Month: August 2023

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With Donald Trump facing felony charges over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, the former president is flooding the airwaves and his social media platform with distortions, misinformation and unfounded conspiracy theories about his defeat. It’s part of a multiyear effort to undermine public confidence in

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis says his visit later this week to Mongolia, the first-ever by a pontiff to that Asian country, is a much-desired occasion to meet with a “noble, wise” people. Speaking to the public on Sunday in St. Peter’s Square, Francis called the trip an occasion to embrace the Catholic community

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say they will use security forces to stop women from visiting one of Afghanistan’s most popular national parks in central Bamiyan province. Authorities banned women from public spaces, including parks, last November alleging that women were not wearing the hijab, or Islamic headscarf, correctly. This

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have resumed their years-long negotiations over the controversial dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile River’s main tributary. The resumption of talks came after President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said last month that they aim to reach within four months an agreement on

By FARAI MUTSAKA and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader on Sunday alleged “blatant and gigantic fraud” in the country’s election after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared the winner and international observers reported an atmosphere of intimidation against voters. The returns from the latest troubled vote in the southern

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities on Sunday confirmed the death of Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, putting to rest any doubts about whether the wily mercenary leader turned mutineer was on a plane that crashed Wednesday, killing everyone on board. Genetic testing on the 10 bodies recovered at the crash site “conform to the manifest

LONDON (AP) — London’s Metropolitan Police force says it has stepped up security after a company that holds details of its officers and staff was hacked. The force says there was “unauthorized access to the IT system of one of its suppliers.” It says the company had access to names, ranks, photos, vetting levels and

By RUSS BYNUM and AARON MORRISON Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at prayer vigils and in church, in frustration and exhaustion, to mourn yet another racist attack in America: this one the killing of three Black people in Florida at the hands of a white, 21-year-old man who authorities

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his country’s role as the G20 host this year would focus on highlighting the concerns of the developing world, and has proposed the African Union to become permanent members of the forum. He made the remarks on Sunday at the

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities have launched an investigation after a midair collision between two warplanes in the west of the country killed three pilots. According to the air force’s Telegram page, two L-39 training military aircraft collided on Friday during a combat mission over Ukraine’s western Zhytomyr region.