Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden says that Iran was behind thousands of text messages that were sent to people in the Scandinavian country calling for revenge over the burnings of Islam’s holy book in 2023. Iran denies the accusation. Senior Swedish prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist says an investigation has shown that Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MARQUELIA, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane John fell apart as quickly as it formed but left destruction along Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, including deadly mudslides and flooding that may linger. John was a Category 3 hurricane when it made landfall late Monday near the town of Punta Maldonado, with winds of 120 mph. It
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — State-run media in Turkey says an Australian women has been arrested in Turkey over her alleged links to a Kurdish militant group. Cigdem Aslan, 51, is reported by the state-run Anadolu news agency to have been detained at Istanbul airport after an investigation found she was “actively involved in the
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, Gene Norman and Monica Garrett, CNN (CNN) — Two people have died in a landslide after Hurricane John slammed into Mexico’s southern coast Monday night, bringing heavy rainfall and triggering warnings of life-threatening floods. John hit the coast with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (193 kph) as it made landfall south-southwest
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HALLE, Belgium (AP) — Pope Francis will be visiting Belgium on a trip starting Thursday, facing a flock ravaged by countless scandals of priest sexual abuse and dwindling in the face of modernity, where women and gays insist on an equal role and rights. Nowhere is that reality more tangible than in the
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Israel launched an intense barrage of airstrikes across swathes of Lebanon on Monday in what was the deadliest day for the country since at least the 2006 war fought between Israel and the powerful Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. Terror and despair gripped Lebanese residents as Israeli bombs killed more
Continue ReadingBy Lex Harvey, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Michael Kovrig, one of two Canadian men detained in China for more than 1,000 days on alleged spying charges, has described being put in solitary confinement for six months and relentlessly interrogated in what he said was psychological torture. Dubbed the “Michaels,” Kovrig and fellow Canadian national Michael
Continue ReadingLebanese health authorities have raised the death toll from two days of Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah militants in Lebanon to 564. Palestinian officials in Gaza, meanwhile, said new Israeli strikes on Tuesday killed at least two dozen people. Israel’s military says it will do “whatever is necessary” to push Hezbollah away from Lebanon’s border with
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa has asked her Chinese counterpart to ensure the safety of Japanese citizens there after a 10-year-old schoolboy was fatally stabbed. Kamikawa on Tuesday also demanded a crackdown on what she called “groundless, malicious and anti-Japanese” social media posts that threaten children’s safety. Meeting on the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America WINDER, Ga. (AP) — Students have begun pouring into Apalachee High School weeks after a school shooter killed two students and two teachers. Some students were still uneasy Tuesday about returning. The sounds of gunshots are still fresh in their minds, and many are mourning friends and teachers. The school has
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TINMEL, Morocco (AP) — The hand-carved domes and brick-laid arches had almost all been put back together when an earthquake shook Morocco so violently that they caved in on themselves and crashed to the earth. After nearly 900 years, the Great Mosque of Tinmel lay in pieces — its minaret toppled, its prayer
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Death row inmates in five states have been put to death in the span of one week. This was the first time in more than 20 years that five executions had been held in seven days. The unusually high number defies a yearslong trend of decline in both the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Death row inmates in five states have been put to death in the span of one week. This was the first time in more than 20 years that five executions had been held in seven days. The unusually high number defies a yearslong trend of decline in both the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the United Nations is warning world leaders that impunity, inequality and uncertainty are driving modern civilization toward “a powder keg that risks engulfing the world.” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke Tuesday at the General Assembly’s top-level annual meeting. He says the world is in “an era of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva opened the U.N. General Assembly with a call on the world to do more to combat climate change. He mentioned the fires ravaging the rainforest back home — but not the fact they’re adding to criticism of his administration’s own environmental
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly’s yearly meeting of world leaders is here. And with it comes an array of acronyms, abbreviations, titles and terms that can be confounding to observers. The Associated Press decodes some of the key vocabulary. For starters, the event is known as UNGA — and yes,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Across the U.S., including in some of the nation’s presidential swing states, new or recently altered state laws are changing how Americans will vote, tally ballots and administer and certify November’s election. It can be a challenge to keep track of these 11th-hour changes, especially since state election processes already vary so widely.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Johnny Cash now stands among the most famous politicians, trailblazers and activists of American history as he became the first professional musician to be honored with a statue in the U.S. Capitol. Congressional leaders from both parties and members of the Cash family were among the several hundred guests who
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Workers are set to begin the reconstruction of the 400-year-old Old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen five months after a devastating fire destroyed more than half of the building. Officials say will be faithful to how the iconic landmark once was and return it to its former glory. King Frederik
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Caroline Ellison, a former top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried ’s fallen FTX cryptocurrency empire, was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday after she apologized to everyone hurt by a fraud that stole billions of dollars from investors, lenders and customers. Ellison, 29, could have faced a much
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