Trial set to start on charges Smollett faked racist attack
By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett is going on trial this week, accused of lying to police when he reported he was the…
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Cambodian prince and politician Norodom Ranariddh dies at 77
By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s Prince Norodom Ranariddh, former prime minister and the son of the late…
Continue ReadingResearchers try producing potato resistant to climate change
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — University of Maine researchers are trying to produce potatoes that can better withstand warming temperatures as the climate…
Continue ReadingRally in Belgrade demands end to alarming air pollution
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of people have rallied in Belgrade to demand an end to alarming levels of air pollution in Serbia due to the use…
Continue ReadingKazakhstan plays Iran anthem for Syria at FIBA WC qualifiers
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian media reports that the national sports federation complained to the world’s governing body of basketball because…
Continue ReadingPope Francis pained at migrant deaths in English Channel
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday expressed pain and sorrow at the death and suffering of migrants crossing the English Channel, at the…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court set to take up all-or-nothing abortion fight
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Both sides are telling the Supreme Court there’s no middle ground in Wednesday’s showdown…
Continue ReadingUSGS: Magnitude-7.5 earthquake strikes northern Peru
LIMA, Peru (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 struck northern Peru early Sunday, damaging some buildings and blocking several…
Continue ReadingCzech president swears in opposition leader as new premier
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech president has sworn in Petr Fiala as the country’s new prime minister following last…
Continue ReadingIS roadside bomb in Iraq leaves 5 peshmerga dead, 4 wounded
BAGHDAD (AP) — The official state news agency of Iraq’s Kurdish-run region says a roadside bomb attack by Islamic State group fighters in…
Continue ReadingCamped in Calais, migrants renew resolve to try for England
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press CALAIS, France (AP) — At the makeshift camps near Calais and Dunkirk, migrants are digging in, waiting for their…
Continue ReadingEU plane to monitor migrants on Channel shores after deaths
CALAIS, France (AP) — The EU’s border agency will dispatch a plane to monitor the shores of the English Channel for migrant boats after 27…
Continue ReadingMore omicron cases pop up as world rushes to learn more
By MIKE CORDER, GEIR MOULSON and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingIn French Pantheon, Josephine Baker makes history yet again
By ARNO PEDRAM and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France is inducting Missouri-born cabaret dancer Josephine Baker who was also a…
Continue ReadingSwiss vote to approve COVID restrictions as infections rise
BERLIN (AP) — Swiss voters have given clear backing to legislation that introduced special COVID-19 certificates under which only people who have…
Continue ReadingIsrael tightens travel restrictions over new COVID variant
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has approved barring entry to foreign nationals and the use of controversial technology for contact tracing as part of its…
Continue ReadingKyrgyzstan’s parliamentary vote boosts president’s clout
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Kyrgyzstan held a parliamentary election just over a year after a forceful change of…
Continue ReadingPakistan says militants kill 2 soldiers near Afghan border
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The military says militants have targeted a Pakistani military post in the northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan…
Continue ReadingLeftist holds commanding lead in Honduran presidential vote
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Leftist opposition candidate Xiomara Castro is holding a commanding lead as…
Continue ReadingWTA remains “concerned’ about Peng’s ability to speak freely
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer The head of the Women’s Tennis Association says he remains “deeply concerned” about the whereabouts of…
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