DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Over more than a decade, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram has amassed various different citizenships, something that’s only added to the mystery surrounding his detention in France. Those passports provided Pavel Durov protection after he created and ran Telegram as a self-proclaimed free-speech absolutist. The
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Orlando Police Department has closed its investigation into the former owners of the Pulse nightclub without filing any charges. Victims’ families and survivors of the killing of 49 patrons at the LGBTQ-friendly club had asked law enforcement to investigate them for criminal culpability. No charges will be filed against former
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro took to the streets Wednesday in an attempt to revive protests against him as he tightens his grip on power following last month’s disputed election. The demonstrations in the capital, Caracas, come exactly a month after the fraught July 28 vote in which Maduro was
BANGKOK (AP) — A military court in Myanmar has given a life prison sentence to a local journalist and sentenced one of his colleagues to 20 years after convicting them under a counterterrorism law, their editor said Wednesday. The sentences for Myo Myint Oo and Aung San Oo of the independent online news service Dawei
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited Gambia on Wednesday as part of a trip through three West African nations aimed at boosting cooperation in controlling irregular migration from the region to Spain’s Canary Islands. Sánchez met with Gambia’s President Adama Barrow and said afterward that the two countries had agreed to
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A public agency and private health insurance provider are teaming up to build a system of street doctors and clinics that will provide medical care to Los Angeles’ homeless population, including routine preventive medicine, officials announced Wednesday. The goal is for homeless residents to see primary care physicians long term, rather
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Two German boys, who got buried in the sand after digging a hole in a dune in northwestern Denmark on Sunday, have died, police said Wednesday. The boys, 9 and 12 — who were on holiday with their family from Munich — died late Tuesday, officers said. They have not been
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — It’s been a year since the people of Ecuador voted to halt oil drilling in a national park in the heart of the country’s share of the Amazon, and nothing has been done to start shutting down operations. For supporters of the shutdown, that’s not even the worst part: the government
Divisive social media personality Andrew Tate on Wednesday claimed that “the highest echelons of power and finance” were “coming to enslave us all” as he attended the Bucharest Tribunal with his brother Tristan Tate. Divisive social media personality Andrew Tate on Wednesday claimed that “the highest echelons of power and finance” were “coming to enslave
Ukraine’s first lady has called for “swift” action to ensure the country’s children do not become a “lost generation.” (AP video by Vasilisa Stepanenko) Ukraine’s first lady has called for “swift” action to ensure the country’s children do not become a “lost generation.” (AP video by Vasilisa Stepanenko) Published [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]
