Category Archives: World
British nurse Lucy Letby imprisoned for life for the murders of 7 babies and attempted murders of 6
LONDON (AP) - A British judge has sentenced Lucy Letby to spend the rest of her life in prison for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others while working as a neonatal nurse at a hospi...
Aug 21, 2023
Suspected Palestinian gunman kills an Israeli, wounds another in latest attack in occupied West Bank
JERUSALEM (AP) - A suspected Palestinian attacker killed an Israeli woman and seriously wounded a man in the south of the occupied West Bank on Monday, Israeli authorities said, as violence continued ...
Aug 21, 2023
Southern California braces for more floods as tropical storm soaks region from coast to desert
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tropical Storm Hilary drenched Southern California from the coast to inland mountains and deserts Sunday evening, prompting rescues from swollen rivers and forcing some of the natio...
Aug 21, 2023
Early results point to likely runoff between ally of Ecuador’s ex-president and banana tycoon’s son
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) - Early results in Sunday's special presidential election in Ecuador point to a leftist backed by the country's fugitive ex-president likely facing a runoff with the son of a b...
Aug 20, 2023
Outsider Arévalo leading Guatemala election after corruption angered voters, early results show
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Outsider Bernardo Arvalo led Sunday's election to be Guatemala's next president after voters became angry at widespread corruption and leaders' failure to tackle it, early result...
Aug 20, 2023
Spain's World Cup winner Olga Carmona learns of father’s death after final
MADRID (AP) - Olga Carmona, whose goal won the Women's World Cup for Spain on Sunday, learned of her father's death after the final, the Spanish soccer federation said. The federation did not say when...
Aug 20, 2023
Tropical Storm Hilary menaces Mexico's Baja coast, southwest US packing deadly rainfall
ENSENADA, Mexico (AP) - Tropical Storm Hilary was accelerating northward off Mexico's Baja coast on Sunday, no longer a hurricane but still packing what forecasters called "life-threatening" rain like...
Aug 20, 2023
Denmark joins Netherlands in offering F-16 jets to Ukraine as Zelenskyy visits
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) - Denmark will donate 19 19 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Sunday, hours after a similar offer from the Netherlands. The offer came as ...
Aug 20, 2023
The Netherlands and Denmark will give F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, the Dutch prime minister says
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) - The Netherlands and Denmark announced Sunday that they will give F-16 warplanes to Ukraine, in a long-awaited announcement that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ca...
Aug 20, 2023
Spain wins its first Women's World Cup title, beating England 1-0 in the final
SYDNEY (AP) - Spain won the Women's World Cup for the first time with Olga Carmona's first-half strike giving La Roja a 1-0 victory over England in Sunday's final. Both teams were playing in the final...
Aug 20, 2023