International

Poland exhumes some 2010 plane crash victims

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 10:34
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- One autopsy report describes organs that had been removed years before. Another adds 20 centimeters (nearly 8 inches) to a short man, making no mention of bones disfigured by childhood polio. One family doubts whether an autopsy was performed at all....

Ukraine rape victim searches for justice

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 10:34
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- The 18-year-old woman, prosecutors say, was gang-raped by three young men, who tried to cover up their crime by strangling her with a cord, wrapping her naked body in a blanket and dumping her at an abandoned construction site - where they set her on fire....

Car bombs targeting Shiites kill 66 in Iraq

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 10:34
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A coordinated wave of car bombs struck Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad and several other cities Wednesday, killing at least 66 people and wounding more than 200 in one of the deadliest days in Iraq since U.S. troops withdrew from the country....

American WWII veterans retain ties in Myanmar

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 10:34
LAIZA, Myanmar (AP) -- They're in their 80s and 90s, and it all happened a very long time ago and far away, but American World War II veterans are still repaying "debts" to their comrades-in-arms in northern Myanmar - because without them they might never have returned home....

American WWII veterans retain ties in Myanmar

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 10:34
LAIZA, Myanmar (AP) -- They're in their 80s and 90s, and it all happened a very long time ago and far away, but American World War II veterans are still repaying "debts" to their comrades-in-arms in northern Myanmar - because without them they might never have returned home....

Vatican: Pope will bond with Mexico on first trip

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 10:34
LEON, Mexico (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI's arrival in Mexico on Friday will reveal his ability to communicate with a people whose passionate adoration of his predecessor threatens to overshadow the pontiff's message of peace and continuing faith for a country shaken by horrific drug violence, the Vatican's ambassador pledged on the eve of the trip....

China to phase out prisoner organ donation

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 10:34
BEIJING (AP) -- China will abolish the transplanting of organs from executed prisoners within five years and try to spur more citizens to donate, a top health official says....

China to phase out prisoner organ donation

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 10:34
BEIJING (AP) -- China will abolish the transplanting of organs from executed prisoners within five years and try to spur more citizens to donate, a top health official says....

New Zealand yields to world on quirky road rules

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 10:34
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand is finally yielding to the rest of the world when it comes to its unique set of road rules, after decades of confounding drivers from overseas....

A look at NKorea accordionists behind A-ha moment

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 10:34
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- Five teenagers in school uniforms hold accordions. On the wall is a giant painting of the secret mountain hideout of their nation's founder, Kim Il Sung. Small red stickers on their instruments mark them as gifts from Kim Jong Il....

Argentina to stock markets: Falklands oil illegal

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 10:34
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentina has asked stock markets in New York and London to warn investors of its claim that five oil exploration companies are working illegally off the Falkland Islands, which Argentina contends were stolen by Britain more than a century ago....

Argentina to stock markets: Falklands oil illegal

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 10:34
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentina has asked stock markets in New York and London to warn investors of its claim that five oil exploration companies are working illegally off the Falkland Islands, which Argentina contends were stolen by Britain more than a century ago....

Audit: India lost $210B on no-bid coalfield sales

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 10:34
NEW DELHI (AP) -- India's scandal-plagued government lost hundreds of billions of dollars by selling coalfields to companies without competitive bidding, according to a leaked audit report that the auditor itself called misleading....

Indians protest in Ecuador against mining projects

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 10:34
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) -- More than 1,000 indigenous protesters reached Ecuador's capital Thursday after a two-week march from the Amazon to oppose plans for large-scale mining on their lands....

2 injured in Mexico quake have died, mayor says

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 10:34
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Two people caught in this week's big earthquake died Thursday, the first deaths reported from the 7.4-magnitude temblor that damaged hundreds of homes in southern Mexico and caused panic far off in the national capital....

Venezuela court: news media should back up reports

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 10:34
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Public warnings by critics of Venezuela's government about possible pollution of drinking water has brought a court order that the country's news media must back up any reports on the subject with hard data....

Anonymous hackers block Mexico pope visit sites

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 10:34
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The hacker group Anonymous in Mexico crashed at least two of the websites for Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming visit to Mexico on Thursday, claiming the papal visit is a political move to support the conservative National Action party....

Anonymous hackers block Mexico pope visit sites

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 10:34
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The hacker group Anonymous in Mexico crashed at least two of the websites for Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming visit to Mexico on Thursday, claiming the papal visit is a political move to support the conservative National Action party....

Anonymous hackers block Mexico pope visit sites

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 10:34
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The hacker group Anonymous in Mexico crashed at least two of the websites for Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming visit to Mexico on Thursday, claiming the papal visit is a political move to support the conservative National Action party....
Syndicate content