Ex-principal of Jewish school found guilty of sexual abuse
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The former principal of a Jewish girls school in Australia was found guilty of sexually abusing two students. The…
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Russia blames Ukraine for bomb that killed military blogger
By The Associated Press Russia’s top counterterrorism body on Monday blamed Ukrainian intelligence agencies for the bombing attack that killed a…
Continue ReadingPension protests raise tension between police, demonstrators
By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French authorities see the police as protectors who are ensuring that citizens can peacefully…
Continue Reading4 hurt in German hospital fire, suspect arrested
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say four people have been seriously hurt in an overnight fire at a hospital in Berlin, including a patient who sustained…
Continue Reading‘Nobody is above the law:’ Kosovo ex-president’s trial opens
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Kosovo’s former president has pleaded not guilty to charges including murder,…
Continue ReadingLone suspect in 1980 Paris synagogue bombing goes on trial
By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A Lebanese-Canadian academic is going on trial for a deadly 1980 bombing outside a Paris…
Continue ReadingMcDonald’s temporarily closes US offices ahead of layoffs
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer McDonald’s has closed its U.S. offices through Wednesday and told its corporate staff to work remotely as it…
Continue ReadingPapua New Guinea assesses damage after powerful earthquake
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Disaster relief workers in Papua New Guinea are assessing the extent of damage in a…
Continue ReadingLawyers screen potential jurors in Idaho slain kids’ trial
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — As the trial of a woman charged in three killings in what prosecutors say was a…
Continue Reading‘We’ll kill you’: Troops film boys’ killings in Burkina Faso
By SAM MEDNICK and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — A video in Burkina Faso showing men in military fatigues…
Continue Reading‘We’ll kill you’: Troops film boys’ killings in Burkina Faso
By SAM MEDNICK and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — It was a walk 16-year-old Adama had done countless times,…
Continue ReadingAsian shares mixed as surging oil prices fan inflation fears
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday as investors watched for the latest moves by central…
Continue ReadingTrump faces setbacks in other probes as NY case proceeds
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump faces the most urgent legal challenge of his life this week in New…
Continue ReadingImmigration reform stalled decade after Gang of 8’s big push
By WILL WEISSERT and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Ten years ago this month, Sen. Chuck Schumer declared, “We all know that…
Continue ReadingMembers of Congress on TikTok defend app’s reach to voters
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Jeff Jackson of North Carolina has used it to explain the complex fight over raising the…
Continue ReadingParisians massively vote to banish for-hire e-scooters
By JOHN LEICESTER and HELENA ALVES Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Parisians have overwhelmingly voted to banish the French capital’s…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea, US, Japan hold anti-North Korea submarine drill
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean, U.S. and Japanese navies are conducting their first anti-submarine…
Continue ReadingSeymour Stein, record exec who signed up Madonna, dead at 80
NEW YORK (AP) — Seymour Stein, the brash, prescient and highly successful founder of Sire Records who helped launched the careers of Madonna,…
Continue ReadingBank survey shows Japan’s businesses turning pessimistic
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Business sentiment among big Japanese manufacturers worsened in the first quarter of this year.…
Continue ReadingFilmmaker Alanis Obomsawin to receive Edward MacDowell Medal
NEW YORK (AP) — Documentary maker Alanis Obomsawin is this year’s winner of the Edward MacDowell Medal, a lifetime achievement honor given…
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