Month: November 2021

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities say a passenger train has crashed into a college van at an unmanned railway crossing in eastern Pakistan, killing three students and injuring seven others. Tuesday’s accident happened in the district of Sheikhupura in the Punjab province. According to Rana Shakeel, a district administration official, the dead and injured have

By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GAUHATI, India (AP) — Two Indian journalists who were detained on charges of inciting communal violence after tweeting that religious attacks on Muslims were worse than police had reported were granted bail by a court in the northeastern state of Tripura. The journalists were reporting on religious tensions in the

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s state election commission says it is prosecuting the country’s ousted civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and 15 other senior political figures for alleged fraud in last November’s general election. Allegations of widespread electoral fraud were the main reason cited by the military for its Feb.

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Jerod Haase begins his sixth season coaching the Stanford men’s basketball team still finding new ways to lead the program. Many recruits now spend an hour visiting with a prominent and innovative doctor in the medical school. Haase develops many of his campus relationships through

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer DENVER (AP) — For a guy who wouldn’t put himself in harm’s way or Darius Slay’s path, Teddy Bridgewater sure didn’t have any problem falling on the sword. Or was he pushed? Broncos coach Vic Fangio called out Bridgewater in a team meeting Monday for being a bystander

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is appearing in court for the first time in over half a year as a one-time confidant prepares to take the stand against him in a high-profile corruption case. Nir Hefetz, a former Netanyahu aide, is a star prosecution witness

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Witnesses say two loud explosions have been heard in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, early Tuesday. They say one blast happened near a police station and another along a street near the parliamentary building. An eyewitness video posted online showed a plume of white smoke rising from

By MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Many people in Turkey are facing increased hardship as prices of food and other goods have soared. While rising consumer prices are affecting countries worldwide as they bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic, economists say Turkey’s eye-popping inflation has been exacerbated by economic mismanagement,

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press GOLEM, Albania (AP) — Hundreds of Afghans who were evacuated from their homeland are staying at a beach resort in Albania, enjoying the warm welcome and a normal daily life free from fear. A group of judges, sportsmen, journalists, activists, artists, law enforcement officers and scientists arrived last month. They