HELSINKI (AP) — Voters in Finland were electing a new president Sunday at an unprecedented time for the Nordic nation that is now a NATO member with its eastern border with Russia closed — two things almost unthinkable a few years ago.Polls across the country opened at 9 a.m. (0700 GMT) and will close at
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As Russia and Ukraine trade accusations over this week’s crash of a Russian military transport plane, families fear that future prisoner exchanges may be in danger and loved ones could stay imprisoned. (Jan. 26) (AP Video: Alex Babenko) As Russia and Ukraine trade accusations over this week’s crash of a Russian military transport plane, families
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An appeals court in Bangladesh on Sunday granted bail to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who had been sentenced earlier to six months in prison for violating the country’s labor laws. The court also agreed to hear an appeal against his sentencing.Yunus who pioneered the use of microcredit to help impoverished people
JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran said Sunday it successfully launched three satellites into space with a rocket that had multiple failures in the past, the latest for a program that the West says improves Tehran’s ballistic missiles.The launch comes as heightened tensions grip the wider Middle East over Israel’s continued war on Hamas in the Gaza
WASHINGTON (AP) — Car factories have idled in Belgium and Germany. Spring fashion lines are delayed at a popular British department store. A Maryland company that makes hospital supplies doesn’t know when to expect parts from Asia.Attacks on ships in the Red Sea are delivering another shock to global trade, coming on top of pandemic-related
DETROIT (AP) — A Black man who was detained by police during an early morning walk in a quiet community northwest of Detroit says the white officer who threw him against a squad car, cuffed him and accused him of planning to break into a car also told a significant lie.Brian Chaney says he asked
KANSAS CITY (13-6) at BALTIMORE (14-4)Sunday, 3 p.m. EST, CBSOPENING LINE: Ravens by 3 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. AGAINST THE SPREAD: Chiefs 12-7; Ravens 12-6. Other news Vic Fangio has been hired by the Philadelphia Eagles to be their defensive coordinator ‘Jared Goff!’ chants break out at sporting events across Michigan ahead of Lions-49ers
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. negotiators are making progress on a potential agreement under which Israel would pause military operations against Hamas in Gaza for two months in exchange for the release of more than 100 hostages who were captured in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, according to two senior administration officials.The officials, who requested
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military said Sunday that North Korea fired several cruise missiles that flew over waters near a major military shipyard on the country’s eastern coast, extending a streak in weapons tests that are worsening tensions with the United States, South Korea and Japan.The launches followed a separate round of
