Month: February 2023

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s police say they have arrested five people on suspicion of calling for the violent overthrow of the Balkan country’s president and the possession of arms. The arrested men, some with alleged links to Russia’s private army Wagner Group, took part in a protest on Wednesday evening of far-right, pro-Russian groups

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian opposition supporters have protested anew outside the country’s Parliament as lawmakers demanding the government’s resignation for alleged corruption tried to disrupt the house’s session, blowing whistles and crowding the podium. In their third protest in a week hundreds of people — including a man who

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — At age 103, Sister Jean awakes daily at 5 a.m. She sits up quickly to avoid going to sleep again — “I’ve got too much to do,” she says. After prayers for the day ahead, she reads the Gospel on her tablet. “I guess there aren’t

By YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street was subdued before the open Thursday ahead of another closely-watched inflation reading that comes a day after markets rallied on a strong retail sales report. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials and ticked down 0.2% and the S&P 500 fell 0.3% less than an

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Red Cross’ global chief says Syria could face dangerous outbreaks of disease in the wake of last week’s devastating earthquake if hundreds of thousands of displaced people do not get permanent housing soon. The head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say six people were killed when a pickup truck and a minibus collided near Egypt’s eastern city of Ismailia. They said three others were injured in the crash and those killed included five Palestinians and one Egyptian. According to Egyptian media, the five passengers were heading to Rafah, Egypt’s official

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has again pummeled Ukraine with a barrage of cruise and other missiles, hitting targets from east to west as the war’s one-year anniversary nears. Ukrainian authorities said one of the strikes Thursday killed a 79-year-old woman and injured at least seven other people. Ukrainian authorities