Month: June 2022

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria has announced it is “immediately” suspending a two-decades-old friendship treaty with Spain. It was the latest blow to increasingly wobbly relations between the governments in Algiers and Madrid. Spain depends on Algeria for its natural gas supply. Tensions have soared in a complex three-way dispute after Spain apparently backed Morocco’s

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have kept up their crackdown on critics of its military operation in Ukraine. A court extended the detention of journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr., who is accused of spreading false information about the Russian operation. Authorities also confirmed similar charges have been filed against a Russian investigative journalist and a Russian

By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Maryland man held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center has languished in custody months after his scheduled release date despite his cooperation with authorities as part of a plea deal, according to a federal suit seeking his immediate release. Majid Khan was due to be

By DIANE JEANTET and FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian authorities have begun using helicopters to search for a British journalist and Indigenous official missing for three days in a remote area of the Amazon rainforest. Amazonas state civil police said Wednesdy they have identified a suspect. But the state’s

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is limiting when someone can sue for a violation of their rights by a federal official. The justices sided with the government in a case involving the owner of a notorious inn on the U.S.-Canada border. The justices said that the owner of the

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Washington Commanders assistant coach Jack Del Rio issued an apology for his word choice after doubling down on a comparison he made on social media between the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and the protests in the wake of the

ATLANTA (AP) — A financial adviser who’s been on the run for nearly two years has been ordered to pay $12 million to his victims in Georgia, North Carolina and Florida. The default judgment was recently entered in a lawsuit brought by the federal Securities and Exchange Commission against Christopher Burns and his companies: Investus

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil (AP) — A British journalist and an Indigenous affairs official are missing in the Amazon region’s Javari Valley. It’s Brazil’s second-largest Indigenous territory and sits in an isolated area where crime is rife and government oversight scant. That’s adding to fears for the

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An 11-year-old girl who survived the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, recounted in video testimony to Congress on Wednesday how she covered herself with a dead classmate’s blood to avoid being shot and “just stayed quiet.” Miah Cerrillo, a fourth-grader

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York Republican running to represent a congressional district that includes suburbs of Buffalo, New York, shared and deleted a conspiracy-laden Facebook post suggesting a racist mass shooting in Buffalo and other mass killings were part of a plot to take away people’s guns.

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — In a story published June 7, 2022, The Associated Press reported that a Texas school district police chief was criticized for waiting too long before ordering law enforcement to confront and kill the gunman at an elementary school in Uvalde. The story should have said that it’s unclear whether the school

BERLIN (AP) — An expert panel says authorities in Germany should prepare for several possible pandemic scenarios this fall that would likely strain the country’s health system. The government-appointed panel said Wednesday that the country continues to have immunity gaps in the population. It recommended promoting vaccines against the coronavirus and advised authorities to ensure

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press Scorching temperatures are in store for the southwestern U.S. over the next several days. Cities like Phoenix, Las Vegas and Palm Springs in California are expected to top 110 degrees. Heat is part of the normal routine of summertime in the desert, but weather forecasters say that doesn’t mean people

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Three Uruguayan tourists died in the southern Argentine city of San Carlos de Bariloche when a torrent of mud and other debris filled their hotel rooms. Rescue workers on Wednesday located the bodies of two tourists who had been missing in the Bustillo Hotel, according to the public prosecutor’s office

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press STONE HARBOR, N.J. (AP) — The circle of life was on vivid display Wednesday at the Jersey Shore in a way that even the youngest children could understand. Seventeen young turtles that had been raised from eggs retrieved from the smashed bodies of mothers that had been killed on roads

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Belgium’s King Philippe has expressed his “deepest regrets” to Congolese lawmakers for abuses committed during colonial rule. The Belgian king and queen are making a six-day visit to the former colony amid reconciliation efforts. In his speech on Wednesday, Philippe said Belgian colonial rule had been

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Philanthropists could help ease the damage from climate change by donating more money to address global warming and the communities most at risk from it, according to a report from the research organization Candid. According to the report, only about 2% of global giving goes to climate change mitigation

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol played out for the world to see, but the House committee investigating the attack believes a more chilling story has yet to be told — about the president and the people whose actions put

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Three Western Balkan leaders are moving to further boost regional economic and labor integration while their bids to join the European Union remain stalled. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania and Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski of North Macedonia signed deals on tax administration, tourism and cultural

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court has upheld the decision to grant Spanish nationality to the daughter of a Cameroon woman who was born while they migrated to Europe. The girl had been living in Spain without any official documents that granted her a nationality since she and her mother arrived in 2018. In a