LONDON (AP) — Wales is set to get its first female leader after Eluned Morgan was chosen Wednesday to lead the governing Welsh Labour Party as it tries to emerge from scandal and division. Morgan succeeds First Minister Vaughan Gething , who stepped down last week as party leader amid acrimony and a campaign donation
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday challenged the constitutionality of an amnesty law pushed through by the government earlier this year to help hundreds, potentially thousands, of Catalan separatists. The Supreme Court cannot strike down the amnesty, but it has asked the nation’s Constitutional Court to weigh in. Spain passed the amnesty
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive commission Wednesday criticized rule of law developments in Hungary, Italy and Slovakia, but welcomed reforms in Poland and Spain in its latest democracy health check across the 27-nation bloc. Across the board, EU countries had fully or partly addressed about two thirds of recommendations made by the commission
The Ukrainian State Emergency Service released footage on Wednesday of the aftermath of a Russian strike on a private ecopark in Kharkiv region. The service reported that the stables and a guest house caught fire. At least two people were injured form the strike. The Ukrainian State Emergency Service released footage on Wednesday of the
A Turkish bill aimed at regulating the country’s millions of stray dogs moved closer to becoming law on Wednesday. The Government estimates that around 4 million stray dogs roam Turkey’s streets and rural areas. Animal rights activists fear many of them will be killed or end up in neglected, overcrowded shelters. A Turkish bill aimed
PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner pulled out of the Paris Olympics on Wednesday because of tonsillitis. The 22-year-old from Italy posted on social media that he was advised by a doctor that he should sit out the Summer Games. Sinner won the Australian Open in January for his first Grand Slam title and moved
PARIS (AP) — Three-time Olympic gold medalist Charlotte Dujardin of Britain repeatedly whipped a horse while coaching another rider in a video that was published by multiple media outlets Wednesday. The video is part of an official complaint filed against Dujardin with the International Federation for Equestrian Sports, or FEI. It shows Dujardin repeatedly striking
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s total population marked the 15th straight year of decline, according to government data released Wednesday, dropping by more than a half-million people as the population ages and births remain low. Births in Japan hit a record low of 730,000 last year. The 1.58 million deaths last year were also a record
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied knife attack in western New York faces a new charge that he supported a terrorist group. An indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court in Buffalo on Wednesday charges Hadi Matar with providing material support to Hezbollah, a militant group based
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — France’s air force made a stopover in Indonesia’s capital on Wednesday, part of a visit to Southeast Asia that’s meant to display French commitment to security in the Indo-Pacific region amid growing Chinese maritime activity there. The French mission, named Pegase, visited Jakarta’s Halim Perdanakusuma air force base on a weeks-long
