Category: World

(BBC): Sri Lanka has said it will temporarily default on its foreign debts amid its worst economic crisis in over 70 years. Officials said the impact of the pandemic and the Ukraine war made it “impossible” to pay its creditors. The South Asian country has seen mass protests as it suffers food shortages, soaring prices… Continue reading Sri Lanka warns it will default on its foreign debt amid crisis

NEW YORK (AP): At least five people were shot and injured Tuesday at a New York City subway station during a morning rush hour attack that left wounded commuters bleeding on a train platform and police searching for the shooter. Fire personnel responding to reports of smoke at the 36th Street station in Brooklyn’s Sunset… Continue reading At least 5 people shot at New York subway station

ISLAMABAD (AP): Pakistan’s parliament elected opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister on Monday, after a walkout by lawmakers from ousted Premier Imran Khan’s party. Sharif was the only contender. He is the brother of disgraced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif but his election will not guarantee a peaceful path forward —… Continue reading Pakistani lawmakers elect Shahbaz Sharif as new premier

ISLAMABAD (AP): The ouster of Prime Minister Imran Khan in a parliamentary no-confidence vote early Sunday set Pakistan on an uncertain political path, with Khan calling on supporters to take to the streets in protest and the political opposition preparing to install his replacement. Khan was brought down after a day of drama and often… Continue reading Pakistan’s PM vows to fight on after Parliament ousts him

(BBC): Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan may lose power as early as Saturday. A decision by the Supreme Court has dealt a blow to the embattled premier following a foiled attempt to oust him from office. Opposition leaders tabled a no-confidence vote against Khan, which was scheduled last Sunday. But the vote was blocked by… Continue reading Political turmoil in Pakistan: What’s happening?

KYIV, Ukraine (AP): A missile hit a train station where thousands of people had flocked to flee in eastern Ukraine, killing 50 people Friday, Ukrainian authorities said, while warning they expect to find more evidence of war crimes in areas abandoned by Russian troops. Photos from the scene showed bodies covered with tarps on the… Continue reading Strike kills 50 at Ukraine rail station crowded with people

BUCHA, Ukraine (AP): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the Russians of gruesome atrocities in Ukraine and told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that those responsible should immediately be brought up on war crimes charges in front of a tribunal like the one established at Nuremberg after World War II. Zelenskyy, appearing via video from… Continue reading Zelenskyy at the UN accuses Russian military of war crimes

BUCHA, Ukraine (AP): Ukraine’s troops found brutalized bodies with bound hands, gunshot wounds to the head and signs of torture after Russian soldiers withdrew from the outskirts of Kyiv, authorities said Sunday, sparking new calls for a war crimes investigation and sanctions against Russia. Associated Press journalists in Bucha, a small city northwest of the… Continue reading Ukraine accuses retreating Russians of civilian massacre

SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP): Six people were killed and 10 injured in a mass shooting early Sunday as bars and nightclubs were closing in downtown Sacramento and police in California’s state capital were searching for at least one suspect. Sacramento Police Chief Kathy Lester said at a news conference that police were patrolling the area at… Continue reading Police say 6 dead, 10 injured in Sacramento shooting in USA

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP): As the United States prepares to accept up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees following Russia’s invasion of their country, existing communities in cities like Sacramento and Seattle are already mobilizing to provide food, shelter and support to those fleeing the war. The federal government hasn’t said when the formal resettlement process will begin,… Continue reading Ukrainians in US mobilize to help 100,000 expected refugees