German train drivers will end a 6-day strike early and resume talks with the railway operator

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s train drivers’ union is ending its six-day strike early and is back in talks with the country’s national railway operator, German news agency dpa reported Saturday.

The strike by the GDL union on passengers trains, which has brought the country to a near standstill since early Wednesday, will end Monday morning at 2 a.m. (0100 GMT), instead of 6 p.m. (1700 GMT) as originally announced.


Man dies after shots fired inside Montreal taxi, police seek at least one suspect

MONTREAL — The hunt for at least one suspect got underway Saturday after a 27-year-old man was shot dead inside a taxi northwest of downtown Montreal, city police said.

Spokesperson Jean-Pierre Brabant said officers responded to a 911 call about the shooting just before midnight and found the victim in the Park Extension neighbourhood with at least one gunshot wound to his upper body.

First responders tried to perform CPR on the man, but he was declared dead at the scene shortly after, Brabant said.


Man dies after shots fired inside Montreal taxi; police seek at least one suspect

MONTREAL — The hunt for at least one suspect got underway Saturday after a 27-year-old man was shot dead inside a taxi northwest of downtown Montreal, city police said.

Spokesperson Jean-Pierre Brabant said officers responded to a 911 call about the shooting just before midnight and found the victim in the Park Extension neighbourhood with at least one gunshot wound to his upper body.

First responders tried to perform CPR on the man, but he was declared dead at the scene shortly after, Brabant said.


Crash involving multiple vehicles snarls traffic on Chesapeake Bay bridge in Maryland

BALTIMORE (AP) — Crashes involving more than 40 vehicles closed all lanes on the heavily-traveled U.S. 50 Bay Bridge in Maryland on Saturday, injuring 13 people and snarling traffic for about six hours, authorities said.

The Maryland Transportation Authority said on X, formerly Twitter, that the morning crashes on the westbound lanes closed the bridge and caused major delays for motorists.

The transportation authority said in a later post that eastbound and westbound traffic were alternating turns on the eastbound bridge, but the


Mexico confirms some Mayan ruin sites are unreachable because of gang violence and land conflicts

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government has acknowledged that at least two well-known Mayan ruin sites are unreachable by visitors because of a toxic mix of cartel violence and land disputes.

But two tourist guides in the southern state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala, say two other sites that the government claims are still open to visitors can only be reached by passing though drug gang checkpoints.

The explosion of drug cartel violence in Chiapas since last year has left the Yaxchilán ruin site completely cut


China’s top diplomat at meeting with US official urges Washington not to support Taiwan independence

BEIJING — during talks in Thailand to use to ease . The officials also agreed to work toward arranging a call between and .

The meetings Friday and Saturday in Bangkok, which followed up on the took place after a ruling-party candidate opposed by Beijing won and military officials They played out as attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen continue to threaten

A senior U.S. official said Sullivan cited China’s extensive economic leverage over Iran and emphasized that the destabilizing effect of the Houthi attacks on international commerce.


Alaska Airlines has begun flying Boeing Max 9 jetliners again for the first time Friday

Alaska Airlines has begun flying Boeing 737 Max 9 since they were grounded after a panel blew out of the side of one of the airline’s planes.

The airline said in a statement that it has completed its final inspection of their group of the aircraft. They said they resumed flying the Max 9 with a flight from Seattle to San Diego on Friday afternoon.

On Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration approved the inspection and maintenance process to return the planes to flying. Technicians at Alaska began inspections that night,


Muslims and Jews in Bosnia observe Holocaust Remembrance Day and call for peace and dialogue

SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Jews and Muslims from Bosnia and abroad gathered in Srebrenica on Saturday to jointly observe and to promote compassion and dialogue amid .

The gathering was organized by the center preserving memory of Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since the Holocaust — in the closing months of Bosnia’s 1992-95 interethnic war of more than 8,000 Muslim Bosniaks in Srebrenica.

The event on Saturday underscored the message that the two communities share the experience of persecution and must


Lionel Messi and the World Cup have left Qatar with a richer sports legacy

Reminders of Lionel Messi and the 2022 are not hard to find in Qatar.

“Last chance” tournament souvenirs greet visitors on arrival at Doha’s Hamad International Airport. In Souq Waqif — a vibrant eating and shopping area — replica World Cup trophies and shirts are on sale. Decorative soccer balls remain inside the metro carriages.

Elsewhere, a poster of Messi stands tall in a shopping mall, announcing the imminent arrival of a coffee house brand that sponsors Argentina’s national team.

But just over a


Thousands march against femicide in Kenya following the January slayings of at least 14 women

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Thousands of people marched in cities and towns during protests Saturday over the recent slayings of more than a dozen women. The anti-femicide demonstration was the largest event ever held in the country against sexual and .

In the nation’s capital, , protesters wore T-shirts printed with the names of women who became homicide victims this month. The crowd, composted mostly of women, brought traffic to a standstill.

“Stop killing us!” the demonstrators shouted as they waved signs