The Colombian navy rescued a man from Dominica who says he survived 24 days adrift in the Caribbean on a sailboat by eating ketchup, garlic powder and seasoning cubes.
U.S. taking ‘extraordinary measures’ to avoid default as debt ceiling hit
The countdown toward a possible U.S. government default is in the offing, and frictions between President Joe Biden and House Republicans are raising alarms about whether the United States can sidestep …
By the numbers: President Biden at the two-year mark
President Joe Biden notches two years in office on Friday.
Bosnians use their experience of the war in the Balkans to help Ukrainians
Bosnians are using their experience of the war in the Balkans to help Ukrainians survive the consequences of the Russian invasion
EU corruption case suspect takes aim at detention conditions
Lawyers for a former European Parliament vice president at the heart of the corruption scandal rocking the European Union assembly are worried by her detention conditions.
Cyprus protests portrayal as safe haven for Russian money
Cyprus’s finance minister says the country has frozen about 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in Russian-linked deposits and assets in accordance with European Union sanctions over the war in Ukraine.
Police seize bedding from Idaho stabbing suspect’s home, but no weapon
Investigators seized stained bedding, strands of what looked like hair and a single glove — but no weapon — when they searched the Washington state apartment of a graduate student charged with stabbing four University of Idaho students to death, acco…
Strikes, protests test French president’s plan to raise retirement age
French citizens took to the streets on Jan. 19 to protest a new planned pension reform introduced by President Emmanuel Macron. He says to keep the system solvent the retirement age must be raised from 62 to 64.
Cyprus protests portrayal as safe haven for Russian money
Cyprus’s finance minister says the country has frozen about 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in Russian-linked deposits and assets in accordance with European Union sanctions over the war in Ukraine