Boris Johnson’s mounting trouble is treasure for satirists
LONDON (AP) — A politician’s troubles are a humorist’s treasures. The scandal-prone British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given cartoonists and meme-makers unimaginable riches for years, and
EXPLAINER: Why US sanctions may target individual Russians
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and U.S. officials have threatened Russia with financial sanctions carrying “severe consequences” if it invades Ukraine, but so far plenty of people have been prime targets for Western pain.
Trump dangles prospect of pardons for Jan. 6 defendants
CONROE, Texas (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is dangling the prospect of pardons for supporters who participated in the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol if he returns to the White House.
Death, danger, despair: A year in Myanmar under the military
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An elderly woman forced to flee bombings. A former peace negotiator leaving his job to fight Myanmar security forces. A woman’s husband shot during a peaceful protest, leaving her alone to care for their two children.
North Korea tests longest-range missile since 2017
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Sunday fired what appeared to be the most powerful missile it has tested since President Joe Biden took office, as it revives its old playbook in brinkmanship to wrest concessions from Washington
Utah Sen. Mitt Romney isolating after positive COVID-19 test
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday and “will be isolating and working remotely for the recommended period of time," according to a news release from his office.
Comments from the front lines of the Parliament Hill protest against vaccine mandates
OTTAWA — Thousands of truckers and their supporters and critics gathered in Ottawa on Saturday for a protest against vaccine mandates, COVID-19 restrictions and the Liberal government. While many expressed concern with public health restrictions such ...
Russia moves naval exercise that rattled EU member Ireland
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia says it will relocate naval exercises off the coast of Ireland after Dublin raised concerns about them amid a tense dispute with the West over expansion of the NATO alliance and fears that Russia is preparing
COVID-19 hospitalizations on the decline in Ontario, Quebec as protest jams Ottawa
COVID-19 hospitalizations are ticking down in Canada's two most populous provinces, as thousands swarmed Ottawa Saturday in trucks and on foot to protest public health restrictions and the Liberal federal government. The number of people hospitalized w...
Turkish leader names new statistics chief as inflation rises
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president has fired the head of the Turkish Statistical Institute, which is responsible for posting official inflation statistics, among other data, at a time when prices have skyrocketed in Turkey.
