Polish appeals court to rule next month in abortion case which activists say could set a precedent
An appeals court in Poland said Thursday that it would rule next month in the case of a women’s rights activist convicted in ...
Nora Roberts is happily defying genres, 250 books in
Nora Roberts is so prolific she had to take up a pen name so her publisher could release more books by her each year. “I’m a fast writer,” Roberts told The Associated Press in a ...
Patti Smith collapses on stage in Brazil, canceling the rest of her show
Singer Patti Smith collapsed during a presentation in Brazil on Wednesday night, and later returned to apologize for needing ...
Rihanna appears at trial of A$AP Rocky and outshines key testimony on alleged shooting
The most important testimony at the trial of rapper A$AP Rocky got second billing as the defendant’s partner and the mother ...
Serbia’s striking students set off on 2-day march north as their protest movement widens
They packed up food, water and extra clothes and set off. Hundreds of Serbian university students on Thursday started an ...
Richard Williamson, Catholic bishop whose denial of Holocaust embarrassed Pope Benedict XVI, dies
Richard Williamson, an ultra-traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal in 2009 when Pope ...
Families in India cremate loved ones killed in stampede at religious festival
Grieving families cremated their loved ones while others cared for their injured relatives in hospitals on Thursday, a day ...
A nurse in Uganda has died from the Ebola virus, in the first outbreak since 2022
A nurse in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, died after testing positive for Ebola, a health official said Thursday, in the first recorded fatality since the last outbreak ended ...
How did so many Thai farmers end up held hostage by Hamas?
Five Thai nationals held hostage by Hamas since its Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel were released on Thursday. They were among 31 Thais taken by the militant group, of whom 23 have ...
Donald Trump talks so much that White House stenographers and everyone else is struggling to keep up
The White House stenographers have a problem. Donald Trump is talking so much, the people responsible for transcribing his public remarks are struggling to keep up with all the ...
Thousands of Albanians pay last respects to Orthodox Christian Archbishop Anastasios
Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after the ...
Trump holds 49 percent approval rating in national poll
President Trump’s approval rating starts out at 49 percent in the first Emerson College Polling survey of his administration. The poll, released Thursday, showed Trump’s approval rating is ...