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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, captured by Mexican forces, has been notified that a process to extradite him to the United States for the murder of a DEA agent in 1985 and other crimes is beginning....
July 17, 2022 9:58 pm / no comments
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VINNYTSIA, Ukraine (AP) — Beautiful and serene in a crown of white flowers, 4-year-old Liza, who was killed Thursday by a Russian missile strike, has been buried in central Ukraine. An Orthodox priest conducted the funeral, bursting...
July 17, 2022 12:36 pm / no comments
Nara, Japan (AP) Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire on him from behind as he delivered a campaign speech. The attack stunned the nation that has some of the strictest gun...
July 8, 2022 9:22 am / no comments
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned, acknowledging that it is “clearly the will” of his party that he should go. He stepped down immediately as leader of his Conservative Party but plans to remain as prime...
July 7, 2022 7:33 am / no comments
CANAZEI, Italy (AP) — Rescuers using drones are resuming the search for an estimated 13 people unaccounted-for following an avalanche in northern Italy that killed at least seven people and is being blamed in large part on rising temperatures...
July 5, 2022 7:00 am / no comments
GAYAN, Afghanistan (AP) — Villagers rushed to bury the dead and dug by hand through the rubble of their homes in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban and the international community that fled their...
June 23, 2022 8:54 am / no comments
World swimming bans transgender athletes from women’s events
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — World swimming’s governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women’s events. FINA members at the organization’s...
June 19, 2022 7:15 pm / no comments
(AP) The European Union suggests making Ukraine a candidate for EU membership. The move would be a first step on what is expected to be a long road before the war-torn country could actually join the 27-nation bloc. The European Commission on...
June 17, 2022 8:41 am / no comments
MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian authorities say a fisherman confessed to killing a British journalist and an Indigenous expert in Brazil’s remote Amazon region and took police to a site where human remains were recovered. Authorities say...
June 16, 2022 8:38 am / no comments
Day after day, Russia is pounding the Donbas region of Ukraine with relentless artillery and air raids, making slow but steady progress to seize the industrial heartland of its neighbor. With the conflict now in its fourth month, it’s a high-stakes...
June 13, 2022 8:31 am / no comments