Remains of bus crash victims returned to North Macedonia
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Two Bulgarian military planes have landed in North Macedonia to return the remains of 45 people killed in a bus…
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Honda recalls SUVs and pickups because hoods can fly open
DETROIT (AP) — Honda is recalling nearly 725,000 SUVs and pickup trucks because the hoods can open while the vehicles are moving. The recall covers…
Continue Reading Parents of Michigan boy charged in Oxford school shooting
By COREY WILLIAMS and ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The parents of a teen accused of killing four students at a Michigan high…
Continue Reading Acclaimed Shakespearean actor Antony Sher dies at 72
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Antony Sher, one of the most acclaimed Shakespearean actors of his generation, has died aged 72. The…
Continue Reading UN expert: Contemporary forms of slavery exist in Sri Lanka
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A U.N expert says contemporary forms of slavery exist in Sri Lanka, with vulnerable…
Continue Reading Kosovo man charged with joining extremist group in Syria
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Prosecutors have brought terror charges against an ethnic Albanian man from Kosovo who allegedly joined an extremist group…
Continue Reading Council of Europe report slams Croatia on migrant treatment
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — The Council of Europe’s committee on torture has harshly criticized Croatia over “severe ill-treatment” of…
Continue Reading Gambia will head to polls in 1st post-Jammeh election
By ABDOULIE JOHN and CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Gambians are getting ready to vote in a historic election that…
Continue Reading Parkland, Florida student arrested in school shooting threat
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida teenager is accused of making a school shooting threat against Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The…
Continue Reading Kurdish activists enter grounds of chemical weapons watchdog
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dozens of flag-waving demonstrators from a Kurdish organization have broken into the grounds of the global chemical…
Continue Reading Study: Black, Asian Britons have higher COVID-19 death rates
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British study has found that Black and other members or racial and ethnic minorities in the U.K…
Continue Reading Bulgaria’s Parliament convenes after 3rd election of year
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s new parliament has convened for its first session following the country’s third parliamentary election of the…
Continue Reading German broadcaster suspends workers amid antisemitism probe
BERLIN (AP) — German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle says it is suspending four employees and one freelancer during an investigation into…
Continue Reading Taliban chief bans forced marriage of women in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban have decreed they are banning forced marriage of women in Afghanistan, a move likely meant to address criteria the…
Continue Reading Slovakia in lockdown records new daily record in infections
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Coronavirus cases in Slovakia have hit a daily record despite the country entering a national lockdown last week. The…
Continue Reading Austria: Party backs interior chief Nehammer for chancellor
BERLIN (AP) — Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer says he will be the acting leader of the conservative People’s Party and will seek to…
Continue Reading Study: New German govt’s plans fall short of climate goal
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A research institute’s analysis has concluded the incoming German government’s plans for…
Continue Reading Putin to seek guarantees on Ukraine as invasion fears grow
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin will seek binding guarantees…
Continue Reading Pakistan police: mob kills Sri Lankan over alleged blasphemy
By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan police say a Muslim mob has attacked a sports equipment factory in the eastern…
Continue Reading Laos opens railway to China as debt to Beijing rises
BEIJING (AP) — The prime minister of Laos has ridden the first run of a $5.9 billion Chinese-built train connecting his isolated, mountainous…
Continue Reading European body to begin disciplinary process against Turkey
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Europe’s democracy and human rights-promoting body says it is initiating a disciplinary…
Continue Reading Euro 2020 final review finds England fans endangered lives
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — An investigation into the disorder at the European Championship final says aggression by…
Continue Reading Germany: 1 in 100 infected with virus, health minister says
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister says more than 1% of the population is currently infected with the…
Continue Reading Report: IS attack on Iraqi village leaves 12 dead
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi Kurdish media says an attack by Islamic State militants on a village in northern Iraq has killed at least 12 people,…
Continue Reading Philippine military says Muslim rebel leader killed in clash
COTABATO, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops have killed an Islamic rebel leader and four of his men in fighting in the volatile south in the…
Continue Reading UK Conservatives hold Parliament seat by reduced margin
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s governing Conservative Party has held onto a seat in Parliament in a special election triggered by a lawmaker’s death.…
Continue Reading Tropical storm brewing in Bay of Bengal off Indian coast
By OMER FAROOQ Associated Press HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Indian authorities have issued an alert, shut schools and canceled trains in parts of the…
Continue Reading Bosnia police arrest 7 people on suspicion of war crimes
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian police say they have arrested seven people suspected of war crimes against civilians during the 1992-95…
Continue Reading Chinese developer warns it might not pay $400 million bond
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese real estate developer has warned it might not be able to pay a $400 million bond due next week, adding to financial strain…
Continue Reading France signs weapons mega-deal with UAE as Macron tours Gulf
By BARBARA SURK and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — France has announced multibillion-euro deals to sell fighter…
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