By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Russia is calling a Ukrainian case alleging that Moscow abused the Genocide Convention to justify its invasion last year an “abuse of process.” The comment came Monday as lawyers for Moscow sought to have judges at the United Nation’s highest court throw out Kyiv’s case.
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon judge is set to decide whether a gun control law approved by voters in November violates the state’s constitution in a trial that started Monday. The law, one of the toughest in the nation, was among the first gun
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By CLAIRE RUSH and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon judge is set to decide whether a gun control law approved by voters in November violates the state’s constitution in a trial that started Monday. The law, one of the toughest in the nation, was among the first gun
Continue ReadingBy RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Two years after the Taliban banned girls from school beyond sixth grade, Afghanistan is the only country in the world with restrictions on female education. Now, the rights of Afghan women and children are on the agenda of the United Nations General Assembly Monday in New York.
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China’s top diplomat is heading to Russia for security talks after two days of meetings with U.S. President Joe Biden’s national security adviser over the weekend in Malta. China’s Foreign Ministry says Foreign Minister Wang Yi will be in Russia from Monday to Thursday for strategic security consultations. The U.S. and China
Continue ReadingADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — The Chevron Corp. says a liquefied natural gas plant in Australia has resumed full production after a fault cut output by one-fifth for three days. A turbine at the Wheatstone LNG plant in Western Australia state tripped last Thursday as around 500 unionized Chevron staff escalated strike action over pay and
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — A 4.8-magnitude earthquake has rattled parts of Tuscany. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Italy’s vulcanology institute says the quake’s epicenter was near Marradi, northeast of Florence, and struck at 5:10 a.m. It was preceded by some smaller temblors. The vulcanology agency noted that the area is considered at
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Jann Wenner, cofundador de la revista Rolling Stone, fue destituido de la junta directiva de la Fundación del Salón de la Fama del Rock & Roll después de enfrentar críticas generalizadas por los comentarios que hizo en una entrevista del New York Times publicada el viernes sobre músicas femeninas y negras.
Continue ReadingBy KAREL JANICEK Associated Press MICHALOVCE, Slovakia (AP) — A populist former prime minister whose party is favored to win Slovakia’s early parliamentary election plans to reverse the country’s military and political support for neighboring Ukraine if he returns to power. It’s a direct challenge to the European Union and NATO. Robert Fico and his
Continue ReadingBy KAREL JANICEK Associated Press MICHALOVCE, Slovakia (AP) — A populist former prime minister whose party is favored to win Slovakia’s early parliamentary election plans to reverse the country’s military and political support for neighboring Ukraine, in a direct challenge to the European Union and NATO, if he returns to power. Robert Fico, who led
Continue ReadingBy CHEYANNE MUMPHREY and JUAN LOZANO Associated Press MONT BELVIEU, Texas (AP) — A Black high school student in Texas has served more than two weeks of in-school suspensions for wearing twisted dreadlocks to school. When he arrived Monday with the same hairstyle, he was suspended again, his mother said. Darryl George, a junior at
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The commitments were far-reaching and ambitious. Among them: End extreme poverty and hunger. Ensure every child on Earth gets a quality secondary education. Achieve gender equality. Make significant inroads in tackling climate change. Create “universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.”
Continue ReadingBy MALLIKA SEN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — For two years, it was the coronavirus pandemic. Then, it was Russia’s war in Ukraine. Throughout it all, the perils of climate change, poverty and inequality have steadily, increasingly thrummed through each convening of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly. As the 78th session opens,
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A hot, dry, windy and smoky weekend brought power outages, some lengthy, for thousands of Midstate Electric Cooperative members in southern Deschutes County. Officials said it resulted from special, sensitive line settings that are a necessary tradeoff – the risk of more blackouts, to avoid the danger of sparking more wildfires.
Continue ReadingBy Celina Tebor and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — All nine teenagers who escaped from a juvenile detention center in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, Sunday evening were captured Monday morning, police said, after a multiagency search that prompted school closures and warnings to the surrounding community. The teens, ages 15 to 17, broke out of the Abraxas
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Un sismo de magnitud 5,1 fue detectado en la región del norte de Italia, según el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS). Se estima que la profundidad original del terremoto fue de 10 kilómetros. Las indicaciones preliminares del Servicio Geológico de EE.UU. muestran que las sacudidas del terremoto son moderadas y
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The warnings were clear but went unheeded. Experts had long said that floods posed a significant danger to two dams meant to protect nearly 90,000 people in the northeast of Libya. They repeatedly called for immediate maintenance to the two structures, located just uphill from the coastal
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) kicked off its first tournament in China in more than three years Monday, ending its boycott over the uncertain fate of tennis star Peng Shuai. One of China’s most recognizable sports figures, Peng was feared to be held incommunicado by the Chinese
Continue ReadingBy GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pope Francis urged all people to do their part to address the world’s problems, especially climate change and the care of children, to open The Clinton Global Initiative Monday in New York in a talk with former President Bill Clinton. The need to “Keep Going”
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials and Native Americans whose ancestors called the state home hope a new state law will speed the recovery and reburial of their relatives’ remains unearthed over the past two centuries. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the Human Remains Protection Act last
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