MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Memphis police officer who has pleaded guilty to violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights testified in tears Tuesday, saying he left Nichols’ young son fatherless, that he was sorry and that he wishes he had stopped the punches. Desmond Mills took the stand in the trial of three former colleagues
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An American quarry company said Tuesday the Mexican government carried out a de-facto expropriation of its properties on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. Mexico’s Interior Department issued a decree late Monday declaring the firm’s seaport and quarries to be a natural protected area, in effect prohibiting the company’s activities on its own land.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Gulf nation of Qatar on Tuesday became just the second Muslim-majority country to be admitted into a program that allows its citizens to travel to the United States without first obtaining a U.S. visa . The departments of State and Homeland Security jointly announced that Qatar had met stringent eligibility
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s government was in crisis Tuesday after a junior party in the ruling coalition said it would leave the Cabinet over Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s decision to fire the party leader. Fiala said he would ask the president to dismiss Regional Development Minister Ivan Bartos by the end of the
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two powerful unions on the French Caribbean island of Martinique have joined protests against high living costs that recently have prompted France to send anti-riot police . Traffic was paralyzed Tuesday after a transportation union ordered tractor-trailers to block main roads and public bus drivers to suspend service, according
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will send Ukraine an undisclosed number of medium-range cluster bombs and an array of rockets, artillery and armored vehicles in a military aid package totaling about $375 million, U.S. officials said Tuesday. Officials expect an announcement on Wednesday, as global leaders meet at the U.N. General Assembly, and Ukrainian President
BEIRUT (AP) — After almost a year of trading fire, Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah are now engaged in ferocious confrontations that threaten to turn into a full-blown war . Israel faces a much more formidable foe in Hezbollah than it faced in Hamas in the Gaza Strip . Many consider the Iran-backed
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel “will continue to hit Hezbollah” as the Israeli military traded fire with the Lebanese militant group again and the death toll from a massive Israeli bombardment climbed to nearly 560 people Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel “will continue to hit
PARIS (AP) — Maria Grazia Chiuri’s Dior collection took a sporty turn, blending athletic prowess with an urban menace on Tuesday. The Paris show’s stripped-down designs evoked a ’60s sci-fi aesthetic, reminiscent of Star Trek, but with an edge—daring, asymmetrical shapes paired with knee-high boots that flirted with danger. As a live archer launched arrows
MIAMI (AP) — Former federal agent Was Tabor says his phone has been lighting up with calls from police departments around the U.S. for advice on how to combat the growing threat from the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. Tabor was in charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s office in the Venezuelan capital of
