Debt-stricken Sri Lanka signs a free trade pact with Thailand
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Debt-stricken Sri Lanka has signed a trade pact with Thailand in a bid to boost…
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Historic day in Northern Ireland as Michelle O’Neill becomes first nationalist leader
By Amy Cassidy, CNN (CNN) — In a historic moment, a nationalist politician has become First Minister of Northern Ireland as power-sharing…
Continue ReadingSenegal’s leader postpones Feb. 25 presidential vote, citing controversies over candidate lists
BY BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese President Macky Sall on Saturday postponed presidential elections scheduled for…
Continue ReadingAt least 150,000 gather in Berlin to protest the far right
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS and PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — At least 150,000 people gathered in front of the German national…
Continue ReadingMayorkas is driven by his own understanding of the immigrant experience. Many in GOP want him gone
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supporters of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says he brings a prosecutor’s…
Continue ReadingPrince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, son of Italy’s last king, dies aged 86
By GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, son of Italy’s last king, Umberto II, has died. He was 86. The…
Continue ReadingMoms for Liberty faces new challenges and growing pushback over its conservative education agenda
By Denise Royal, Carlos Suarez and Ray Sanchez, CNN Viera, Florida (CNN) — In Florida, where the right-wing Moms for Liberty group was born in…
Continue ReadingMoms for Liberty faces new challenges and growing pushback over its conservative education agenda
CNN By Denise Royal, Carlos Suarez and Ray Sanchez, CNN Viera, Florida (CNN) — In Florida, where the right-wing Moms for Liberty group was born…
Continue ReadingThe EU is providing Ukraine with $54 billion. How will the money be spent?
By The Associated Press EU leaders on Thursday sealed a deal to provide Ukraine with 50 billion euros ($54 million) to shore up its economy ravaged…
Continue ReadingIndonesians flock to presidential campaign rallies as criticism against the government mounts
By ANDI JATMIKO and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Tens of thousands of Indonesians have flocked to presidential…
Continue ReadingKenya’s president blames corruption and incompetence for huge fireball that hurt hundreds in Nairobi
By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president says corruption and officials’ incompetence allowed a liquid…
Continue ReadingIn El Salvador, self-styled ‘world’s coolest dictator’ Nayib Bukele heads for re-election amid human rights concerns
By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — When Jocelyn Zelaya was caught in a hail of gunfire on the streets of San Salvador in 2017, the young mother…
Continue ReadingFor the first time, an Irish nationalist will lead Northern Ireland’s government
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An Irish nationalist made history Saturday by becoming Northern Ireland’s first minister as the…
Continue ReadingJapan wants everyone to know: Taylor Swift will make it in time for the Super Bowl
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Taylor Swift, who is holding concerts in Japan through Feb. 10, will make it in time for the Super…
Continue ReadingCan Trump be on the ballot? It’s the Supreme Court’s biggest election test since Bush v. Gore
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A case with the potential to disrupt Donald Trump’s drive to return to the White House is…
Continue ReadingAs investors pile into psychedelics, idealism gives way to pharma economics
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer Dozens of psychedelic startup companies are racing to begin selling mind-expanding drugs for depression and other…
Continue ReadingWhat we know about the US strikes in Iraq and Syria
By Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky, Kevin Liptak, Oren Liebermann and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — The United States on Friday conducted major…
Continue ReadingUS, Britain strike Yemen’s Houthis in a new wave, retaliating for attacks by Iran-backed militants
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Britain struck 36 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday in…
Continue ReadingRights groups denounce acquittal of former Serbian security officers accused of killing a journalist
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Media rights groups and opposition campaigners have condemned a Serbian appeals court…
Continue ReadingPakistan’s former premier Imran Khan and wife convicted of marriage law violation in a fourth case
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court has convicted and sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to…
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