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Month: September 2023

Escaped murderer still at large slips out of search area, steals van, tries to contact ex-co-workers

The Associated Press PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say an escaped murderer who has eluded capture since breaking out of a southeastern Pennsylvania prison a week and a half ago slipped out of the search area, changed his appearance, stole a dairy delivery van, abandoning it miles away and remained at large. Lt. Col. George

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UN envoy urges donor support for battered Syria facing an economic crisis

KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The United Nations special envoy for Syria Sunday has urged donors not to reduce their funding as the war-torn country’s economic crisis spirals. Syrian President Bashar Assad’s decision to double public sector wages and pensions last month further skyrocketed inflation and fueled ongoing protests

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Niger junta accuses France of amassing forces for a military intervention after the coup in July

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Niger’s new military leaders have accused France of amassing forces for a possible military intervention in the country following the coup in July. But French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that he would only take action at the demand of deposed Nigerien leader Mohamed Bazoum. Niger’s

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UK leader Sunak chides China after a report that a UK Parliament staffer is a suspected Beijing spy

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has chastised China’s premier for what he called unacceptable interference in British democracy after a newspaper reported that a researcher in Parliament was arrested earlier this year on suspicion of spying for Beijing. Sunak said he raised the issue with Premier Li Qiang

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Sri Lanka’s president will appoint a committee to probe allegations of complicity in 2019 bombings

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president said Sunday he will appoint a committee chaired by a retired Supreme Court judge to investigate allegations made in a British television report that the South Asian country’s intelligence was complicit in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people. The

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