Jan 22 Russia official warns West of 'global catastrophe' for arming Ukraine By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press The speaker of the lower house of Russia's parliament warned Sunday that countries supplying Ukraine with more powerful weapons risked their own destruction, a message that followed new pledges of armored vehicles, air defense systems and other equipment but not… Continue reading
Jan 21 Peru shuts down Machu Picchu as political unrest spreads across country By Daniel Politi, Associated Press Peru indefinitely shut the tourist site Machu Picchu on Saturday in the latest sign that anti-government protests that began last month are increasingly engulfing the South American country. Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch 8:03 The latest on Peru's escalating anti-government protests By John Yang, Sarah Clune Hartman, Azhar Merchant Demonstrators in the streets of Lima, Peru are vowing to keep demanding the president's resignation, despite a strong police response and mounting death toll. At least 55 people have died since protests began in rural regions of the country last… Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch 2:11 News Wrap: President Lula fires Brazil's top army commander In our news wrap Saturday, Brazil’s president fired Gen. Julio Cesar de Arruda after calling some members of the army complicit in the Jan. 9 capital riot, Ukraine’s president attended the funeral of officials killed in a helicopter crash, the… Continue watching
Jan 21 Brazil's army chief fired in aftermath of far-right capital riot By Carla Bridi, Associated Press President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva fired Brazil's army chief Saturday amid concerns over threats to the country's democracy following the Jan. 8 uprising in the capital by far-right protesters. Continue reading
Jan 21 Tons of waste turn sections of eastern Bosnia river into floating garbage dump By Associated Press Tons of waste dumped in poorly regulated riverside landfills or directly into the waterways that flow across three countries end up accumulating behind a trash barrier in the Drina River in eastern Bosnia during the wet weather of winter and… Continue reading
Jan 21 Yellen visits historic site of slave-trading post off the coast of Senegal By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a solemn visit Saturday to the salmon-colored house on an island off Senegal that is one of the most recognized symbols of the horrors of the Atlantic slave trade that trapped tens of millions of Africans… Continue reading
Jan 21 Zelenskyy pays respects to those killed in helicopter crash near Kyiv, Ukraine By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held an emotional meeting Saturday morning with the families of those who died in a helicopter crash earlier this week. Continue reading
Jan 20 Watch 3:38 News Wrap: Protests in Peru demand ouster of president and call for new elections In our news wrap Friday, Peru braced for more protests of crowds demanding the ouster of the country's new president and new elections, the Church of England has formally apologized for its treatment of LGBTQ people and what it calls… Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch 10:15 U.S. and European nations sending more arms to Ukraine, but not tanks By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn Ukraine is still battling through a winter of war and still appealing for tanks to help turn the tide against the Russians. The U.S. and dozens of other countries wrestled with that question for more than five hours at a… Continue watching