A judge in Brazil’s northeastern Pernambuco state on Monday ordered the preventive arrest of Gusttavo Lima, one of the nation’s biggest country music stars, in connection with a money laundering investigation. The probe has already resulted in orders to arrest almost two dozen others, according to a decision made public on Monday by Judge Andrea
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s meteorological agency on Tuesday issued a tsunami advisory to a group of remote islands south of Tokyo after a strong earthquake. The remote offshore quake was not felt and so far no damage or injuries were reported. Japan Meteorological Agency said a magnitude 5.9 quake hit coastal residents of Izu Islands
Multiple interceptions of rockets fired from Lebanon were seen Monday over Israel’s northern city of Haifa. Hezbollah said it fired dozens of rockets toward Israel, including at military bases. Multiple interceptions of rockets fired from Lebanon were seen Monday over Israel’s northern city of Haifa. Hezbollah said it fired dozens of rockets toward Israel, including
Russian forces struck residential buildings in the Ukrainian town of Mykolaivka overnight Sunday, causing major damage. A 52-year old woman was injured in the strikes, which hit three multi-story residential buildings and a hospital, according to city authorities. (AP Video: Alex Babenko) Russian forces struck residential buildings in the Ukrainian town of Mykolaivka overnight Sunday
WASHINGTON (AP) — Partnerships between the U.S. and China at universities over the past decade have allowed hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to aid Beijing in developing critical technology that could be used for military purposes, congressional Republicans asserted in a new report. The report said U.S. tax dollars have contributed to
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The security cordons are up. The streets are ready to be sealed off. Aircraft from myriad nations are landing in New York. It all means one thing for the eastern part of Manhattan: The yearly gathering of world leaders at the United Nations is at hand. The U.N. General Assembly’s high-level
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Nearly 1,700 ill inmates were released Monday from Congo’s largest prison, the minister of justice said, as part of an effort to thin out the country’s overcrowded prisons. The operation took place at Makala Central Prison in the capital Kinshasa on Monday afternoon. Severely ill prisoners received immediate medical care, while
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal jury in Texas on Monday cleared a group of former President Donald Trump supporters and found one driver liable in a civil trial over a so-called “Trump Train” that surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus days before the 2020 election. The two-week trial in a federal courthouse in Austin centered
WASHINGTON (AP) — Violent crime in the U.S. dropped in 2023, according to FBI statistics that show a continued trend downward after a coronavirus pandemic-era crime spike. Overall violent crime declined an estimated 3% in 2023 from the year before, according to the FBI report Monday. Murders and non-negligent manslaughter dropped nearly 12%. Violent crime
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Monday handed a six-year prison sentence to an American man convicted on charges linked to his attempt to illegally take his 4-year-old son out of Russia, a verdict that comes amid soaring U.S.-Russian tensions. The court in Russia’s westernmost Kaliningrad region said in a statement that the convict
