Apr 04 Comedian Russell Brand charged with multiple counts of rape and sexual assault By Jill Lawless, Associated Press British police on Friday charged Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault following an 18-month investigation sparked when four women alleged they had been assaulted by the controversial comedian. Continue reading
Apr 04 Russian strike in central Ukraine kills 14 people and injures 50, officials say By Lorne Cook, Illia Novikov, Associated Press Six children were among those killed in the strike on the Dnipropetrovsk region city — the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — in what the region’s leader Serhii Lysak described as an “assault against civilians.”… Continue reading
Apr 04 Focus turns to a growing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, week after catastrophic earthquake By David Rising, Associated Press The quake worsened an already dire crisis with more than 3 million people displaced from their homes and nearly 20 million in need even before it hit. Continue reading
Apr 04 Israeli strikes kill more than a dozen in Gaza as ground troops ramp up offensive in the north By Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press At least 17 people, some from the same family, were killed after an airstrike hit the southern city of Khan Younis, according to hospital staff. Continue reading
Apr 04 Britain and France accuse Russia of slow-walking Ukraine ceasefire efforts By Lorne Cook, Illia Novikov, Associated Press Russia has effectively rejected a U.S. proposal for a full and immediate 30-day halt in the fighting. Continue reading
Apr 04 China hits back with 34 percent tariff on U.S. imports as world weighs how to deal with Trump’s hikes By Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press As world markets wallowed in heavy losses Friday, Taiwan's president promised to provide support to industries most vulnerable to the 32% tariffs Trump ordered in his "Liberation Day" reciprocal tariffs announcement. Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch 11:00 Markets plunge in wake of Trump’s new tariffs and fears of global trade war By Geoff Bennett, Lisa Desjardins, Jackson Hudgins, Jonah Anderson U.S. markets plunged in the wake of President Trump's announcement of new tariffs. Many stocks had their worst single day since the start of the pandemic in 2020. Leaders around the world denounced the tariffs and experts warned the president's… Continue watching
Apr 03 Watch 11:00 How Taiwan is boosting its defenses to resist Chinese aggression By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn Taiwan has long been the most tense flashpoint between Washington and Beijing. By law, the U.S. is required to help Taiwan defend its democracy. This week, China’s People’s Liberation Army launched new drills and sent ships around Taiwan. The U.S. Continue watching
Apr 03 Once called the world’s most popular politician, Lula’s approval in Brazil plummeting By Eléonore Hughes, Associated Press Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was once called the most popular politician on Earth by then-U.S. President Barack Obama. Those times are long gone. Continue reading
Apr 03 India’s Lower House passes controversial bill that would change Muslim land endowments By Aijaz Hussain, Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press Indian parliament's Lower House has passed a controversial bill moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws governing Muslim land endowments. Continue reading