Jul 02 Grandmother of French teen killed by police pleads with rioters to stop By Cara Anna, Nicolas Garriga, Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press The grandmother of the French teenager shot dead by police during a traffic stop pleaded on Sunday with rioters to stop as the nation faced a sixth straight night of unrest. Continue reading
Jul 02 Russia attempts 1st drone strike on Kyiv in 12 days, all are shot down By Associated Press After a relative lull, Russia launched a drone attack early Sunday on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, officials said. It was the first such attack of the war in 12 days. Continue reading
Jul 01 Shooting, riots in France show U.S. is not alone in struggles with racism, police brutality By Claudia Lauer, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press The events in France following the death of a 17-year-old shot by police in a Paris suburb are drawing parallels to the racial reckoning in the U.S. spurred by the killings of George Floyd and other people of color at… Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch 3:04 News Wrap: National Weather Service warns Americans of dangerous heat, humidity In our news wrap Saturday, millions of Americans are under a blanket of heat and humidity in the South and West, a record number of travelers are heading out of town for the holiday weekend, French President Macron canceled a… Continue watching
Jul 01 Satellite photos appear to show Belarus building military camp for Wagner mercenaries By Associated Press Satellite images analyzed by the Associated Press on Saturday showed what appeared to be a newly built military-style camp in Belarus, with statements from a Belarusian guerrilla group and officials suggesting it may be used to house fighters from the Wagner mercenary… Continue reading
Jul 01 More than 1,300 arrested after 4th night of riots in France, Macron cancels trip abroad By Cara Anna, Angela Charlton, Associated Press President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday scrapped an official trip to Germany after a fourth straight night of rioting and looting across France in defiance of a massive police deployment. Continue reading
Jul 01 Truck crash in western Kenya kills at least 51 people, injures 32, officials say By Evelyne Musambi, Associated Press A truck rammed into several other vehicles and market traders in western Kenya killing at least 51 people, police said. Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch 5:15 News Wrap: Wildfire smoke brings more air quality alerts to U.S. In our news wrap Friday, smoke from wildfires in Canada continued to disperse, shrouding major U.S. cities in a yellowish tint, riots erupted in Paris for a third straight day over the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old, at least… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch 6:11 U.S. failed to plan for worst-case scenarios before Afghanistan withdrawal, review says By Ali Rogin, Dan Sagalyn A long-awaited report on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has identified several failings that contributed to the chaos. The State Department review concluded that both the Trump and Biden administrations failed to consider worst-case scenarios for what would happen when… Continue watching
Jun 30 Brazil's top electoral court bars Jair Bolsonaro from running for office for 8 years By Mauricio Savarese, Diane Jeantet, Associated Press A panel of judges voted Friday to render far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ineligible to run for office again after concluding that he abused his power and cast unfounded doubts on the country’s electronic voting system. Continue reading