Cloudy with light rain today, mountain snow
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Ukraine’s farm minister is the latest corruption suspect as Kyiv aims to undo recent Russian gains
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian court has ordered the detention of the country’s farm minister in the latest…
Continue ReadingScotland’s under-pressure leader insists he won’t resign before crunch confidence vote next week
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Scotland’s leader has insisted that he won’t be resigning amid the fallout of his decision to pull…
Continue ReadingAP Decision Notes: What to expect in New York’s special congressional election
By LEAH ASKARINAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New York voters are choosing a replacement for Democrat Brian Higgins in a congressional…
Continue ReadingA Turkish court sentences a Syrian woman to life in prison for a bombing in Istanbul in 2022
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency has reported that a court sentenced a Syrian woman to life in prison for a deadly explosion on a…
Continue ReadingHead of Vietnam’s parliament resigns amid corruption probe
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese state media outlet VN Express reports that the head of Vietnam’s Parliament, Vuong Dinh Hue, has resigned. He is…
Continue ReadingKenya Airways accuses Congo military of holding its staff since last week over cargo issues
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s state-owned airline has accused the Republic of Congo’s military of holding…
Continue ReadingStudents at prestigious Paris university occupy campus building in pro-Palestinian protest
By JEFFREY SCHAFFER and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Students in Paris inspired by Gaza solidarity encampments at campuses in the…
Continue ReadingHow the Black Opry is helping elevate artists of color in country music
By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Before there was conversation over whether Beyoncé is country enough for country music, there was the…
Continue Reading‘Knuckles’ turns Idris Elba’s ‘Sonic’ warrior into a series that goes nowhere fast
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The “Sonic the Hedgehog” movies weren’t particularly good, but they had Jim Carrey and made a lot of…
Continue Reading5 things to know for April 26: Trump trials, University protests, Harvey Weinstein, TikTok ban, Starliner
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A multi-day storm threat is set to impact millions of people in the central US through the weekend. Forecasts…
Continue ReadingUnexploded WWII bomb to be defused near German soccer stadium
By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — An unexploded World War II bomb is set to be defused on Friday after it was found near the home of Bundesliga soccer…
Continue ReadingSweden should spend more on defense and increase the number of conscripts, lawmakers recommend
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Swedish parliament committee says Sweden should increase its annual military budget by nearly 54 billion kronor ($5…
Continue ReadingThe Latest | Trump speaks with reporters after 4th day of witness testimony in hush money trial ends
NEW YORK (AP) — Defense lawyers in Donald Trump’s hush money trial dug Friday into assertions of the former publisher of the National Enquirer…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from AP’s investigation into fatal police encounters involving injections of sedatives
By RYAN J. FOLEY, CARLA K. JOHNSON and SHELBY LUM Associated Press The practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police spread quietly…
Continue ReadingEgypt sends delegation to Israel, its latest effort to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas
By SAMY MAGDY, BASSEM MROUE and DAVID RISING Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt sent a high-level delegation to Israel on Friday with the hope of…
Continue ReadingSouth Korean police raid office of incoming head of doctors’ group over protracted strikes
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police have searched the office of the hard-line incoming leader of a…
Continue ReadingDozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
By RYAN J. FOLEY, CARLA K. JOHNSON and SHELBY LUM Associated Press Demetrio Jackson was desperate for medical help when the paramedics arrived. The…
Continue ReadingPhilippine police kill an Abu Sayyaf militant implicated in 15 beheadings and other atrocities
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine forces have killed an Abu Sayyaf militant who had been implicated in past…
Continue Reading2 men charged in the UK with spying for China are granted bail after a court appearance in London
LONDON (AP) — A former researcher working in the U.K. Parliament and another man charged with spying for China have been granted bail after a court…
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