Mark Rutte is named NATO chief; he'll need all his consensus-building skills from Dutch politics Thursday, 27 June 2024, 15:43 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press Over the course of more than a dozen years at the top of Dutch politics, Mark Rutte got to know a thing or two about finding consensus among fractious coalition partners. Now he will bring...
45 years in jail for former Honduras President for helping traffickers get tons of cocaine into US Thursday, 27 June 2024, 07:59 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press A defiant former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced in New York Wednesday to 45 years in prison for teaming up with some bribe-paying drug traffickers for over a decade to...
The Vatican stands trial in London as a British financier seeks to clear his name in a property deal Thursday, 27 June 2024, 07:49 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press The Vatican went on trial in a London court Wednesday, as a British financier sought to recover from the harm he said he suffered to his reputation as a result of a Vatican investigation into...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 14:10 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets...
Ukraine and Moldova launch EU membership talks, but joining is likely to take years Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 13:49 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press The European Union on Tuesday launched membership talks with Ukraine, a decade after Russian troops seized the Crimean Peninsula to deter the country from moving closer to the West, part of a chain of...
WikiLeaks’ Assange pleads guilty to publishing US military secrets in deal that secures his freedom Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 08:10 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets Wednesday in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that secures his liberty...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with US that will allow him to walk free Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 07:41 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will allow him to walk free and resolve a long-running legal saga that...
Princess Anne sustains minor injuries and a concussion in an 'incident,' Buckingham Palace says Monday, 24 June 2024, 15:29 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press Princess Anne sustained minor injuries and a concussion following an incident on an estate in southwest England, the Buckingham Palace said Monday. The 73-year-old sister of King Charles III was...
UK election betting scandal widens as a fourth Conservative Party official reportedly investigated Monday, 24 June 2024, 07:25 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press The chief data officer of Britain's Conservative Party has taken a leave of absence, British media reported Sunday, following growing allegations that the governing party's members used inside...
More than 1,300 people died during Hajj, many of them after walking in the scorching heat Monday, 24 June 2024, 05:38 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press More than 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, Saudi...