Dec 18 Kherson's rapid fall at start of Russian invasion leaves unanswered questions By Sam Mednick, Associated Press Now that Russia has retreated from Kherson following Ukraine's counteroffensive in the south, residents want to know why Moscow's forces were able to overrun the city so easily. Continue reading
Dec 18 Tunisia's president urged to resign after unprecedented low turnout for elections By Bouazza Ben Bouazza, Associated Press Tunisian opposition figures called Sunday for the president’s resignation after disastrous parliamentary elections in which less than 9 percent of voters cast ballots. Continue reading
Dec 18 Argentina wins World Cup, beating France 4-2 on penalties By Steve Douglas, Associated Press Lionel Messi’s once-in-a-generation career is complete. The Argentina superstar is finally a World Cup champion. Continue reading
Dec 18 North Korea fires 2 missiles capable of reaching Japan in possible response to Tokyo's new security strategy By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North Korea test-fired a pair of ballistic missiles with a potential range of striking Japan on Sunday, in a possible protest of Tokyo’s adoption of a new security strategy to push for more offensive footing against North Korea and China. Continue reading
Dec 17 Morocco's finish in the World Cup playoffs is bittersweet for Arab fans By Abby Sewell, Associated Press Morocco’s fans in the Arab world took the North African team’s 2-1 loss to Croatia in Saturday’s World Cup third-place playoff philosophically. The team had already made history, becoming the first Arab and first African team to reach the semifinals… Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 2:52 News Wrap: Barrage of Russian missiles kills Ukrainian civilians In our news wrap Saturday, the Jan. 6 committee considers whether to recommend criminal charges against former President Trump, more Russian missile strikes killed civilians across Ukraine, political unrest shut down flights and railways in Peru, the Highland Park shooting… Continue watching
Dec 17 Key issues unresolved as UN biodiversity summit reaches final days By Michael Casey, Associated Press Negotiators at a United Nations biodiversity conference Saturday have still not resolved most of the key issues around protecting the world's nature by 2030 and providing tens of billions of dollars to developing countries to fund those efforts. Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 5:01 Famine looms over Somalia as drought, civil war displace millions By PBS NewsHour Weekend As Somalia experiences its worst drought in nearly 40 years, a looming famine could leave more than 8 million people without enough food to eat by next summer. NPR correspondent Jason Beaubien joins John Yang to discuss the country’s food… Continue watching
Dec 17 Iran arrests actress Taraneh Alidoosti for denouncing execution over protests By Associated Press The report by IRNA said Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning movie “The Salesman,” was detained a week after she made a post on Instagram expressing solidarity with the first man recently executed for crimes allegedly committed during the protests. Continue reading
Dec 17 Toddler found among casualties of latest Russian strikes in central Ukraine By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Emergency crews pulled the body of a toddler from the rubble in a pre-dawn search Saturday for survivors of a Russian missile strike that tore through an apartment building in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih. Continue reading