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Four hit with corruption charges over EU lobbying scandal

Monday, 12 December 2022, 08:29 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Four people have been charged with being part of a criminal group, money laundering and corruption in connection with an investigation into suspected influence peddling by a Persian Gulf country at...

Libyan accused in Lockerbie bombing now in American custody

Monday, 12 December 2022, 08:26 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

 A Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 in an international act of terrorism has been taken into U.S....

US journalist dies during Argentina-Netherlands World Cup match

Saturday, 10 December 2022, 10:55 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Grant Wahl, one of the most well-known football writers in the United States, died early Saturday while covering the World Cup match between Argentina and the Netherlands. He was 48. U.S. media...

67 journalists, media workers killed on the job this year

Saturday, 10 December 2022, 09:12 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Russia’s war in Ukraine, chaos in Haiti and rising violence by criminal groups in Mexico contributed to a sharp spike in the number of journalists killed doing their...

Italy allows second aid group's migrant rescue boat to dock

Saturday, 10 December 2022, 05:47 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Italy on Friday gave permission for a second humanitarian group’s ship to disembark its passengers at an Italian port, seemingly softening its hard line against European-flagged vessels that...

France to make condoms free for anyone under 25, Macron says

Saturday, 10 December 2022, 05:39 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

France will make condoms free in pharmacies for anyone up to age 25 in the new year, President Emmanuel Macron announced Friday. The move comes as the government says sexually transmitted...

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