By The Associated Press on April 23rd, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will remain jailed on espionage charges until at least late June, after a Moscow court on Tuesday rejected his appeal that sought to end his pretrial detention. The 32-year-old U.S. citizen was detained in late March 2023 while on a reporting trip and has spent over ... Read More »
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) – U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Tuesday that the country is to increase defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by the end of the decade. Sunak made the announcement during a visit to Warsaw, where he also described a new pledge to send arms to Ukraine. He said the government is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Associated Press on April 23rd, 2024
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that the country is to increase defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by the end of the decade. Sunak made the announcement Tuesday during a visit to Warsaw, where he also described a new pledge to send arms to Ukraine. THIS IS A BREAKING ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Associated Press on April 23rd, 2024
PARIS (AP) – Five migrants, including a child, died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the U.K., French authorities said Tuesday, just hours after the British government approved a migrant bill to deport some of those who entered the country illegally to Rwanda. The prefecture responsible for the north of France ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Associated Press on April 23rd, 2024
PARIS (AP) – At least 5 people have died while crossing the English Channel, according to French media, hours after the U.K. approved the migrant deportation bill. The Voix du Nord newspaper said the bodies were discovered at the Wimereaux beach in northern France on Tuesday. This came only hours after British Prime Minister Rishi ... Read More »
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BERLIN (AP) – A man who works for a German lawmaker in the European Parliament was arrested on suspicion of spying for China, German prosecutors said Tuesday. The suspect, identified only as Jian G. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested Monday in Dresden, federal prosecutors said in a statement. They didn’t specify which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – Two Malaysian military helicopters collided and crashed during a training session on Tuesday, killing all 10 people on board, the navy said. The helicopters were rehearsing at a naval base in northern Perak state for the navy’s 90th anniversary celebration next month when the accident occurred, the navy said in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – Malaysia’s navy said two military helicopters collided and crashed during a training session on Tuesday, killing all 10 people on board. The navy said in a brief statement that the helicopters were training at a naval base in northern Perak state for the navy’s 90th anniversary celebration next month when ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Anita Snow, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
PHOENIX (AP) – An Arizona judge declares a mistrial Monday in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a Mexican man on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border. George Alan Kelly, 75, was charged with second-degree murder in the Jan. 30, 2023, shooting of Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, 48, who lived just south of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
PHOENIX (AP) – An Arizona judge declares a mistrial Monday in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a Mexican man on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border. George Alan Kelly, 75, was charged with second-degree murder in the Jan. 30, 2023, shooting of Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, 48, who lived just south of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Danica Kirka, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ‘s latest effort to send some migrants to Rwanda finally won approval from Parliament early Tuesday, hours after he pledged deportation flights would begin in July. The parliamentary logjam that had stalled the legislation for two months was finally broken just after midnight when the unelected House ... Read More »
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