MOSCOW (AP) — A U.S. citizen is facing criminal assault charges in Russia after allegedly attacking a police officer in a Moscow hotel, Russian news agencies reported Wednesday. The reports cited Russia’s Investigative Committee as saying the American became abusive after being asked to show his documents at an upscale hotel on Monday evening. The
LONDON (AP) — On the 10th day, after creating the mountain goat, elephants, pelicans, a rhinoceros and a gorilla, among other animals, Banksy rested. The elusive street artist’s menagerie that appeared around London over nine consecutive days apparently came to a conclusion after a final mural surprised staff who arrived early to feed the animals
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s police arrested a member of President Bernardo Arévalo’s administration Tuesday for alleged campaign finance violations amid a months-long pursuit of his political party by federal prosecutors. Ligia Hernández, head of the government’s victims’ advocacy agency and a former lawmaker for the Seed Movement Party, said in a video posted to
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a member of the public. Auckland City Mission told reporters on Wednesday that staff had started to contact up
Mohamed Abuel-Qomasan was waiting to pick up the birth certificates of his newborn twins on Tuesday when he received the news that his wife and their babies had been killed in a bombardment in central Gaza. (AP video shot by Abd Al Kareem Hana) Mohamed Abuel-Qomasan was waiting to pick up the birth certificates of
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Athens residents returned to their homes on Tuesday to recover what remained in the charred debris left by wildfires that have triggered multiple evacuations and killed at least one person. Athens residents returned to their homes on Tuesday to recover what remained in the charred debris left by wildfires that have triggered multiple evacuations and
CHICAGO (AP) — New York Yankees third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. appears headed to the injured list with a left elbow injury, manager Aaron Boone said Tuesday. The 26-year-old Chisholm has a probable ulnar collateral ligament injury and Boone said he will “likely” end up on the IL. He said more physicians are evaluating the
BENGALURU, India (AP) — The heavy rains that resulted in landslides killing hundreds in southern India last month were made worse by human-caused climate change, a rapid analysis by climate scientists found Tuesday. The study by the World Weather Attribution, a group of scientists who use established climate models to quickly determine whether human-caused climate
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