Category Archives: World

Sudan’s PM announces resignation amid political deadlock
CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's prime minister says he has resigned amid political deadlock following a military coup that derailed the country's fragile transition. Abdalla Hamdok announced his resignation in a...
Jan 02, 2022

Fire ravages South Africa's Parliament complex; 1 detained
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - A major fire ripped through South Africa's Parliament complex on Sunday, gutting offices and causing some ceilings in the building that houses the national legislature t...
Jan 02, 2022

Angry Dawgs: No. 3 Georgia beats No. 2 Michigan 34-11 in CFP
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) - With one overwhelming half at the Orange Bowl, No. 3 Georgia showed that a humbling loss to Alabama did not break the Bulldogs. In fact, it might have made them even stronge...
Jan 01, 2022

Eric Adams sworn in as New York City mayor after ball drop
NEW YORK (AP) - Eric Adams is New York City's new mayor, with the Democrat being sworn into office in a Times Square ceremony shortly after the nation's largest city rang in the new year Saturday. Ada...
Dec 31, 2021

Emma Raducanu honored by queen in annual New Year's list
LONDON (AP) - U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu was honored by Queen Elizabeth II in the British monarch's annual New Year's list on Friday following the teenager's breakthrough performance at Flushing...
Dec 31, 2021

Omicron's New Year's cocktail: Sorrow, fear, hope for 2022
PARIS (AP) - Sorrow for the dead and dying, fear of more infections to come and hopes for an end to the coronavirus pandemic were - again - the bittersweet cocktail with which the world said good ridd...
Dec 31, 2021

Behind the wait for a verdict at Maxwell jury deliberations
NEW YORK (AP) - The Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking trial was a four-week winding road featuring sordid testimony by four women who accused the British socialite of grooming their teenage selves for...
Dec 30, 2021

Judge sides with law enforcement in pipeline protest suit
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A federal judge has sided with local law enforcement in a case brought by Dakota Access Pipeline demonstrators alleging excessive use of force by police at a protest site in Nort...
Dec 30, 2021

2 Colorado cities evacuated by wind-driven wildfire
DENVER (AP) - Thousands of residents in two communities near Denver were ordered to evacuate Thursday because of wind-fueled wildfire that engulfed parts of the area in smoky, orangish skies. The city...
Dec 30, 2021

US children hospitalized with COVID in record numbers
SEATTLE (AP) - The omicron-fueled surge that is sending COVID-19 cases rocketing in the U.S. is putting children in the hospital in record numbers, and experts lament that most of the youngsters are n...
Dec 30, 2021