At Auschwitz memorial, survivors see echoes of the past in rising antisemitism Tuesday, 28 January 2025, 07:45 Last update: about 6 months ago Associated Press Auschwitz survivors warned Monday of the rising antisemitism and hatred they are witnessing in the modern world as they gathered with world leaders and European royalty on the 80th anniversary of...
Auschwitz memorial holds observances on the 80th anniversary of the death camp's liberation Monday, 27 January 2025, 10:35 Last update: about 6 months ago Associated Press The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked on Monday at the site of the former death camp, a ceremony that is widely being treated as the last major...
Belarus strongman wins a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce Monday, 27 January 2025, 08:30 Last update: about 6 months ago Associated Press The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give...
Sweden seizes Malta-flagged vessel suspected of 'sabotage' after undersea data cable rupture Monday, 27 January 2025, 07:57 Last update: about 6 months ago Associated Press Swedish prosecutors announced Sunday night that they have opened a preliminary investigation into suspected aggravated "sabotage" and ordered the detention of a vessel in the Baltic Sea suspected of...
The man pushed onto New York's subway tracks says he will ride again Sunday, 26 January 2025, 11:00 Last update: about 6 months ago Associated Press A man who survived being shoved onto subway tracks ahead of an oncoming train said that in spite of the physical and psychological trauma, he eventually plans to make his way back to the...
After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left. One man makes telling the stories his mission Sunday, 26 January 2025, 10:30 Last update: about 6 months ago Associated Press Naftali Fürst will never forget his first view of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, on Nov. 3, 1944. He was 12 years old. SS soldiers threw open the doors of the cattle car, where...
Australians celebrate and protest the anniversary of British colonization Sunday, 26 January 2025, 07:06 Last update: about 6 months ago Associated Press Australians celebrated and protested across the country on Sunday as Australia Day drew attention to political differences over Indigenous rights months out from a federal...
Hamas frees 4 female Israeli soldiers in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners as ceasefire holds Saturday, 25 January 2025, 23:40 Last update: about 6 months ago Associated Press Four female Israeli soldiers who were taken in the attack that sparked the war in Gaza returned to Israel on Saturday after Hamas militants paraded them before a crowd of thousands in Gaza...
Belarus election is poised to extend the 30-year rule of 'Europe's last dictator' Saturday, 25 January 2025, 06:18 Last update: about 6 months ago Associated Press The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner with 80% of the vote. That triggered cries of fraud, months of...
Europe considers sending troops to Ukraine if there's a ceasefire. But would Russia accept? Saturday, 25 January 2025, 06:16 Last update: about 6 months ago Associated Press With Russia wearing down Ukraine's stretched forces and new U.S. President Donald Trump pressuring the two sides to end their nearly 3-year-old war, Kyiv and some of its European allies...