News/World (Page 194)

World Russian President Vladimir Putin said a Russian military plane that crashed near the border with Ukraine on Wednesday was shot down by Ukrainian air defences, whether on purpose or by mistake. Without providing evidence, Putin says Ukraine fired a missile provided by U.S. or FranceThomson Reuters · Posted: JanContinue Reading

World A jury has awarded an additional $83.3 million US to former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who says former U.S. president Donald Trump damaged her reputation by calling her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault. Jury had started deliberations Friday afternoon, delivered verdict within a fewContinue Reading

World The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said Friday it had opened an investigation into several employees suspected of involvement in the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel by Hamas-led militants and that it had severed ties with those staff members. U.S. also suspends funding to UNRWA in wakeContinue Reading

World·Updated King Charles was admitted to a private hospital on Friday to undergo a “corrective procedure” for an enlarged prostate, Buckingham Palace said, confirming a pre-planned treatment that was announced last week. Monarch’s condition is benignThe Associated Press · Posted: Jan 26, 2024 8:21 AM EST | Last Updated: 25Continue Reading

World A Kenyan court on Friday ruled a plan to send police officers to Haiti to lead a UN-approved mission was unconstitutional, throwing into doubt the future of an initiative aimed at tackling gang violence in the Caribbean nation. Canada has helped lead stabilizing forces in Haiti in the past,Continue Reading

World Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again put the U.S. at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment. Kenneth Eugene Smith one of two men convicted in 1988 murder-for-hire caseThe Associated Press · Posted: JanContinue Reading

World Donald Trump’s testimony in the writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case ended almost immediately after it began, as the former U.S. president stood by his earlier testimony that Carroll’s claim that he raped her was a hoax. Former president testified for 4 minutes; closing arguments expected FridayThomson Reuters ·Continue Reading

World·Video Israeli tanks bombarded areas around two hospitals in Gaza’s main southern city Khan Younis on Thursday, forcing displaced people to scramble for safe shelter, residents said, in an offensive Israel says is targeting Hamas militants. City encircled by Israeli armoured forcesThomson Reuters · Posted: Jan 25, 2024 10:13 AMContinue Reading

World A Japanese court sentenced a man to death after finding him guilty of murder and other crimes Thursday for carrying out an arson attack on an anime studio in Kyoto that killed 36 people. Kyoto court rules that Shinji Aoba, 45, is mentally competent, contrary to defence claimThe AssociatedContinue Reading