Category Archives: World
Vance is optimistic about Gaza ceasefire but notes 'very hard' work to come
KIRYAT GAT, Israel (AP) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday called progress in Gaza's fragile ceasefire better than anticipated but acknowledged during an Israel visit the challenges that remain...
Oct 21, 2025
Former French President Sarkozy begins a 5-year prison sentence for campaign finance conspiracy
PARIS (AP) - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy entered a prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a 5-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds ...
Oct 21, 2025
A court in Slovakia sentences the man in the attempted assassination of prime minister to 21 years
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) - A court in Slovakia on Tuesday convicted the man in last year's attempted assassination of the country's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico of a terror attack and sentence...
Oct 21, 2025
Japan's parliament elects Sanae Takaichi as nation's first female prime minister
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partn...
Oct 20, 2025
Springer's homer sends Blue Jays into World Series with 4-3 win over Mariners in Game 7 of ALCS
TORONTO (AP) - George Springer put Toronto ahead with a three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays advanced to the World Series for the first time since 1993 by beating the Seattl...
Oct 20, 2025
US man arrested in Scotland and convicted of Utah rape gets at least 5 years in prison
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah judge on Monday sentenced a man who appeared to fake his death and flee the United States to avoid arrest on rape charges to anywhere from five years to life in prison. Ni...
Oct 20, 2025
Man who planned to shoot up Atlanta's airport is arrested in a terminal following a tip, police say
ATLANTA (AP) - Police arrested a man at Atlanta's bustling airport on Monday after getting a tip from his family that he was planning to shoot up the place, and found an assault rifle and ammunition i...
Oct 20, 2025
US envoys visit Israel to bolster truce, and Gaza militants hand over a hostage's remains
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Two of U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys traveled to Israel on Monday to shore up the ceasefire in Gaza, a day after deadly violence gave the fragile deal its first major te...
Oct 20, 2025
United States and Australia sign critical-minerals agreement as a way to counter China
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a critical-minerals deal at the White House on Monday as the U.S. eyes the continent's rich rare-earth re...
Oct 20, 2025
Rodrigo Paz wins presidential runoff, becoming Bolivia's first conservative leader in decades
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Rodrigo Paz, a centrist senator, will be Bolivia's next president, preliminary results showed on Monday, paving the way for a major political transformation after almost 20 year...
Oct 20, 2025