Apr 16 G-7 pledges commitments to renewable energy transition as talks wrap up in Japan By Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations vowed Sunday to work to hasten the shift toward cleaner, renewable energy, but set no timetable for phasing out coal-fired power plants. Continue reading
Apr 16 South Korea repels North Korean patrol boat that crossed sea border By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press South Korea’s military says it fired warning shots to repel a North Korean patrol vessel that temporarily crossed the countries’ disputed western sea boundary while chasing a Chinese fishing boat. Continue reading
Apr 15 Newest NATO member Finland starts building fence on Russian border By Kostya Manenkov, Sergei Grits, Associated Press The construction of barbed-wired fence along Finland’s long border with Russia — primarily meant to curb illegal migration — has broken ground near the southeastern town of Imatra less than two weeks after the Nordic country joined NATO as the… Continue reading
Apr 15 Ukraine awaits Patriot air defense systems as deadly Russian strikes continue By Associated Press The death toll from Russian missile strikes on eastern Ukraine's city of Sloviansk rose to 11 Saturday as rescue crews tried to reach people trapped in the rubble of an apartment building, Ukrainian authorities said. Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch 2:37 News Wrap: Deadly conflict, airstrikes erupt in Sudan's capital city In our news wrap Saturday, Sudan’s army and a rival paramilitary force engaged in fierce fighting in Khartoum, Japan’s prime minister was evacuated from a campaign event after an explosion, France’s president signed a controversial pension reform into law, and… Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch 5:53 Journalists retrace fateful journey of group of 43 African migrants lost at sea By John Yang, Andrew Corkery A new AP investigation highlights the desperate and sometimes deadly journey many African migrants are taking across the Atlantic in search of a better life in Europe. The reporting centers on a boat that drifted thousands of miles off-course from… Continue watching
Apr 15 Police investigate explosion at Japanese prime minister's campaign event By Mari Yamaguchi, Foster Klug, Associated Press Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unharmed Saturday after someone threw an explosive device in his direction while he was campaigning at a fishing port in western Japan, officials said. Continue reading
Apr 15 Wider conflict feared as Sudan's army and rival paramilitary force clash in capital By Associated Press Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary force engaged in fierce fighting Saturday in the capital and elsewhere in the country, dealing a new blow to hopes for a transition to democracy and raising fears of a wider conflict. Continue reading
Apr 15 U.S., Vietnam pledge to boost relations during Blinken's visit to Hanoi By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Blinken and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh pledged to boost relations to new levels as they met just two weeks after the 50th anniversary of the U.S. troop withdrawal that marked the end of America’s direct military involvement in… Continue reading
Apr 14 Watch 10:02 Guardsman accused of leaking classified information charged under Espionage Act By Geoff Bennett, Zeba Warsi The U.S. government charged the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified information with two counts under the Espionage Act. Jack Teixeira made his first appearance in a Boston court Friday as President Biden directed the military and intelligence community… Continue watching