JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli fire killed a Palestinian Saturday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, after he allegedly attempted to stab an Israeli in a West Bank settler outpost, according to the Israeli military. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the man as Tariq Maali, 42, saying only that he was shot […]
Prosecutors will have a difficult burden to cast Alec Baldwin as criminal, lawyers say
Prosecutors will need a mountain of evidence to cast Alec Baldwin as a criminally negligent gunman, skeptical defense criminal lawyers said Friday, as Hollywood appeared to rally around the oft-polarizing actor. Baldwin and “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will both be accused of involuntary manslaughter in connection to the on-set killing of […]
A year after Kazakhstan’s deadly riots, questions persist
Wisps of fog hung over central Almaty, Kazakhstan, last month as President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev somberly unveiled a monument to those killed a year ago in the worst unrest in the Central Asian nation’s three decades of independence. Words on the stark concrete “Reverence” memorial speak of the need for unity […]
Andrew Tate said he broke a woman’s jaw and that his business was a ‘scam’ ahead of Romanian arrest
Andrew Tate once called his sexually explicit webcam business a “total scam” and boasted on his website that he lured women in by getting them to fall in love with him. The 36-year-old influencer also boasted on a podcast that he broke a woman’s jaw in a bar fight and […]
After California’s deadly storms flooded towns and farmland, residents are struggling to recover
David Rodgers had barely driven one block from his central California home when floodwaters began to rise so high he could touch them with an outstretched hand. From behind the wheel of his wife’s small SUV, the commercial truck driver watched as cars in front of him slowly filled with […]
Ukraine-Russia news – live: Putin ally claims defeat ‘may trigger nuclear war’
Russia’s defeat in its war against Ukraine could “trigger a nuclear war”, an ally of President Vladimir Putin has claimed. Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian president, reportedly made the comments on Telegram while discussing Nato support for Kyiv. “Nuclear powers have never lost major conflicts on which their fate depends,” […]
Lunar New Year rush starts in China after virus rules lifted
BEIJING (AP) — Hairdresser Wang Lidan is making an emotional Lunar New Year journey from Beijing to her hometown in northeastern China — her first in three years after the government lifted its strict “zero-COVID” policy that kept millions of people at home and sparked protests. The relaxation of restrictions […]
Helicopter crash outside Kyiv kills at least 18 people, including Ukraine’s interior minister
At least 18 people were killed, including Ukraine’s interior minister and three children, after a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten outside Kyiv on Wednesday morning. The cause of the crash, which comes as the country’s war with Russia approaches the 11-month mark, was not immediately clear. At least 9 of […]
African activists cast doubt over climate talks’ credibility
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Climate activists in Africa are expressing anger toward the United Nations climate agency, accusing it of allowing corporations and individuals with dubious climate credentials to greenwash their polluting activities by participating in its annual climate conference. The criticism follows Thursday’s announcement that oil executive Sultan al-Jaber […]
China’s population falls for first time in decades, hampering its economic rise
HONG KONG — China said Tuesday that its population declined last year for the first time in six decades, a historic shift with profound implications for the world’s second-largest economy. Officials from the National Bureau of Statistics said mainland China had 1.41175 billion people at the end of 2022, compared […]