Apr 16 North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un attends massive parade celebrating his grandfather’s birth By Associated Press State media images showed Kim waving from a balcony looking over Kim Il Sung Square, which is named after his grandfather, as huge columns of people carrying red plastic flowers and floats with political slogans marched below. Continue reading
Apr 16 Biden to hold May summit with Southeast Asian leaders By Darlene Superville, Associated Press The May 12-13 gathering is meant to demonstrate the United States' commitment to being a partner with countries in the region. Continue reading
Apr 16 Macron courts voters in Marseille ahead of presidential runoff By Associated Press Voters in the multicultural southern French Mediterranean city — one which has often been associated with racism and gang violence -- favored hard-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon against the centrist Macron in the April 10 first round of voting that knocked… Continue reading
Apr 16 Dozens of migrants presumed dead as boat capsizes off Libyan coast, UN says By Samy Magdy, Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A migrant boat has capsized off the Libyan coast, leaving at least 35 people dead or presumed dead, the U.N. migration agency said Saturday. The shipwreck took place Friday off the western Libyan city of Sabratha, a… Continue reading
Apr 16 Ukraine war far from over as Russia renews strikes in Kyiv By Adam Schreck, Mstyslav Chernov, Associated Press Stung by the loss of its Black Sea flagship and indignant over alleged Ukrainian aggression on Russian territory, Russia’s military command had warned a day earlier of renewed missile strikes on Ukraine’s capital. Officials in Moscow said they were targeting… Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch 10:17 ‘This is as bad as it gets’: Russia escalates attacks in Ukraine amid humanitarian crisis By Amna Nawaz, Shoshana Dubnow, Frank Carlson Russian forces appear close to seizing the port city of Mariupol, where weeks of bombardment have left residents without food and other basic needs. This comes as atrocities committed by Russian troops continue to be unearthed across the region surrounding… Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch 9:34 Putin tightens grip on Russian dissent behind a new Iron Curtain By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrian Aranda Since the invasion of Ukraine the Kremlin has further stifled what little freedom Russians had to criticize the government. Garry Kasparov, prominent Russian opposition figure, a chess grandmaster, former world champion and now chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative, which… Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch 6:12 Massive Saudi investment raises questions about Jared Kushner’s business dealings By Geoff Bennett, Tess Conciatori A $2 billion investment to Jared Kushner from a fund led by the crown prince of Saudi Arabia has raised questions about the ethics of post-White House business. Kushner’s private equity firm secured the investment after Crown Prince Mohammed bin… Continue watching
Apr 15 France’s Jews and Muslims worry about campaign promise to end religious animal slaughter By John Leicester, Associated Press French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is alarming both Muslims and Jews in France with a pledge to regulate the ritual slaughter of animals if she is elected. Continue reading
Apr 15 Shutdowns in China spread as COVID infections rise By Joe McDonald, Associated Press Anti-virus controls are shutting down some of China's biggest cities and fueling public irritation as infections rise. Continue reading