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MADRID (AP) — Venezuela’s exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado drew several thousand supporters Saturday to a rally in Madrid, where the Nobel laureate declined a meeting with Spain’s progressive Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on a multicountry European tour. Earlier this year, she presented Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize. “What happened in the last …
Two soldiers from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, were injured in a brown bear attack on Friday during a training session. “The incident involved two soldiers participating in a land navigation training exercise,” a news statement from the 11th Airborne Division, of which both soldiers are a part, said. “Both individuals sustained injuries and …
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Newcastle has plunged into its most challenging period since the club was bought by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. A 2-1 home loss to Bournemouth on Saturday was a third straight defeat in the Premier League for Newcastle, which is languishing in 14th place in the 20-team top flight with five …
LONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism police are investigating an attempted arson attack in London, one of a string of recent incidents targeting Jewish and Iranian premises in the city. The Metropolitan Police force said that detectives weren’t treating the incidents as acts of terror, but Counter Terrorism Policing London is leading the investigation “due to …
KYIV, April 18 (Reuters) – Ukrainian police killed a man alleged to have opened fire on Saturday at passersby in a Kyiv district before barricading himself into a supermarket with hostages and refusing to negotiate in an incident that killed six people. Ukraine’s Security Service said the shooting was being investigated as a terrorist act. …
April 18 (Reuters) – Two Indian-flagged vessels carrying crude oil were on Saturday attacked while attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz, India’s Ministry of External Affairs confirmed in a statement. Tehran’s ambassador to New Delhi, Mohammad Fathali, was called in for a meeting with India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri during which Misri conveyed India’s …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three people in California have been sentenced for insurance fraud in a bizarre scam that involved someone dressed in a bear costume damaging luxury cars. The California Insurance Department said the three used a person in a bear suit to stage fake attacks inside a Rolls-Royce and two Mercedes in 2024, …
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A gunman who killed at least six people in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, before taking hostages and barricading himself inside a supermarket on Saturday has been shot and killed by police, Ukrainian officials said. Ukraine’s special tactical police units stormed the store after attempts to contact the gunman with a negotiator failed, …
The NFL is not investigating Mike Vrabel’s behavior after published photos of the New England Patriots coach and former Athletic reporter Dianna Russini at an Arizona resort prompted her resignation and an internal investigation at The New York Times-owned sports outlet. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday the league is …
April 18 (Reuters) – A man in his 80s on Saturday issued what is believed to be the first formal apology by someone in France for their family’s role in transatlantic slavery, saying he hoped others – including the government- would follow. Pierre Guillon de Prince’s ancestors, based in Nantes, France’s largest port for transatlantic …