Month: April 2023

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say four people have been seriously hurt in an overnight fire at a hospital in Berlin, including a patient who sustained life-threatening injuries. A man was arrested on suspicion of starting the blaze. The fire service said that the fire on the third floor of the Klinikum am Urban in the

Russian police on Monday were searching for a woman suspected of delivering a bomb that killed a well-known military blogger who fervently supported Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Russian officials said Vladlen Tatarsky, 40, was killed Sunday as he was leading a discussion at a cafe on the banks of the Neva River in the historic

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say two Palestinian men were killed by Israeli troops in an army raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. The incident on Monday was the latest in a year-long surge of Israeli-Palestinian violence that shows no sign of abating. The Israeli military said troops arrested two people

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s presidential office has announced that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will pay a visit to Warsaw this week. The visit is scheduled for Wednesday and will begin with talks between Zelenskyy and his host, Polish President Andrzej Duda. It will be followed by a meeting with the public, according to the

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The former principal of a Jewish girls school in Australia was found guilty of sexually abusing two students. Malka Leifer was convicted on 18 counts and acquitted of nine other charges, including five that related to a third student. The three students were all sisters. Leifer sat with her head tilted

By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French authorities see the police as protectors who are ensuring that citizens can peacefully protest President Emmanuel Macron’s contentious retirement age increase. But to human rights advocates and demonstrators who were clubbed or tear-gassed, officers have overstepped their mission. In the months since mass protests against the

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say four people have been seriously hurt in an overnight fire at a hospital in Berlin, including a patient who sustained life-threatening injuries. A man was detained in connection with the blaze. The fire service said that the fire on the third floor of the Klinikum am Urban in the German

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The trial of Kosovo’s ex-president and three other former high-ranking members of the Kosovo Liberation Army charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity is set to open. Hashim Thaci resigned from office in 2020 to defend himself against charges including murder, torture and persecution

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A Lebanese-Canadian academic is going on trial for a deadly 1980 bombing outside a Paris synagogue. Hassan Diab is the lone suspect in the unclaimed attack, which killed four people and wounded 46 others. His trial on terrorism-related charges begins Monday. French authorities identified Diab in 1999

NEW YORK (AP) — A report says McDonald’s has closed its U.S. offices for a few days as the company prepares to inform employees about layoffs. The Wall Street Journal cited an internal email from the Chicago-based fast-food giant saying U.S. corporate staff and some employees overseas should work from home while the company notifies

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Disaster relief workers in Papua New Guinea are assessing the extent of damage in a remote region following a powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake. The head of the Port Moresby Geophysical Observatory says some buildings and homes were destroyed near the epicenter of Monday’s quake in

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan says there is no trade with Israel after a Jewish businessman in the southern city of Karachi went viral for tweeting about his first kosher food export. Fishel Benkhald, a Jewish Pakistani, exported food products to two cities in Israel, Haifa and Jerusalem. But Pakistan on Sunday denied having any trade