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A police chief in Mexico kills himself as troops try to arrest him in a corruption probe

The police chief in a small town in central Mexico took his own life Friday as troops closed in to arrest him as part of anticorruption raids that also detained several other top police commanders and a mayor in other towns.
November 23, 2024
World

UN expert: Myanmar's desperate military ramps up attacks including beheadings, rapes and torture

Myanmar's desperate military junta is ramping up attacks on villages that have fallen to opposition groups, carrying out beheadings, gang rapes and torture, with women, children and the elderly among the victims, the U.N. independent human rights investigator for Myanmar said in a new report.
November 22, 2024
Sports

Conor McGregor must pay $250K to woman who says he raped her, civil jury rules

A woman who claimed mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor ''brutally raped and battered'' her in a Dublin hotel penthouse was awarded nearly 250,000 Euros ($257,000) on Friday by a civil court jury in Ireland.
November 22, 2024
World

US senator says Trump would laugh at Canada's military spending as Canadian security forum begins

A U.S. senator and supporter of Donald Trump said Friday the president-elect would laugh at Canada's current military spending plans and said the country must do more.
November 22, 2024
Sports

The man who ended Nadal's career helps the Netherlands beat Germany to reach the Davis Cup final

The last man to face — and beat — Rafael Nadal in professional tennis, 80th-ranked Botic van de Zandschulp, converted his 10th match point Friday to finally close out a 6-4, 6-7 (12), 6-3 victory over Daniel Altmaier and help the Netherlands reach its first Davis Cup final by sweeping Germany.
November 22, 2024
World

NATO and Ukraine to hold emergency talks after Russia's attack with new hypersonic missile

NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks Tuesday after Russia attacked a central city with an experimental, hypersonic ballistic missile that escalated the nearly 33-month-old war.
November 22, 2024
Business

Stock market today: Wall Street gains ground as it notches a winning week and another Dow record

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street as the market posted its fifth straight gain and the Dow Jones Industrial Average notched another record high.
November 22, 2024
Business

A proposed deal on climate cash at UN summit highlights split between rich and poor nations

A new draft of a deal on cash to curb and adapt to climate change released Friday at the United Nations climate summit pledged $250 billion annually by 2035 from wealthy countries to poorer ones. The amount pleases the countries who will be paying, but not those on the receiving end.
November 22, 2024
World

The dizzying array of legal threats to Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro has been a target for investigations since his early days in office, and the swarm of cases since his failed reelection bid in 2022 has left him in ever-deeper legal jeopardy.
November 22, 2024
World

Brazilian police formally accuse former President Bolsonaro and aides of alleged 2022 coup attempt

Brazil's federal police on Thursday formally accused former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people of attempting a coup to keep him in office after his defeat in the 2022 elections.
November 22, 2024
World

Prominent figure from Canada's trucker protests against COVID-19 restrictions found guilty

One of the most prominent figures from Canada's trucker protests against COVID-19 restrictions in 2022 has been found guilty on five counts including mischief and disobeying a court order.
November 22, 2024
World

Turkey removes two more pro-Kurdish mayors from office for links to banned group

Turkey on Friday ousted two more elected pro-Kurdish mayors from office and replaced them with state-appointed administrators, citing terrorism-related charges against them.
November 22, 2024
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