By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s director of public prosecutions has ordered that 95 people from a doomsday cult be charged with murder, manslaughter, radicalization, cruelty and child torture, among other crimes, over the deaths of 429 people believed to be members of the church. The director was responding to pressure
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A Malta-flagged bulk carrier sustained damage from a missile fired at it in the Red Sea. That’s according to Greek officials Tuesday. Though no group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, suspicion immediately fell on Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The Greek Shipping and Island Policy Ministry said the
Continue ReadingBy Bethlehem Feleke, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — Alleged Kenyan Christian cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 94 other suspects will face 10 charges for their involvement in a deadly cult, according to a statement from the office of the director of public prosecutions on Tuesday. The suspects will be charged with murder, manslaughter, and assault
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy huddled with corporate executives and world leaders in a frenzied first full day of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, where top officials from the United States, European Union, China, the Middle East and beyond
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Correction Department says former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra shouldn’t be called an inmate even though he is serving a prison sentence after being convicted of wrongdoing in office. The agency felt it necessary to explain that it is not being deferential to the controversial former leader when it refers to him
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New fiction from Christina Dodd and Allie Condie and the latest young adult work from Tracey Baptiste will be excerpted in a free e-compilation that also features dozens of other works scheduled to come out over the new several months. “Buzz Books 2024: Spring/Summer” was released Tuesday by the industry newsletter
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After a big victory in the Iowa caucus, former President Donald Trump is expected in court Tuesday to face another legal challenge: a trial to determine how much more he owes the writer E. Jean Carroll for denying that he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Puerto Rico say five people have been killed in a drive-by shooting that forced authorities to close a portion of a highway. Three of the victims were found dead inside a pickup in the eastern coastal town of Ceiba, authorities said Tuesday. A fourth was found on
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s adoption authority is recommending a halt to all foreign adoptions of children for a two-year period pending an investigation into several allegedly illegal cases. The Norwegian government says more investigation is needed before deciding on a full stop. At the same time, the sole agency in Denmark that handles foreign
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Navy SEALs seized Iranian-made missile parts and other weaponry from a ship bound for Yemen’s Houthi rebels in a raid last week that saw two of its commandos go missing, the U.S. military said Tuesday. Meanwhile, a new ship came under suspected fire from the Houthis
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The Peregrine spacecraft — which launched last week on the first US mission to aim for a moon landing in over 50 years — is headed back toward Earth and expected to make a fiery reentry after a critical fuel leak dashed its lunar ambitions. The failed moon landing attempt
Continue ReadingBy Michael Callahan and Haley Britzky, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US Navy seized Iranian-made ballistic missile and cruise missile components from a vessel off the coast of Somalia last week that was destined for Houthis in Yemen, US Central Command announced on Tuesday. Meanwhile, search and rescue operations remain underway for two SEALs that went
Continue ReadingBy CARLOS MUREITHI Associated Press Celeste Saulo, the new secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization, has said her administration will prioritize the strengthening of early warning systems to help reduce the risk of weather disasters worsened by climate change. The systems enable monitoring of the atmosphere in real time to predict weather events. They help
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian emergency services says at least eight passengers died and an estimated 100 are missing after their boat capsized in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state. The emergency services said Tuesday that the passengers were being conveyed to a market in the neighboring Kebbi state from Niger state’s
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Rescuers evacuated tourists on Tuesday from a remote skiing area in northwestern China where dozens of avalanches triggered by heavy snow have trapped more than 1,000 people for a week, state media said. The avalanches have blocked roads, stranding both tourists and residents in a village in Altay prefecture in the Xinjiang
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese fire department says a Korean Air plane carrying 289 people hit a parked Cathay Pacific aircraft while taxiing to a runway at northern Japan’s New Chitose Airport. The two planes were parked next to each other and the KAL airliner bumped into the empty Cathay
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — The Senate voted to advance a short-term funding extension on Tuesday evening, a key step toward averting a partial government shutdown at the end of the week. The procedural vote was 68 to 13. Challenges remain, however, to prevent a shutdown as
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband is taking his advocacy against antisemitism, Islamophobia and other forms of hate to the Swiss Alps. The White House says Doug Emhoff will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week. Emhoff also will promote gender equity and women’s rights.
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing rebellion from senior lawmakers in his Conservative Party over his stalled plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda. The party’s liberal and authoritarian wings are at loggerheads over the plan. Moderates worry the policy is too extreme,
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Lawmakers are trying to get to the bottom of one of Britain’s gravest injustices and are questioning bosses of the Post Office and Fujitsu. Tuesday’s development comes as momentum grows to compensate and clear the names of more than 900 Post Office branch managers wrongly convicted of
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