Kavelashvili is inaugurated as Georgia's president, complicating its path...
TBILISI, Goergia (AP) — Former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili was formally inaugurated as president of Georgia on Sunday, cementing the ruling party's grip in what the opposition calls a blow to...
View ArticleAzerbaijan's president says crashed jetliner was shot down by Russia...
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said Sunday that the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally, and criticized Moscow for trying to “hush up” the...
View ArticleFlights temporarily suspended at Halifax airport after airplane landing incident
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — An aircraft incident at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport caused temporary delays to all flight operations Saturday night. Airport spokesperson Tiffany Chase said...
View ArticleNorth Korea's Kim vows the toughest anti-US policy before Trump takes office
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to implement the “toughest” anti-U.S. policy, state media reported Sunday, less than a month before Donald Trump takes office as U.S....
View ArticleSouth Korea to inspect Boeing aircraft as it struggles to find cause of plane...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials said Monday they will conduct safety inspections of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country's airlines, as they struggle to determine what...
View ArticleAt least 66 people die after a truck plunges into a river in southern Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — At least 66 people have died after a truck plunged into a river in southern Ethiopia, a hospital director said Monday. The accident took place Sunday when an old,...
View ArticleLessons from the elections held in 70 countries in 2024
LONDON (AP) — When voters around the globe had their say in 2024, their message was often: “You’re fired.” Some 70 countries that are home to half the world’s population held elections this year, and...
View ArticlePolitician among protesters arrested in Kenya while calling for an end to...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An opposition politician and several other protesters were arrested in Kenya on Monday during street demonstrations calling for an end to alleged abductions, that recently...
View ArticleSerbian court convicts the parents of a teenage boy who shot dead 10 people...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A court in Serbia on Monday convicted the parents of a teenage boy who last year shot dead nine pupils and a school guard and wounded six more people in a school in central...
View ArticleFinnish investigators find an anchor drag mark on the Baltic seabed after...
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — Finnish investigators probing the damage to a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables said they found an anchor drag mark on the seabed, apparently from a Russia-linked...
View ArticleGisèle Pelicot's ex-husband won't appeal his 20-year prison sentence for...
PARIS (AP) — The ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot won't appeal his 20-year prison sentence for drugging and raping her and allowing dozens of other men to rape her while she was unconscious, in a case...
View ArticlePope Francis kicks off a yearlong Jubilee that will test his stamina and...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to draw some 32 million pilgrims to Rome in a test of the...
View ArticleThe year in review: Influential people who died in 2024
It was a life that took him from peanut farming to the presidency. While former President Jimmy Carter ’s time in the White House only lasted one term, the decades afterward were defined by...
View ArticleHundreds of soldiers freed in the latest prisoner exchange between Russia and...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine have exchanged prisoners of war in the latest such swap that saw the release of hundreds of captives and was brokered with the help of the United Arab Emirates,...
View ArticleInitial results of imprecise census in Myanmar show a slight population drop
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government announced Tuesday that provisional results of a census taken in October put the Southeast Asian nation’s population at about 51.3 million, a slight drop...
View Article'No heating, no light': Moldovans fear looming energy shortage as Russia...
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — On a frigid morning in Moldova’s capital, 39-year-old postal worker Petru Murzin braces for a difficult winter as he fears a looming energy shortage could leave many Moldovans...
View ArticleZimbabwe's new currency woes hit traditional stores while illegal night...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Batsirai Pabwe picked detergents, toothpaste, snacks and some pasta among several grocery items spread on the tarmac of a car parking space — an unorthodox night bazaar lit by...
View ArticleMontenegro extradites cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon to the United States
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro on Tuesday extradited a South Korean mogul known as “the cryptocurrency king” to the United States, following a decision of its justice ministry earlier this...
View ArticleNearly all of Puerto Rico is without power on New Year's Eve
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A blackout hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early Tuesday as the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate New Year’s, leaving more than 1.3 million clients in the dark. Officials...
View ArticleBerlin police say they have detained a man who attacked 2 people with a knife
BERLIN (AP) — Berlin police said they detained a man Tuesday who attacked and injured two people in the city's Charlottenburg neighborhood, further jolting Germany days after a deadly Christmas market...
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