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Month: August 2023

Tunisian minister concedes ‘small groups’ of migrants were pushed back into desert no man’s land

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s interior minister has conceded that small groups of sub-Saharan migrants trying to enter the country are pushed back into the desert border areas.  In an interview with The Associated Press, Kamel Fekih says the security forces don’t engage in “collective” expulsions, dumping migrants into

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Scores injured after protesters against Eritrea’s government attack cultural festival in Sweden

David Keyton STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish media are reporting that an Eritrea-themed cultural festival in a Stockholm suburb took a violent turn when about a thousand anti-Eritrean government protesters stormed the event, leaving at least 52 people injured.  The protesters on Thursday set booths and vehicles ablaze, sending smoke billowing into the sky. Swedish police

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Romanian mobster swindled Twin Cities retailers out of thousands of dollars using sleight of hand, charges say

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Prosecutors allege a woman belonging to a Romanian organized crime group stole thousands of dollars from Twin Cities retailers using a sleight of hand scheme. Baronita Rostas, 24, is charged with one count of theft by swindle, according to court documents filed

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Two years after Tokyo, Simone Biles is coming back from ‘the twisties.’ Not every gymnast does

By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer Simone Biles’ return to competitive gymnastics has renewed the conversation around “the twisties” that forced her to take herself out of multiple events at the Tokyo Olympics. It happens when a gymnast suddenly loses their air awareness while trying to complete twisting elements in their routines. Biles says “the

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