Month: February 2022

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan has undergone a dramatic transformation in half a year of Taliban rule. The country feels safer and less violent than it has in decades, but also even poorer as the once aid-fueled economy barrels toward collapse. Tens of thousands of Afghans have fled, including members

By MARLON GONZÁLEZ and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Police have arrested former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, a step toward fulfilling a request by the United States government for his extradition on drug trafficking and weapons charges. The arrest Tuesday came shortly after a Honduran judge signed an arrest order and

LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic says he is prepared to skip the French Open and Wimbledon if vaccination against the coronavirus is required for him to play. The 20-time Grand Slam champion was speaking in an interview with the BBC. Djokovic says missing the next two majors and other tournaments is “the price that I

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Ramy Shaath is an outspoken opponent of Arab dictatorships and Israeli rule over the Palestinians. He is part of a generation of activists who see them as two sides of the same coin. It’s not known why exactly Egyptian authorities confined Ramy to a packed

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged China to denounce Russian threats against Ukraine. Morrison on Tuesday noted that Beijing and Moscow had announced they were pursuing closer relations since more than 100,000 Russian troops were sent toward Ukraine’s borders. The ongoing crisis between Moscow and the U.S.-led allies has raised

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Neighbors of the three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery testified at the trio’s federal hate crime trial about the shock they felt when gunshots rang out in their neighborhood. Dan Allcott told the jury Tuesday that he heard the fatal shotgun blasts from inside

By BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Designer Tory Burch says she’s noticed women don’t want to have rules about what they can wear and when they can wear it. They want to dress on their own terms and she’s helping them do it with her new collection, which she debuted Monday night