VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadians on Saturday marked the 60th anniversary of the inauguration of their flag with a defiant sense of patriotism that people said was prompted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of tariffs and suggestions that the country become the 51st U.S. state...
SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian government announced Saturday that the next BRICS summit will take place in Rio de Janeiro on July 6-7. A staff worker stands behinds national flags of Brazil, Russia, China, South Africa and India to tidy the flags ahead of a group photo during the BRICS Summit at...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents and soldiers fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels. A charred body lies on an empty streets in Bukavu, eastern Congo, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025....
MUNICH (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that the time has come for the creation of an “armed forces of Europe," because the U.S. may no longer be counted on to support the continent. Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,...
VIENNA (AP) — A 23-year-old man stabbed six passersby in southern Austria on Saturday in what police said was a random attack that left a 14-year-old dead and five others injured. A person lights a candle at the site of a stabbing attack in Villach, Austria, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko...
NEW YORK (AP) – Workers across the country responded with anger and confusion Friday as they grappled with the Trump administration's aggressive effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce by ordering agencies to lay off probationary employees who have yet to qualify for civil service...
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) – Three more Israelis held captive in the Gaza Strip are on the verge of being freed Saturday as part of a shaky ceasefire deal that requires Israel to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange. HOSTAGES – This combination of images provided by...
M23 rebels escort government soldiers and police who surrendered to an undisclosed location in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025.(AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File) GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo entered the region’s second-largest city of...
A resident and their dog walk past a vehicle partially submerged in mud after a storm Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, in Sierra Madre, Calif. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Residents of a Southern California mountain community near the Eaton Fire burn scar were digging out of roads submerged...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shown Sunday, March 15, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) Department of Health and Human Services officials expect most of the agency's roughly 5,200 probationary employees to be fired Friday under the Trump administration’s move to...
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, third left, speaks during a bilateral meeting with United States Vice-President JD Vance on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) MUNICH (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was hospitalized Friday to treat a weeklong bout of bronchitis and undergo some necessary diagnostic tests, the Vatican said, confirming the latest issues with the 88-year-old's pontiff's health . Pope Francis meets with Czech Republic's Prime Minister Robert Fico, right,...
