• In Jerusalem, Palestinian Christians observe scaled-down Good Friday celebrations

    In Jerusalem, Palestinian Christians observe scaled-down Good Friday celebrations

    Mar 29, 2024 01:59 PM EDT

    JERUSALEM — Hundreds of Christians participated in a customary Good Friday procession through the limestone walls of Jerusalem's Old City, commemorating one of the faith's most sacred days with noticeably thinner crowds amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The day’s processions, which normally draw thousands of foreign visitors ...

  • UN chief urges the EU to avoid humanitarian ‘double standards’ over Gaza and Ukraine

    UN chief urges the EU to avoid humanitarian ‘double standards’ over Gaza and Ukraine

    Mar 21, 2024 07:51 PM EDT

    ... liberation of the hostages,” he told reporters. In a draft statement prepared for the summit, seen by The Associated Press, the leaders are due to lament “the unprecedented loss of civilian lives and the critical humanitarian situation. The European Council calls for an immediate humanitarian pause leading to a sustainable ...

  • EPA tightens limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, citing cancer risk

    EPA tightens limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, citing cancer risk

    Mar 14, 2024 06:17 PM EDT

    ... syringes, pacemakers and plastic surgical gowns. Brief exposure isn’t considered a danger, but breathing it long term elevates the risk of breast cancer and lymphoma, the EPA said. In 2016, the EPA updated its assessment of ethylene oxide’s danger based on information about exposed workers at sterilizing facilities ...

  • Putin warns again Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty or independence threatened

    Putin warns again Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty or independence threatened

    Mar 13, 2024 04:02 PM EDT

    ... no red lines regarding Russia should realize that Russia won't have any red lines regarding them either." Lithuania's foreign minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis, recently lamented that the West too often constrains itself with self-imposed "red lines" regarding Russia. He also welcomed a comment by French President Emmanuel Macron ...

  • Trump clinches 2024 Republican nomination

    Trump clinches 2024 Republican nomination

    Mar 13, 2024 03:18 AM EDT

    ... Russia. And it could have dramatic implications for NATO. During his years in the White House, Trump often derided the transatlantic alliance as antiquated and lamented that some countries weren't spending enough on their own defense. He has maintained that critique this year, causing a stir on both sides ...

  • WATCH: Alabama Sen. Katie Britt delivers GOP response to the 2024 State of the Union

    WATCH: Alabama Sen. Katie Britt delivers GOP response to the 2024 State of the Union

    Mar 07, 2024 09:05 PM EDT

    ... enough to stem migration at the southern U.S. border.She has also been a conservative voice in her home state, frequently criticizing Biden and lamenting a country she has said she no longer recognizes. In December, she endorsed Trump for the presidency. She is expected to continue that theme ...

  • Haiti's prime minister is locked out of his country and faces pressure to resign

    Haiti's prime minister is locked out of his country and faces pressure to resign

    Mar 06, 2024 09:27 PM EDT

    ... was appointed minister of social affairs and labor but faced calls for resignation after he quit the Inite party. He then largely disappeared from the limelight, serving as a political consultant and working as a professor at Haiti’s medical university until he was installed as prime minister shortly after ...

  • Attorney General Josh Stein, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson will run against each other for NC governor

    Attorney General Josh Stein, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson will run against each other for NC governor

    Mar 06, 2024 01:24 AM EDT

    ... Robinson, who lost jobs to the North American Free Trade Agreement and entered personal bankruptcy, it was a four-minute speech defending guns rights and lamenting the “demonizing” of police officers before the Greensboro City Council that sparked his political career. After being elected lieutenant governor, Robinson spearheaded a task ...

  • UN rights chief urges end to 'repression' of independent voices in Russia after Navalny's death

    UN rights chief urges end to 'repression' of independent voices in Russia after Navalny's death

    Mar 04, 2024 11:24 PM EDT

    GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief called Monday for a quick end to the “repression of independent voices” in Russia and expressed concerns about the “persecution" of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison last month. Volker Türk, in a wide-ranging speech, also lamented dozens of ...

  • Ukraine's Zelenskyy pleads for more ammunition at Albania summit of southeastern European nations

    Ukraine's Zelenskyy pleads for more ammunition at Albania summit of southeastern European nations

    Feb 28, 2024 08:39 PM EDT

    ... attacks, and that heavy fighting was ongoing on the outskirts of the city. Meanwhile, further north on the frontline, Russian troops are pressing forward around Lyman and Kupiansk, in the Kharkiv region that borders Russia. Ukraine has urged Western leaders to increase the joint production of weapons and ammunition, improve ...