Victor Wembanyama will be aiming for the gold medal with France at Paris Olympics
PARIS (AP) — Victor Wembanyama will be aiming for the gold medal at the Paris Olympics. The San Antonio Spurs rookie has reaffirmed his commitment…
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A Kenyan military helicopter has crashed near Somalia, and sources say all 8 on board have died
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Officials say that a military helicopter crash in Kenya has killed at least eight people.…
Continue ReadingVatican considers child sexual abuse allegations against a former Australian bishop
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A Catholic church leader says the Vatican is considering the findings of a church…
Continue ReadingFrom London, Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif blames ex-army chief for his 2017 ouster
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is claiming the country’s former powerful…
Continue ReadingUS defense chief urges nations to dig deep and give Ukraine more much-needed air defense systems
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is urging defense leaders to “dig deep”…
Continue ReadingSpain will allow lawmakers to speak Catalan, Basque and Galician languages in Parliament
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Parliament is set to allow its national legislators to use the country’s minority languages of Catalan, Basque and…
Continue ReadingLibyan leader says flooded city has been divided to create buffers in case of disease outbreaks
DERNA, Libya (AP) — Authorities have divided Libya’s flood-stricken city of Derna into four sections to create buffers in case of disease…
Continue ReadingA bus coach crashes in Austria, killing a woman and injuring 20 others
BERLIN (AP) — A bus coach traveling through Austria has driven off the road and crashed on its side, killing a woman and injuring 20 other…
Continue ReadingIndia expels Canadian diplomat in tit-for-tat move as spat over assassinated Sikh activist deepens
CTV NETWORK By Paula Newton and Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Canada’s accusation that India may have been involved in the assassination of a Sikh…
Continue ReadingSoutheast Asia nations hold first joint navy drills near disputed South China Sea
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has begun its first joint naval exercise at…
Continue ReadingSpain players arrive at camp after Hermoso accuses federation of threatening World Cup winners
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Some of Spain’s World Cup-winning players started reporting to training camp on Tuesday…
Continue ReadingBiden exhorts world leaders at the UN to stand up to Russia, warns not to let Ukraine ‘be carved up’
By AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Joe Biden made his case before the U.N. General Assembly on…
Continue ReadingFormer Belarusian operative under Lukashenko goes on Swiss trial over enforced disappearances
GENEVA (AP) — A former member of Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko’s special security forces is going on trial in Switzerland over the…
Continue ReadingUkraine lawyers insist that UN’s top court has jurisdiction to hear Kyiv’s case against Russia
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ukraine is insisting that the United Nations’ highest court has jurisdiction to…
Continue ReadingLondon police force says it will take years to remove officers accused of corruption and misconduct
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of London police officers are facing dismissal as the department steps up efforts to get…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about the Sikh movement at the center of the tensions between India and Canada
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Tensions between Canada and India have reached new heights with dueling diplomatic expulsions…
Continue ReadingAnother country has called Xi a ‘dictator’ and China is not happy with that description
CNN By Nectar Gan and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — China has lashed out at Germany after its foreign minister called Xi Jinping a “dictator”…
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Two Deschutes County commissioners oppose concept of expanding the board
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Monday, 2/3 of the Deschutes County Commissioners said “no” to the idea of expanding the board. Conservative Commissioners…
Continue ReadingA Chinese #MeToo journalist and an activist spent 2 years in detention. Their trial starts this week
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese journalist active in the #MeToo movement will go on trial this week, along with a labor…
Continue ReadingYouTube suspends Russell Brand from making money off the streaming site after sex assault claims
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — YouTube said Tuesday that Russell Brand will no longer make money from the video streaming site…
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