Yearly Archives: 2024
Biden, Harris thank donors, urge engagement after Trump loss
WASHINGTON (AP) - United States (US) President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris thanked deep-pocketed Democratic donors who raised record sums in last...
Ex-FBI informant to plead guilty over fake Biden bribery claim
WASHINGTON (AP) - A former FBI informant pled guilty yesterday to lying about a phony bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and his son...
Brazilian President discharged from hospital after surgery to stop brain bleed
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was discharged from the hospital after undergoing surgery to stop a brain bleed.
The...
Bolivians elect top judges in contentious vote
LA PAZ (AFP) - Bolivians voted for the country's top judges in a controversial election that has seen campaigning banned and polls suspended in...
Ex-husband in French rape trial asks ‘forgiveness’ from family
AVIGNON (AFP) -The French man who has admitted to enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily-sedated wife yesterday asked forgiveness from his family...
EU ‘not there yet’ on sanctioning Georgia over crackdown
BRUSSEL (AFP) - European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said yesterday Brussels had put forward a list of Georgians to sanction over...
France sends aid to Mayotte after Cyclone Chido deaths
AP - France rushed to help by ship and military aircraft to its poor overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean yesterday after...
Israeli airstrikes target missile warehouses in Syria
AP - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a United Kingdom-based war monitor, reported early yesterday that Israeli airstrikes pounded missile warehouses and other...
Qatar announces embassy in Syria will reopen today
DOHA (AFP) - Qatar's embassy to Syria is to resume operations today, the Gulf emirate announced as its diplomats visited the country and met...
Nations step up outreach to post-Assad rulers
DAMASCUS (AFP) - Governments worldwide are stepping up efforts to engage with Syria's new interim rulers, just over a week after rebels ousted president...