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Month: October 2023

Former Austrian Chancellor Kurz stands trial for allegedly making false statements to an inquiry

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — A trial has opened of former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on a charge of having made false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption in his first government. Once a rising star among conservatives in Europe, Kurz resigned in 2021 amid a separate corruption probe and

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Former Virginia House Speaker Filler-Corn will forego run for governor and seek congressional seat

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Virginia House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn has decided against a bid for governor in 2025 and will instead run next year to represent the competitive northern Virginia congressional seat being vacated by a fellow Democratic lawmaker. Filler-Corn spoke with The Associated Press about her decision Tuesday

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Putin promociona su solidaridad con China en el discurso de Xi sobre un nuevo orden mundial mientras la crisis se apodera de Oriente Medio

Gonzalo Jimenez Beijing (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, destacó este miércoles el profundo alineamiento de su país con China cuando apareció en el escenario como invitado de honor en una reunión mundial en Beijing, donde el líder chino Xi Jinping presentó su visión de un orden mundial remodelado. En un discurso no

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Cambodia’s newest and biggest airport opens in Siem Reap, the gateway to UNESCO-listed Angkor

By Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — Cambodia’s newest and biggest airport opened to commercial operations in the province of Siem Reap in the country’s northwest this week. The China-funded Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport is now the main gateway to one of the country’s most popular tourist sites, the UNESCO-listed Angkor Archaeological Complex. On Monday morning,

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The German chancellor condemns a firebomb attack on a Berlin synagogue and vows protection for Jews

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz strongly condemned a firebomb assault on a synagogue in Berlin on Wednesday, saying, “We will never accept when attacks are carried out against Jewish institutions.” Assailants threw two Molotov cocktails early Wednesday at the synagogue in the center of the German capital, police

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