Italian regional votes show no sign of opposition breakthrough
ROME – Italy’s leftist opposition and ruling parties held their ground in regional votes, provisional results showed on Monday, wrapping up a round of races in 2025 that saw no…
Guinea-Bissau opposition candidate Dias claims victory in presidential poll
BISSAU – Fernando Dias, widely seen as the top challenger in Guinea-Bissau’s presidential election, declared victory on Monday before the release of official results, saying he had won more than…
Crowds in Beirut suburbs mourn Hezbollah commander slain by Israel
BEIRUT – Hundreds gathered in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Monday to mourn Hezbollah’s top military commander Haytham Ali Tabtabai and four other fighters from the Lebanese group killed in an…
Brazil top court votes to keep Bolsonaro in police custody
SAO PAULO – A panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court voted on Monday to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in police custody after Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered his detention on…
Jimmy Cliff, reggae music pioneer, dies at 81
KINGSTON – Jimmy Cliff, the legendary Jamaican singer who along with Bob Marley popularized reggae, ska and rocksteady music over a six decade career, has died, his wife Latifa Chambers…
Venezuela rejects ‘ridiculous’ US plan to designate Cartel de los Soles as terrorist organization
The Venezuelan government on Monday rejected what it called a “ridiculous” U.S. plan to designate the “nonexistent” Cartel de los Soles a terrorist organization, ahead of Washington’s expected designation later…
G20 declaration in defiance of US marks rare victory for multilateralism
JOHANNESBURG/WASHINGTON – Born of crisis but torn by years of tensions among its members, the Group of 20 major economies scored a rare victory this weekend for multilateralism after overcoming…
Kremlin says it will wait to see how talks between US and Ukraine on a potential peace plan pan out
MOSCOW – The Kremlin said on Monday that it would wait to see how talks between the United States and Ukraine on a potential peace plan pan out, and would…
New AI club to bestow nuclear-like power, says Russian tech boss
MOSCOW – Artificial intelligence will bestow influence on a par with nuclear technology to countries able to get ahead now, a top Russian AI executive said, giving them superiority this…
US, Ukraine to continue work on ‘refined’ peace plan to end war with Russia
GENEVA – The United States and Ukraine were set to continue work on Monday on a plan to end the war with Russia after agreeing to modify an earlier proposal…