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Month: January 2024

European human rights court condemns Greece for naming HIV-positive sex workers in 2012

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Greece for violating the privacy rights of a group of women arrested and publicly identified in 2012 as HIV-positive prostitutes who allegedly endangered public health. The case was brought to the Strasbourg, France-based court by 11 Greek women,

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UK gives Northern Ireland a new deadline to revive its collapsed government as cost of living soars

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government is giving Northern Ireland politicians until Feb. 8 to restore their collapsed regional government. The deadline extension was announced Tuesday. A boycott by Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party has kept the power-sharing administration on ice for almost two years. The British government is

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“Esto no ha terminado”, dice Texas tras fallo de la Corte Suprema que permite al Gobierno federal retirar alambre de púas de la frontera

Alexandra Ferguson Eagle Pass, Texas (CNN) — A medida que la crisis de los migrantes continúa en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México y más allá, las tensiones entre Texas y los funcionarios federales siguen siendo altas. Estos son los últimos acontecimientos. El alambre de púas sigue a lo largo de una sección disputada

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The US military has carried out airstrikes in Somalia that killed 3 al-Qaida-linked militants

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The U.S. military says that it conducted airstrikes in Somalia over the weekend that killed three al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants and that there were no civilian casualties. The Germany-based U.S. Africa Command said in a statement Tuesday that the strikes were done at the request of Somalia’s

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Los incesantes “asaltos con carne de cañón” rusa están desgastando a las fuerzas ucranianas, superadas en número de hombres y armas

Germán Padinger (CNN) — En medio de las líneas del frente, la pequeña ciudad de Avdiivka se ha convertido en el epicentro de la guerra en Ucrania. Todavía en manos ucranianas –por ahora y por escaso margen– está cercada por tres lados por soldados y cañones rusos. Constantemente bombardeada por Rusia, la ciudad está irreconocible.

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Man suspected of killing 8 people outside Chicago was related to most of the victims, police say

By KATHLEEN FOODY, SOPHIA TAREEN and KEN MILLER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in suburban Chicago this weekend was related to most of the victims, authorities said Tuesday, a day after the 23-year-old fatally shot himself during a confrontation with law enforcement in Texas. The Illinois

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US unions flexed their muscles last year, but membership rates fall to all-time low

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Unions commanded big headlines last year, but that didn’t translate into higher membership numbers, according to government data released Tuesday. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said 10% of hourly and salaried workers were members of unions in 2023, or around 14.4 million people. That’s an all-time low, and

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Turkey’s parliament approves Sweden’s NATO membership, lifting a key hurdle

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish legislators on Tuesday endorsed Sweden’s membership in NATO, lifting a major hurdle on the previously nonaligned country’s entry into the military alliance. Lawmakers ratified Sweden’s accession protocol 287 to 55, with ruling party members saying the Nordic country’s tougher stance on Kurdish militants was key

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