WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army is slashing the size of its force by about 24,000, or almost 5%, and restructuring to be better able to fight the next major war, as the service struggles with recruiting shortfalls that made it impossible to bring in enough soldiers to fill all the jobs.The cuts will mainly
PARIS (AP) — Sculptural figures resembling cane warriors, clad in billowing dresses that evoked skeletal forms, stood sentinel on Dior’s runway Tuesday, presenting a visual metaphor for the protection of vanishing cultures. The display marked another chapter in Maria Grazia Chiuri ’s ongoing fusion of fashion and fine art at Paris Fashion Week.Celebrities including Jennifer
MILAN (AP) — The African nation of Congo became the latest exporter of liquified natural gas on Tuesday as it launched production of the first cargo load a year after Italian energy company ENI launched the Congo LNG project with local partners.The first cargo ship laden with LNG will head to the Italian regassification plant
HELSINKI (AP) — Latvia’s government has extended restrictions on the entry of Russian citizens into the Baltic country until next year, citing Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine which officials say is “still posing a threat to the internal security of Latvia.”The Cabinet of Prime Minister Evika Siliņa decided Tuesday to lengthen the entry conditions on
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two candidates for mayor in the Mexican city of Maravatio have been gunned down within hours of each other, as experts warn the June 2 election could be the country’s most violent on record.The widening control of drug cartels in Mexico has been described as a threat. During the last nationwide
TOKYO (AP) — The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for an eighth straight year to a new low, government data showed Tuesday, and a top official said it was critical for the country to reverse the trend in the coming half-dozen years.The 758,631 babies born in Japan in 2023 were a
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A top court in London ruled Tuesday that two residents of the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda have the right to challenge construction of an airstrip that critics say endangers fragile ecosystems and was begun without any permits.The ruling by the Privy Council is considered a big win for
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A Kosovo court on Tuesday sentenced two ethnic Serbs to six-month jail terms for attacking NATO-led peacekeepers a year ago.But one of them will be released for time served, and the other can avoid jail time if he pays a 6,000 euro ($6,500) fine.Local media named them as Radosh Petrovic and
MILAN (AP) — Conductor Gianandrea Noseda made a triumphant return to Teatro alla Scala in an informal role as cultural ambassador, leading the U.S. National Symphony Orchestra that he has made more “luminous” with his personal loan of centuries-old Italian-made instruments.Noseda’s energetic performance Monday evening marked the emotional highlight of the NSO’s nine-city European tour
Politika | 27.02.2024 | access_time 16:35 Specijalni izaslanik Evropske unije za dijalog Miroslav Lajčak ocenio je današnji sastanak predstavnika Srbije i Kosova važan prvi korak, ali da su potrebni i drugi sastanci jer su mnoga politička pitanja ostala bez odgovora.”Pozdravljam posvećenost strana nalaženju održivog rešenja za zajednice pogođene nedavnom uredbom Centralne banke Kosova. Današnji sastanak
