attack in Donetsk; unclear if this was start of Ukrainian counteroffensive
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry announced early Monday its forces had thwarted a large…
Continue Reading Apple unveils a $3,500 headset as it wades into the world of virtual reality
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple on Monday unveiled a long-rumored headset that will place its users between…
Continue Reading China tightens access to Tiananmen Square, 32 detained in Hong Kong on anniversary of 1989 protests
BEIJING (AP) — China has tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on the anniversary of 1989 pro-democracy protests. In Hong Kong,…
Continue Reading Oil tanker breaks down in Egypt’s Suez Canal, briefly disrupting traffic in the global waterway
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A spokesperson for Egypt’s Suez Canal says a tanker transporting crude oil broke down in the…
Continue Reading Pakistani Taliban claim attack in northwest that left 2 soldiers, 2 militants dead
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for an attack in northwest Pakistan that left two soldiers and two…
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