Judge sets January 10 sentencing for Trump in hush money case
NEW YORK – In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 — little over a week before he’s…
Risk of Ethiopian volcanic eruption prompts evacuation of residents
ADDIS ABABA – A volcano in northeastern Ethiopia was showing signs of starting to erupt on Friday, prompting authorities to move residents to temporary shelters, a state-affiliated broadcaster and a…
Bellingham grabs Real Madrid late win at Valencia after Vinicius red
Jude Bellingham made amends for missing a penalty by snatching 10-man Real Madrid a 2-1 victory at Valencia on Friday to take them top of La Liga after winger Vinicius…
Long queues at border control as German airports hit by IT outage
BERLIN – German airports were hit by a nationwide IT outage affecting police systems at border control on Friday, causing disruption and longer immigration queues for passengers from outside the…
Breeding success: London zoo counts its animals one-by-one
With bunches of lettuce and bucketloads of nuts, London Zoo kicked off its annual animal count Friday, coaxing everything from goats to gorillas out of their enclosures for the celebrated…
Man arrested for supplying drugs to Liam Payne: Argentine police
BUENOS AIRES – Argentine police on Friday arrested one of the two men accused of supplying drugs to British singer Liam Payne before he fell to his death from his…
Pastor donates prayer materials to launch new mosque in Nigeria’s Kaduna
Opeyemi Olamilekan A pastor has donated prayer materials to a newly constructed mosque in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Kaduna. Pastor (Dr.) Yohanna Buru, who is the General Overseer of Christ…
French police to face trial for ‘suffocating’ death
Three police officers will be tried in Paris for the involuntary homicide of a man who repeatedly said “I’m suffocating” during his arrest in January 2020, a source close to…
Three Palestinians killed in standoff with security forces in West Bank
RAMALLAH – A Palestinian man and his son were killed in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, local medical officials said on Friday, as a month-long standoff between Palestinian security…
Italy’s Meloni rules out changes to her post-fascist party’s logo
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday ruled out removing the tricolour flame from the logo of her party, despite calls within her own camp to dispense with fascist symbols.…