The founder and CEO of the messaging service Telegram was detained at a Paris airport on an arrest warrant alleging his platform has been used for money laundering, drug trafficking and other offenses, French media reported Sunday. The founder and CEO of the messaging service Telegram was detained at a Paris airport on an arrest
Canada announced Monday it is launching a 100% tariff on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles, matching U.S. tariffs imposed over what Western governments say are China’s subsidies that give its industry an unfair advantage. The announcement came after encouragement by U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday met with nearly three dozen athletes from the nation’s Olympic delegation in capital Brasilia. Brazil won 20 medals at the 2024 Paris Olympic games , of which three were gold, seven silver and 10 bronze. Nearly all 276 Brazilian athletes who competed are current or former
TANGAMANDAPIO, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s traditional and Indigenous community police forces are coming under increasingly deadly fire from drug cartels, authorities said Monday. Adrián López, the chief prosecutor in the western state of Michoacan, confirmed that gunmen linked to drug cartels shot to death seven members of the community police force in the town of
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brasilia, Brazil’s modernist capital, woke up the last two days to find its iconic buildings enveloped in smoky air. The central part of the country is just the latest region affected by smoke from fires in the Amazon rainforest, Cerrado savannah, the Pantanal wetland and the state of Sao Paulo. The
A Pennsylvania museum has agreed to sell a 16th century portrait that once belonged to a Jewish family that was forced to part with it while fleeing Nazi Germany before World War II. The Allentown Art Museum will auction “Portrait of George the Bearded, Duke of Saxony,” settling a restitution claim by the heirs of
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has sacked several members of his Cabinet this week, replacing his defense and foreign ministers as campaigning kicks off for the country’s October presidential election. Three years since Saied rewrote Tunisia’s constitution granting him full power to choose his Cabinet, the reshuffling is far from the first
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden spoke with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, days after the most prominent leader from a nation that maintains a neutral position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine visited Kyiv. Modi said in a posting on X that he spoke to Biden about “India’s full support for early return
Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has endorsed Donald Trump’s presidential bid, furthering her shift away from the party she sought to represent four years ago and linking herself to the GOP nominee’s critiques of Vice President Kamala Harris and the chaotic Afghanistan War withdrawal. Appearing Monday with Trump in Detroit, Gabbard, a National Guard veteran
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — CeeDee Lamb’s monthslong holdout with the Dallas Cowboys is over, and the All-Pro receiver is a close second to Justin Jefferson as the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history. Lamb and the Cowboys agreed Monday on a $136 million, four-year contract with $100 million guaranteed, three people familiar with the deal told
