Month: February 2022

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine police helicopter has crashed as it was flying to pick up the country’s police chief on a resort island, killing a crew member and injuring the two pilots. Police officials say the Airbus H125 helicopter went missing after taking off from Manila and was found crashed about two hours

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Lawyers for Myanmar’s military rulers have sought to have a case at the United Nations’ top court that accuses the Southeast Asian nation of genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority in 2017 dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Public hearings at the International Court of Justice

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat says the bloc is ready to use all tools available to prevent the possible breakup up of ethnically divided Bosnia. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Monday that “there is no place in Europe for a divided Bosnia.” The U.S. last

LONDON (AP) — Music entrepreneur Jamal Edwards, who helped launch the careers of artists including Ed Sheeran, Jessie J and Stormzy, has died. He was 31. His mother, broadcaster Brenda Edwards, said Monday that her son died the day before after a sudden illness. She said the family was “completely devastated,” and tributes poured in

CORFU, Greece (AP) — Fire service rescuers are expanding a search inside a burning ferry anchored off the Greek island of Corfu where 10 people remain missing. The fire on the Italian-flagged Euroferry Olympia was burning for a fourth day but rescuers have gained more expanded access inside the 183-meter (600 foot) vessel after containing

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United States and Egypt have launched a joint working group to prepare for the next United Nations climate change summit in Egypt in November. John Kerry, President Biden’s climate envoy, said Monday the group is focused on the COP27 conference in the Red Sea resort of

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A district attorney says preliminary evidence suggests that five people found dead in an apartment in suburban Denver on Sunday overdosed on fentanyl while taking what they believed to be cocaine. District Attorney Brian Mason said Monday that drug tests done at the apartment in Commerce City

By AMIR VAHDAT and AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s president has arrived in Qatar and was welcomed in an official ceremony by the country’s ruling emir. The president is expected to speak at a global gas summit on Tuesday. His visit to the Arab Gulf state of Qatar, which

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and LORNE COOK Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A long-feared Russian invasion of Ukraine appears to be imminent, if not already underway, with Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering forces into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine. A vaguely worded decree signed by Putin does not say if troops are on the

BERLIN (AP) — A huge fire has broken out in an apartment building in the western German city of Essen. Authorities say three people were taken to a hospital after inhaling smoke. The fire service said that about 100 people were evacuated from the building, roughly the number of people who lived there. About 150

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Greg Norman has had his share of rough Sundays in major championships. He had another one without a club in his hand. Norman’s hopes for a Saudi-financed golf league took one hit after another. The biggest blows were Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau saying they

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state-run news agency reports that a fighter jet has crashed onto a soccer pitch in a city in northwest Iran. The IRNA report on Monday said that two pilots and a civilian were killed. The F-5 fighter crashed onto the field in a residential area of Tabriz, a city of