A beloved beluga whale, long thought by many to be a spy for Russia, was allegedly found shot dead in waters off of Norway over the weekend, and animal rights groups are demanding an investigation. The whale, cleverly nicknamed Hvaldimir — a play on words for the Norwegian word for whale, hval, and the first…
The Biden administration announced wide-ranging actions Wednesday meant to call out Russian influence in the upcoming U.S. presidential election, unsealing criminal charges against two employees of a Russian state-run media company and seizing internet domains used by the Kremlin to spread disinformation. The measures represented a U.S. government effort at disrupting a persistent threat from…
Brazil’s top foreign policy adviser on Tuesday slammed the arrest warrant issued by Caracas for Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez as “very concerning” and said there was a clear “authoritarian escalation” in the country. Other countries around the Americas, including the United States, Argentina and Peru, also condemned the move. The Venezuelan attorney general’s office…
By Evelyne Musambi The Associated Press Posted September 3, 2024 3:45 pm Updated September 3, 2024 5:15 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Ugandan athlete living in Kenya was attacked and set on fire by her boyfriend and is receiving treatment for burns on 75 per cent of…
A new expedition has revealed that part of the famous railing on the bow of the Titanic — where the fictional Jack Dawson declared himself “king of the world” in James Cameron’s film — has broken off. RMS Titanic Inc., a company that has the salvage rights to the wreckage, discovered the decay during a…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday pushed back against a new wave of pressure to reach a cease-fire deal in Gaza after hundreds of thousands of Israelis protested and went on strike and U.S. President Joe Biden said he needed to do more after nearly 11 months of fighting. In his first public address since…
Britain will immediately suspend 30 of its 350 arms export licenses with Israel because there was a risk such equipment might be used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law, foreign minister David Lammy said on Monday. Lammy said the decision to suspend the licenses did not amount to a blanket ban or an arms embargo, but…
The U.S. government has seized a plane used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro that officials say was illegally purchased through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States in violation of sanctions and export control laws. The Dassault Falcon 900EX was seized in the Dominican Republic and transferred to the custody of federal…
BERLIN (AP) — The far-right Alternative for Germany won a state election for the first time Sunday in the country’s east, and was set to finish at least a very close second to mainstream conservatives in a second vote, projections showed. A new party founded by a prominent leftist also made an immediate impact, while the parties in Chancellor…
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants killed three Israeli police officers on Sunday when they opened fire on a vehicle in the occupied West Bank, where Israel has carried out large-scale raids in recent days. The attack took place along a road in the southern West Bank. The raids have mainly been focused on urban refugee…
