BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and the U.N. Human Rights Office expressed regret Friday over in the U.S. state of Alabama.

The 27-nation European Union and the Geneva-based U.N. rights office say the death penalty violates the right to life and does not deter crime.

Kenneth Eugene Smith was put to death in Alabama on Thursday with pure nitrogen gas, a first-of-its-kind execution that placed the United States at the forefront of the debate

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russia and Ukraine trade accusations over this week’s crash of a , one thing is clear: families’ fears that future prisoner exchanges may be in danger and loved ones could stay imprisoned.

Even the . Russian officials accused Kyiv of Wednesday and claimed that 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war were on board as they headed for a prisoner swap. The Ukrainian side said it had no evidence of POWs and that Russia is just playing with Ukrainians’ psyche. It did say, however

Five people are hurt, including two in critical condition, following an overnight rollover crash involving an SUV in Mississauga.

Emergency crews were called to Southdown Road north of Lakeshore Road around 1:50 a.m. for reports of a single-vehicle collision.

Images from the scene show a badly damaged SUV resting on its side on the roadway.

Paramedics tell CityNews there were five occupants of the vehicle, all men in their 20s. Two were rushed to hospital with critical injuries, two taken to hospital

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — After one of the scariest crashes of her career, is relieved it wasn’t worse.

The American skier with a is “pretty sore,” her coach said, but doesn’t appear to have any ligament damage in her left knee. She won’t race again this weekend, though, and it’s unclear when she’ll return.

“She’s actually quite good,” U.S. team coach Paul Kristofic said after Shiffrin

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing confirmed Friday that a longtime British businessperson in China was sentenced to five years in prison in 2022 on an espionage charge.

Ian J. Stones was convicted of being bought off to provide intelligence to “external forces,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said when asked about the case at a daily briefing. He did not provide any specific details about the charges.

Both the United Kingdom and United States governments have warned about the risk of detention under China’s national security laws

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — At least 19 people were killed when rebels attacked a town in Congo’s North Kivu province, the army said late Thursday, the latest violence in the country’s conflict-battered east.

The rebels shelled the town of Mweso, where they “indiscriminately dropped mortar bombs,” which also injured 27 other civilians, army spokesman Lt. Col. Guillaume N’djike Kaïko said in a statement read on state television.

The town’s streets were empty

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals in the United States, even as since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The election year decision by President Joe Biden aligns with environmentalists who fear the huge increase in exports, in the form of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, is locking in potentially catastrophic planet-warming emissions when the Democratic president has .

“While MAGA Republicans willfully deny the urgency of the climate crisis, condemning the American people to a dangerous future, my

King Charles III was admitted to a private hospital on Friday to undergo a “corrective procedure” for an enlarged prostate, Buckingham Palace said, confirming a pre-planned treatment that was announced last week.

The 75-year-old monarch will be treated at the London Clinic, where the Princess of Wales, his daughter-in-law, is recovering from abdominal surgery. The king visited Kate at the hospital after he arrived.

“The King was this morning admitted to a London hospital for scheduled treatment,