Russia marks 80 years since breaking the Nazi siege of Leningrad
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The Russian city of St. Petersburg on Saturday marked the 80th anniversary of the end of a devastating World War II siege by Nazi forces with a series of memorial events attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin and close allies.
The Kremlin leader laid flowers at a monument to fallen Soviet defenders of the city, then called Leningrad, on the banks of the Neva River, and then at Piskarevskoye Cemetery, where hundreds of thousands of siege victims are buried.
On Saturday afternoon
Donald Trump is on the hook for $88.3 million in defamation damages. What happens next?
NEW YORK (AP) — For years, hurled insults at , saying the advice columnist fabricated a against him to sell a book.
Will Trump keep that up, now that he’s been hit with a
A jury on Friday found that Trump had maliciously damaged Carroll’s reputation in 2019 after she went public with her accusations. Jurors awarded her $18 million to compensate for the personal harm she experienced, then added $65 million more to punish Trump — and maybe prevent him from
Mexican asylum trends still concerning despite December drop: IRCC
OTTAWA — Canada’s Immigration Department denies Mexico’s assertion that a pact between the two countries is already curbing asylum claims in Canada, as the minister in charge faces mounting pressure to reimpose visas for Mexican citizens.
Last week Mexico’s foreign ministry said both countries are undertaking unspecified “joint measures,” which it credits for a decline in the number of claims filed in December.
Data from Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada shows December saw 500 fewer asylum claims from Mexican citizens compared to the previous month
Charges against country singer Chris Young in Nashville bar arrest have been dropped
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A district attorney in Tennessee has dropped charges against country singer Chris Young stemming from an encounter with Alcoholic Beverage Commission agents who were doing compliance checks.
In a statement released Friday, Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk said were dismissed “after a review of all the evidence.”
Young was arrested Monday night and charged with assaulting an officer, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, news outlets reported, citing arrest affidavits.
The agents were checking the Tin Roof bar in Nashville when they asked to
Anti-Islamophobia envoy warns of chill on speaking out about Gaza, hate crimes
A chill on freedom of speech is deepening the pain Muslims in Canada are already feeling over the ongoing tragedy in the Gaza Strip, says Canada’s special representative on combating Islamophobia.
“There is a lot of silencing,” Amira Elghawaby said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
“Many members of Canada’s Muslim, Arab and Palestinian communities right now do not feel fully safe to share their views on what’s happening in Gaza.”
Annual data are still being compiled, but police across Canada have
Holocaust Remembrance Day has sombre tone as war rages on: antisemitism envoy
Canada’s antisemitism envoy said Saturday’s annual day to mark the atrocities committed against Jewish people during the Second World War is more important and more poignant this year amid what she described as a rampant surge in anti-Jewish sentiment sparked by the latest war in the Middle East.
“This year’s commemoration has a particularly sombre tone, almost a foreboding, due to the alarming rise in antisemitism around the world and even more sadly, here, in our own precious Canada,” Deborah Lyons said at a
Greta Thunberg joins hundreds marching in England to protest airport’s expansion for private planes
LONDON (AP) — Climate activist joined a march in southern England on Saturday to protest the use of private jets and the expansion of an airport.
Hundreds of local residents and activists holding banners and placards that read “Ban Private Jets” marched to Farnborough Airport, which mostly serves private aircraft. Some beat drums while others lit pink smoke flares.
The airport, located in Hampshire County about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southwest of London, applied last year to increase its maximum number of flights from 50
China orders a Japanese fishing boat to leave waters near Japan-held islands claimed by Beijing
BEIJING (AP) — China’s coast guard said Saturday its officers ordered a Japanese fishing vessel and several patrol ships to leave waters surrounding tiny in the East China Sea. It marked the latest incident pointing to .
China says the islands belong to it and refuses to recognize Japan’s claim to the uninhabited chain known as the Senkakus in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. Taiwan also claims the islands, which it calls Diaoyutai, but has signed access agreements for its fishermen with Japan and does not actively take part in
US condemns ban on Venezuelan opposition leader’s candidacy and puts sanctions relief under review
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.S. government and nearly 30 conservative world leaders on Saturday condemned the to block the presidential candidacy of opposition leader María Corina Machado.
The Biden administration, however, remained noncommittal about reimposing economic sanctions on Venezuela, which it has threatened to do if the government of President Nicolás Maduro failed to ensure for the country’s this year.
“The United States is currently reviewing our Venezuela sanctions policy, based on this development and the recent political targeting
Eileen Gu chooses ‘All of the Above’ when faced with choices involving skiing, Stanford and style
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Whether the choices are serious or of a more trivial nature, Eileen Gu refuses to be hemmed in.
Two years after at the Beijing Winter Games, the 20-year-old Olympic champion, straight-A student and fashion model remains as comfortable on a catwalk as a halfpipe. She finds as much joy in defying classical physics on the mountain in Aspen as exploring quantum physics in the classroom at Stanford.
She could be, to put it in 2024