MOSCOW (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” The trial of a French citizen arrested in Russia on charges of unlawfully collecting information on military issues started Monday but was quickly adjourned for a month. Laurent Vinatier, arrested in Moscow in June, had earlier admitted guilt, setting the stage for a fast-track ...
By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” It's noisy, smelly, shy ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” and New Zealand's bird of the year. The hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, won the country's fiercely fought avian election on Monday, offering hope to supporters of the endangered bird that ...
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” Former BBC news anchor Huw Edwards, once one of the most prominent media figures in Britain, was given a suspended prison sentence Monday for images of child sexual abuse on his phone. Edwards, 63, pleaded guilty in Westminster Magistrates' ...
By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” Nigerian authorities said 281 inmates escaped after devastating floods brought down a prison's walls in the country's northeast. A major dam collapsed on Sept. 10, unleashing severe flooding that left 30 people dead and over a ...
MOSCOW (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the country's military to increase its number of troops by 180,000 to a total of 1.5 million, as Moscow's military action in Ukraine drags on for more than 2 ½ years. Putin's decree, published on the official government ...
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” Libertarian President Javier Milei of Argentina presented the 2025 budget to Congress late Sunday, outlining policy priorities that reflected his key pledge to kill the country's chronic fiscal deficit and signaled a new phase ...