Skies over southern Greece have turned an orange hue as dust clouds blown across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa engulfed the Acropolis and other Athens landmarks. Strong southerly winds …
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4/23/24
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India’s main opposition party is accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of hate speech after he called Muslims “infiltrators” and used some of his most incendiary rhetoric to date about the …
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By KRUTIKA PATHI
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4/23/24
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised salvo launches of the country’s “super-large” multiple rocket launchers that simulated a nuclear counterattack against enemy targets, state media said …
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG
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4/22/24
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Thousands of Indigenous people are gathering in Brazil's capial for what is expected to become a protest against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's unfulfilled promises to create reserves and …
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By FABIANO MAISONNAVE
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4/22/24
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DUESSELDORF, Alemanha (AP) — Faltam 100 dias para as Olimpíadas de Paris, e ainda não se sabe se algum atleta russo, dentre os que devem se qualificar, realmente irá comparecer.
A questão …
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Por JAMES ELLINGWORTH
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4/22/24
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Police say four Germans were caught laying white roses in memory of Adolf Hitler at the house where the Nazi dictator was born in western Austria on the anniversary of his birth, and one gave a …
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4/22/24
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged that deportation flights to Rwanda would begin this summer as he called on the unelected House of Lords to stop blocking his key policy for ending the …
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By DANICA KIRKA
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4/22/24
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An independent review of the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees has found that Israel never expressed concern about anyone on the staff lists it has received annually since …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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4/22/24
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European Union countries possessing Patriot air defense systems appear reluctant to give any to Ukraine. The country is desperately seeking at least seven of the missile batteries to help fend off …
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By LORNE COOK
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4/22/24
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The European Space Agency has added five new members to its astronaut corps. They graduated Monday during a ceremony in Cologne, Germany, after completing a year of training. That brings the space …
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By DAVID McHUGH
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4/22/24
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By mid-2024, Claudia Sheinbaum will most likely become Mexico’s first female president. She would also be its first leader with a Jewish background in a country that’s home to nearly 100 million …
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By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ
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4/22/24
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North Korea fires suspected short-range missiles into ocean in its latest weapons launch, Seoul says
South Korea says North Korea has fired multiple suspected short-range missiles off the North’s east coast. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that it detected the launches …
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG
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4/22/24
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape accused Joe Biden of disparaging the South Pacific island nation by implying that an uncle of the U.S. president had …
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By ROD McGUIRK
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4/22/24
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The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring that it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press …
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By DAKE KANG and MARIA CHENG
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4/22/24
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Voters at some polling places in a northeastern Indian state went back to the polls amid tight security on Monday after violence disrupted the vote last week. Indian election authorities voided the …
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4/22/24
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Approval by the U.S. House of Representatives of a $61 billion package for Ukraine puts the country a step closer to getting an infusion of new firepower. But the clock is ticking. Russia is using …
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By SAMYA KULLAB
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4/22/24
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Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s political party has swept parliamentary elections in a strong endorsement of his pro-China foreign policy. According to preliminary results reported by local …
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By MOHAMEED SHARUHAN
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4/21/24
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Two top climate monitoring organizations are reporting that Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average. The U.N.’s World …
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By JAMEY KEATEN
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4/21/24
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Sabreen Jouda came into the world seconds after her mother left it. Their home was hit by an Israeli airstrike shortly before midnight. The family had been like many other Palestinians trying to …
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By MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH
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4/21/24
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London’s police commissioner will meet with senior members of the Jewish community on Monday after the force bungled its apology for suggesting an “openly Jewish″ man’s presence along the …
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By DANICA KIRKA
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4/21/24
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