BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and the U.N. Human Rights Office expressed regret Friday over the first execution of a man with nitrogen gas 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
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin crashed into the safety nets after losing control while landing a jump during a World Cup downhill on Friday.“She’s up,” said Megan Harrod, Shiffrin’s spokeswoman, told The Associated Press in the finish area. “I don’t have any other information.”Shiffrin was helped off the course with her left boot
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.
Politika | 26.01.2024 | access_time 10:20 Foto: Beta/NARODNA STRANKA Kandidat za odbornika liste “Srbija protiv nasilja” i potpredsednik Narodnog pokreta Srbije Miloš Pavlović ocenio je danas da održavanje novih izbora zavisi od odluke predsednika Srbije Aleksandra Vučića, ali da veruje da će izbori u Beogradu biti ponovljeni “jer je mala verovatnoća da onako velika krađa
MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow Friday extended the pretrial detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, until the end of March, meaning the journalist will spend at least a year behind bars in Russia.United States Consul General Stuart Wilson attended the hearing at Lefortovo District Court, which took
Scientists say the successful pregnancy of a surrogate southern white rhino shows they can use IVF to preserve the more endangered and near extinct northern white rhino sub-species. The embryo was produced in vitro from collected eggs and sperm and transferred to the surrogate mother at Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy. (Jan. 25) Scientists say the
Jan. 19-25, 2024The gold chariot bearing the idol of Hindu god Lord Murugan moves through the town to mark the start of Thaipusam, an annual festival on Malaysia’s Penang Island; Hindu devotees perform rituals by a polluted Hanumante river during Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal; Indian people celebrate the Republic Day throughout the country;
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An assailant who repeatedly struck a South Korean lawmaker with a rock as she tried to resist was a 14-year-old boy who was sent to a mental health facility Friday, Seoul police said as they continue to investigate the attack.The attack Thursday on Bae Hyunjin, a member of the conservative
BANGKOK (AP) — Senior U.S. and Chinese representatives are expected to meet in Bangkok, Thailand as the two countries seek to cool tensions.Officials from both sides said U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi would meet. The exact schedule for their talks was not announced, but both are scheduled to
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — A man who was paid $1,000 to kill an Alabama woman more than 30 years ago was put to death with pure nitrogen gas, a first-of-its-kind execution that again placed the U.S. at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment.Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, appeared to shake and convulse at the
