Italian surgeon gets conditional sentence in Sweden case
STOCKHOLM (AP) — An Italian surgeon who made headlines in 2011 for carrying out the world’s first stem-cell windpipe transplants at Sweden’s…
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Cyprus trial of UK man accused wife’s murder delayed
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The trial of a British man charged with the premeditated murder of his sick wife in Cyprus’ coastal resort town of Paphos…
Continue Reading Ethics adviser to scandal-hit UK leader Boris Johnson quits
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The ethics adviser to scandal-hit British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has quit and accused the…
Continue Reading Buffalo supermarket gunman in court on hate crime counts
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white man who shot to death 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket made his first…
Continue Reading Russian economy ‘won’t be as it was,’ central banker says
By IRINA TITOVA and JIM HEINTZ Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The head of the Russian Central Bank is warning that the country’s…
Continue Reading Euro rescue fund to get new chief as its old glory fades
BRUSSELS (AP) — Finance ministers from the 19 countries that share the euro currency could decide Thursday on a successor to lead Europe’s…
Continue Reading Bomb threats made in Kosovo’s ethnic Serb-dominated areas
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Police in Kosovo have reported a series of bomb threats to schools in Serb-dominated areas of the country and say they have…
Continue Reading Seoul: No evidence slain official tried to defect to N Korea
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s new conservative government says there is no evidence that a South…
Continue Reading Kevin Spacey ‘strenuously’ denies sex charges, granted bail
LONDON (AP) — Kevin Spacey “strenuously denies” allegations of sexual assault, his lawyer said Thursday, as the Oscar-winning actor appeared in…
Continue Reading WHO: COVID-19 deaths rise, reversing a 5-week decline
GENEVA (AP) — After five weeks of declining coronavirus deaths, the number of fatalities reported globally increased by 4% last week, according to…
Continue Reading Fire in apartment building kills 4 in central Slovakia
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Officials say a fire broke out in an apartment building in Slovakia overnight, killing at least four people. Police say…
Continue Reading Germany steps up calls to save energy as Russia reduces gas
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s vice chancellor is stepping up an appeal for the country’s residents to save energy after Russia’s Gazprom…
Continue Reading Harris to launch task force on online harassment, abuse
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will launch a new task force dedicated to fighting online…
Continue Reading Official says Yemeni journalist killed in explosion in Aden
By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An official says that a Yemeni journalist was killed when his car exploded while he was…
Continue Reading European leaders visit Kyiv in high-profile show of support
By JOHN LEICESTER and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Four European leaders visited Ukraine on Thursday, denouncing the…
Continue Reading Senior IS leader captured in US-led military raid in Syria
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S.-led global coalition fighting the Islamic State group says it has conducted a military…
Continue Reading Police: Amazon fisherman confesses to killing missing men
By FABIANNO MAISONNAVE, EDMAR BARROS and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian authorities say a fisherman confessed…
Continue Reading Philippine officials designate 11 insurgents `terrorists’
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government has designated a former peace negotiator and five other…
Continue Reading Asian stocks follow Wall St lower on economy fears
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly lower Friday after Wall Street fell on fears interest rate hikes…
Continue Reading N. Korea reports another disease outbreak amid COVID-19 wave
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea reported a new “epidemic” of an intestinal disease on Thursday, an…
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