By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” Several thousand people rallied Sunday in the Serbian capital, accusing the populist government of cracking down on environmental activists opposed to a large European Union-backed lithium excavation project planned in the Balkan ...
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” Investigators were in talks early Monday on whether to further detain a former Taiwan presidential candidate amid graft allegations that have sparked minor street protests by his supporters. Ko Wen-je, chairman of the Taiwan ...
GENEVA (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” The head of the World Health Organization believes the ongoing mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months, and said Friday that the agency's first shipment of vaccines should arrive in Congo within days. To date, Africa has received just a tiny fraction of ...
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press BERLIN (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” Germany deported Afghan nationals to their homeland on Friday for the first time since August 2021 when the Taliban returned to power. Government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit described the 28 Afghan nationals as convicted criminals but ...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” Venezuelans awoke Friday to a major power outage in the capital, Caracas, and several states. President Nicolas Maduro's government blamed the outage, which it said began about 4:50 a.m., on "electrical sabotage." Freddy Nanez, the communications minister, said ...
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” Japan's Defense Ministry on Friday sought a record 8.5 trillion yen ($59 billion) budget for the next year to fortify its deterrence on southwestern islands against China's increasing threat. Defense officials were also focusing on unmanned ...