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 »
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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 »
Be the first to comment!By Danica Kirka, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday pledged that deportation flights to Rwanda would begin this summer as he called on the unelected House of Lords to stop blocking his key policy for ending the tide of small boats carrying migrants across the English Channel. Legislation clearing the way for the flights ... Read More »
1 responseBy Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – An independent review of the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees found that Israel never expressed concern about anyone on the staff lists it has received annually since 2011. The review was carried out after Israel alleged that a dozen employees of the agency known as UNRWA had participated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – In opening statements in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial, prosecutors said Monday that the former president “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt” the 2016 presidential election. Defense attorneys countered, calling Trump “innocent” and saying the Manhattan district attorney’s office “should never have brought this case.” The commencement of the proceedings ... Read More »
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