Far from the World Cup, a girls’ team tries to revive soccer dreams for war-ravaged Sudan
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Their red jerseys stood out against the green pitch. Most were teenage girls. Some had fled war. Others had never played in an organized soccer league or set foot in a major stadium before. Yet when they took the field at Larbi Zaouli...
A 16-month-old and his mother recover from Ebola in rare good news from outbreak in Congo
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — A 16-month-old baby and his mother have recovered from Ebola in eastern Congo, a rare positive development as Africa’s top health body warned the outbreak of the deadly virus could become the worst on record if it continues to spread. The two...
More than 1,000 people have been killed in Gaza during ceasefire, Health Ministry says
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip have killed 1,005 Palestinians since a ceasefire was reached between Israel and the militant group Hamas last October, the Gaza Health Ministry said Wednesday. The enclave has seen...
Spain’s Zapatero appears in court as pressure mounts on PM Sánchez
(CN) — Former Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, an icon and moral beacon for Spain’s left, appeared in a national criminal court in Madrid Wednesday to defend himself against corruption charges. His appearance at the National Court deepened...
‘A million years isn’t enough’: Victims’ relatives confront Gilgo Beach serial killer at sentencing
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — After decades waiting for justice, relatives of women murdered by New York’s Gilgo Beach serial killer laid into him Wednesday before he was sentenced to life in prison. He told them: “I am responsible” for the crimes. “The words I...
Archaeologists find musket balls and fort linked to the Battle of Bunker Hill
BOSTON (AP) — Generations of Boston families played and picnicked on the grassy, sloping lawns of the Bunker Hill Monument. Musket balls and other artifacts from one of the American Revolution’s most consequential battles were buried just below their feet the whole...
Iran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and can sell oil freely under deal with the US, officials say
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran will immediately take steps to reopen the Strait of Hormuz once a tentative deal with the U.S. to end the war is signed and will be allowed to sell its oil without restrictions, according to leaked copies of...
US not ‘pulling away’ from allies by cutting NATO commitments: Rutte
BRUSSELS (AFP) — NATO chief Mark Rutte said Wednesday that the United States was not stepping back from Europe by announcing cuts to the forces it makes available to the alliance. “In some cases this has been cast as a problem — as the U.S. pulling away from its...
Luigi Mangione will make ‘extreme emotional disturbance’ defense at New York murder trial
MANHATTAN (CN) — At his upcoming state murder trial in New York City, Luigi Mangione won’t necessarily be arguing that he wasn’t the shooter behind UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s 2024 killing. He’ll instead claim he was under “extreme emotional disturbance”...