By LORNE COOK and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba insisted on Wednesday that NATO allies are showing no sign of war fatigue and remain committed to helping Ukraine defend itself against Russia and take back occupied territory. Speaking to The Associated Press, Kuleba also said that President Vladimir
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials in northeastern Poland say three teenage students were injured when a classmate attacked them with a knife at a high school. The attack took place Wednesday during lessons at the high school in the town of Kadzidlo. Two of those injured have been hospitalized in serious condition. One victim was
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated PRess TOKYO (AP) — A crew member who was recovered from the ocean after a U.S. military Osprey aircraft carrying eight people crashed Wednesday off southern Japan has been pronounced dead, coast guard officials said. The cause of the crash and the status of the seven others on board were not
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s main adoption agency says it’s halting adoptions from South Korea, following claims of falsified papers on the origins of children adopted from the Asian country. The head of Adoptionscentrum said on Wednesday “that we are ending international adoptions in South Korea” and referred to
Continue ReadingPRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Opposition protesters in Kosovo have used flares and tear gas to protest against a senior war crimes court official in the capital. Opposition leftist Social Democratic Party members tried to enter a hotel in Pristina where Kosovo Specialist Chambers court President Ekaterina Trendafilova was holding a meeting with members of civil
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By STEPHEN SWANSON, JONAH KAPLAN Click here for updates on this story BROOKLYN PARK, Minnesota (WCCO) — A small plane crash-landed into a car Tuesday morning on a busy Twin Cities highway, injuring the pilot and the driver. Brooklyn Park police say it happened at about 10:32 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Highway 81
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Members of South African political parties, civil society organisations and other supporters have marched through the streets of Johannesburg demanding a permanent cease-fire in Gaza as they marked the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Several other protests were planned around South Africa, where many
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By ADAM THOMPSON Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Some clever police work helped officers track down the suspect accused of the violent assault on a 71-year-old woman walking in Leakin Park. Charles Taylor, 46, was arrested on November 22 on a number of charges. Police said Taylor set up
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A special court has cleared France’s justice minister of conflict of interest, ruling he was not guilty of having used his office to settle personal scores. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said after the ruling that Eric Dupond-Moretti will therefore remain a government member. Once a high-profile lawyer,
Continue ReadingStocks are opening higher on Wall Street following some encouraging updates from U.S. companies including General Motors. The S&P 500 was up 0.7% in the early going Wednesday, the Nasdaq composite was up 0.9% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 80 points. GM jumped more than 10% after the automaker raised its dividend and
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — With at least 25 states and 50,000 miles under her belt, Frankie may just be the most well-traveled goat in the United States. The domesticated animal, a pygmy/Nigerian dwarf cross, spends several months of the year traveling around the US in an Airstream with her devoted owners Cate Battles
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Tighter water restrictions for drought-stricken northeast Spain have gone in effect as authorities in Catalonia say that Barcelona may need to have fresh water shipped in by boat in the coming months. Catalonia is suffering its worst drought on record with reservoirs that provide water for
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER BORRASSO Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A Pittsburgh-area teenager is on a mission to make sure those serving in the military have a special Christmas. Head down Orchard Drive in Pleasant Hills and you cannot miss all the Arthrell family’s Christmas lights and military display, which includes the
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Welcome to the new Never Trump. The 45th president’s enemies on the right are mustering for a final big money showdown designed to crush his hopes of a third consecutive Republican nomination less than 50 days before voting starts in the GOP primary race. Nikki Haley will be
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Welcome to the new Never Trump. The 45th president’s enemies on the right are mustering for a final big money showdown designed to crush his hopes of a third consecutive Republican nomination less than 50 days before voting starts in the GOP primary race. Nikki Haley will
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Una comunidad indígena ganó una batalla judicial para recuperar la propiedad de su tierra ancestral en la Amazonia ecuatoriana, más de 80 años después de que fueron desplazados debido a la guerra. Un tribunal de apelaciones ecuatoriano respaldó el reclamo de la nación Siekopai sobre Pë’këya, un territorio biodiverso
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams says his top fundraiser has been reassigned. Twenty-five-year-old Brianna Suggs is no longer raising money for his re-election bid. “With Brianna, she’s no longer doing fundraising for the campaign,” Adams said in a news conference
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — A special court has cleared France’s justice minister of conflict of interest, ruling he was not guilty of having used his office to settle personal scores. Once a high-profile lawyer, Eric Dupond-Moretti was accused of abusing his position to order probes targeting magistrates who investigated him, his friends and his former clients.
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Wednesday that two of four news photographers who were shot Tuesday are in serious condition, as prosecutors confirmed that a fifth journalist was shot and wounded the same day. The four photojournalists were shot near a military barracks in the southern Guerrero state after they returned from a
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