Jul 24 Japan's Sakurajima volcano erupts as nearby residents are advised to evacuate By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Footage on Japan’s NHK public television showed orange flames flashing near the crater and dark smoke of ash billowing from the mountaintop high up into the night sky. Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch 2:59 News Wrap: WHO calls monkeypox virus a global emergency In our news wrap Saturday, the WHO announced the monkeypox virus has now reached more than 70 countries and should be treated as a global emergency, two Americans were killed in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region while elsewhere Russia targeted Odesa,… Continue watching
Jul 23 Pope's 'penitential pilgrimage' to Canada marks rethink of Catholic Church's legacy on First Nations people By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Pope Francis’ trip to Canada to apologize for the horrors of church-run Indigenous residential schools marks a radical rethink of the Catholic Church’s missionary legacy, spurred on by the first pope from the Americas and the discovery of hundreds of… Continue reading
Jul 23 WHO chief declares monkeypox a global emergency By Maria Cheng, Associated Press WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the decision to issue the declaration despite a lack of consensus among experts serving on the U.N. health agency's emergency committee. It was the first time the chief of the U.N. health agency has… Continue reading
Jul 23 Unpopular Sri Lankan president consolidates power after victory By Krishan Francis, Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press In the wee hours Friday, army troops and police forcefully cleared the capital's main protest site of demonstrators who had occupied it for months, angry over the country's economic collapse. Continue reading
Jul 23 Russia strikes Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa hours after deal on grain exports By Susie Blann, Associated Press A Ukrainian spokesperson described Saturday’s attack as “spit in the face” of Turkey and the United Nations, which brokered the deal. Continue reading
Jul 22 Watch 4:37 News Wrap: Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon convicted of contempt of Congress In our news wrap Friday, a federal jury convicted former Trump adviser Steve Bannon of contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas from the Jan. 6 panel, President Biden's COVID symptoms are improving, a heat wave continues in parts of the… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch 7:06 Russia, Ukraine reach agreement to resume grain shipments Russia and Ukraine signed agreements Friday that cleared the way for exporting millions of tons of desperately needed Ukrainian grain, as well as securing Russian exports of grain and fertilizers. Ukraine's one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat, corn… Continue watching
Jul 22 U.S. sends an additional $270 million in military aid to Ukraine By Nomaan Merchant, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The latest tranche announced by the White House Friday comes atop about $8 billion in security assistance provided since the war began in late February. Continue reading
Jul 22 Ukraine, Russia sign U.N. deal to export grain on Black Sea By Ayse Wieting, Suzan Fraser, Associated Press Russia's invasion of Ukraine has driven up food prices around the world and led to silos full of blocked grain being stuck in Ukraine. Continue reading