SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has told Japan it plans to launch a satellite in the coming days, possibly a second try to put a military spy satellite into orbit, Japanese media said Tuesday. In late May, North Korea tried to launch its first spy satellite, but the rocket carrying the satellite plunged
Donald Trump’s bond has been set at $200,000 ahead of his surrender to authorities in the Georgia case accusing the former president of illegally scheming to overturn his 2020 election loss, according to court papers filed Monday.Trump, who is facing a Friday deadline to turn himself in, is also barred from intimidating co-defendants, witnesses or
DENVER (AP) — A judge has handed down a sentence of life in prison and over $15 million in penalties to a wealthy dentist who killed his wife at the end of an African safari.Larry Rudolph was sentenced Monday in a Denver federal court for murder in the 2016 death of Bianca Rudolph as well
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday pledged to keep up military support for Ukraine for as long as it takes and to help with post-war reconstruction. During his talks in Athens with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian leader suggested Greece could help train his country’s fighter pilots on new Western
LONDON (AP) — The head of Russia’s space agency said Monday that the Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after its engines failed to shut down correctly, and he blamed the country’s decades-long pause in lunar exploration for the mishap.The pilotless Luna-25 had been scheduled to land Monday while aiming to become the first spacecraft
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Spanish pop star Miguel Bosé said Monday 10 armed assailants burst into his house in Mexico City and tied him up, his two children and household staff for more than two hours while they ransacked the premises.Bosé wrote in his Instagram account that he and his children are okay following the
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus police on Monday rescued 18 Syrian migrants after their boat started taking on water some 3.5 miles off the Mediterranean island nation’s southeastern coast.Police said the 11 men, three unescorted minors, one woman and her three children had set sail from Tartus, Syria and were brought ashore aboard a police
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Franklin churned through the Caribbean Sea on Monday as authorities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic warned residents to prepare for floods and landslides.The storm was centered at midafternoon about 275 miles (445 kilometers) south of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. It had maximum
GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss weather service said Monday a heat wave has driven the zero-degree Celsius level to its highest altitude since recordings on it in Switzerland began nearly 70 years ago, an ominous new sign for the country’s vaunted glaciers.MeteoSwiss says the zero-degree isotherm level reached 5,298 meters (17,381 feet) above sea level
Teachers are leaving jobs in growing numbers, state reports show. The turnover in some cases is highest among teachers of color. [deltaMinutes] mins ago Homeless kids often fell through the cracks during the tumult of the pandemic, when many schools struggled to keep track of families with unstable housing. [deltaMinutes] mins ago [deltaMinutes]
