Month: March 2022

Russian airstrikes have hit three hospitals in Ukraine, including two west of the capital and a maternity hospital in Mariupol, where 17 people were wounded. Ukrainian officials labeled it a “war crime.” The attacks came amid hopes for mass evacuations of civilians from several besieged Ukrainian cities, including Mariupol, which has been without food, water

By CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — People stand when Dr. Matshidiso Moeti enters a room at the World Health Organization’s Africa headquarters in Republic of Congo. Small in stature, big in presence, Moeti is the first woman to lead WHO’s regional Africa office, the capstone of her trailblazing career in

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia has lost influence and friends since the collapse of the Soviet empire in 1989. But the nuclear superpower still holds sway over several of its neighbors in Europe and keeps others in an uneasy neutrality. The Russian invasion of neighboring Ukraine and the humanitarian tragedy it

By CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — Small in stature, big in presence, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti is the first woman to lead the World Health Organization’s Africa office, the capstone of her trailblazing career in which she has overcome discrimination in apartheid South Africa to become one of the world’s top

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military on Wednesday returned a North Korean boat and its seven crew members across the countries’ disputed western sea boundary a day after they drifted into waters near a South Korean border island. South Korea’s navy fired warning shots on Tuesday to chase away a North Korean patrol

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s foreign ministry has strongly condemned the killing of two Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers in an Israeli missile attack on the Syrian capital. The foreign ministry’s website quoted ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh as saying Wednesday that revenge for the Monday strike will definitely be taken. The Guard in a statement late

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says he will declare a national emergency following floods across large swathes of the east coast that have claimed 22 lives. Prime Minister Scott Morrison made the announcement Wednesday during a visit to flood-devastated Lismore in northern New South Wales state, where four

By PATRICK ORSAGOS and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A woman disqualified from a cross-country race for wearing a hijab is celebrating a new Ohio law that stemmed from her experience. Noor Abukaram is a former high school athlete at Sylvania Northview in suburban Toledo and is now an Ohio State student.

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two modest rooms in New York City are the first places in the United States where local officials are allowing illicit drug use to make it less deadly. The privately run “overdose prevention centers” are equipped and staffed to reverse opioid overdoses. They are also known

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Civil rights icon Andrew Young will celebrate his 90th birthday with a string of events that continue his long fight for equity and inclusion. Over four days starting Wednesday, the former congressman, United Nations ambassador and Atlanta mayor will deliver a sermon about harmony, attend a walk

By BRITTANY PETERSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DECKERS, Colo. (AP) — Thinning the dense stands of trees across millions of acres of U.S. forestlands is a central piece of the Biden administration’s $50 billion plan to protect against deadly firestorms that have been exploding across western states. But the same warming trends that worsen