(AP) — A Russian court has rejected an appeal by U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner of her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession, a step that could move her closer to a possible high-stakes prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington....
October 25, 2022 9:00 am / no comments
LONDON (AP) — Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is set to become Britain’s next prime minister after winning the Conservative leadership race. He now faces the huge task of stabilizing the party and country at a time of economic and political...
October 24, 2022 9:43 am / no comments
(AP/KFGO) — A North Dakota farmer who had been detained in Ukraine since November 2021 on accusations that he planned to kill his business partner is back home. The state’s two U.S. senators announced his return Friday. Kurt Groszhans,...
October 21, 2022 4:00 pm / no comments
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss has quit. She bowed to the inevitable after a tumultuous term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party that obliterated her authority. Truss made...
October 20, 2022 11:02 am / no comments
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss has insisted she is “a fighter and not a quitter” as she faced down a hostile opposition and fury from her own Conservative Party over her botched economic plan. Truss made a public apology...
October 19, 2022 10:27 am / no comments
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered martial law for four illegally annexed Ukrainian regions, doubling down on a faltering invasion he described as “very difficult.” In a tacit acknowledgment that another...
October 19, 2022 10:26 am / no comments
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s foreign minister wants the European Union to sanction Iran for providing Russia with the suicide drones that killed at least four civilians in Kyiv on Monday.
The Iranian-made drones have been used elsewhere...
October 17, 2022 10:02 am / no comments
London (AP) — New U.K. Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt has reversed most of an economic package announced by the government just weeks ago, including a planned cut in income taxes. Hunt said Monday he was scrapping “almost all” the tax cuts...
October 17, 2022 10:01 am / no comments
Kyiv, Ukraine(AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says he thinks a mobilization of army reservists he ordered last month to bolster his country’s troops in Ukraine will to be completed in two weeks. Putin told reporters after attending...
October 14, 2022 10:20 am / no comments
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has retaliated for a weekend Ukrainian attack on a critical bridge by unleashing its biggest and most widespread attacks against Ukraine in months. The lethal barrage Monday against multiple cities smashed...
October 10, 2022 3:05 pm / no comments