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Credit Suisse-UBS deal offers hope, but bank doubts persist

Credit Suisse-UBS deal offers hope, but bank doubts persist

LONDON (AP) — Credit Suisse shares plunged Monday after Swiss authorities cut a deal with its bigger rival UBS to acquire the troubled bank at a marked-down price.
EU's top diplomat hails deal on artillery shells for Ukraine

EU's top diplomat hails deal on artillery shells for Ukraine

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries have endorsed a fast-track procedure aimed at providing Ukraine with sorely needed artillery shells to repel Russia's invasion forces, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Monday, as Moscow maintains its
US: War crimes on all sides in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict

US: War crimes on all sides in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Monday that it has determined all sides in the brutal conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. The move carries no immediate U.S.
Manitoba government promises new step to find, help missing persons

Manitoba government promises new step to find, help missing persons

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is committing $2.1 million to a new approach to find and help missing persons.
France ordered to curb mass dolphin deaths in fishing nets

France ordered to curb mass dolphin deaths in fishing nets

PARIS (AP) — France’s highest administrative body on Monday ordered the government to better protect endangered dolphins and porpoises in an industrial fishing hub in the Atlantic Ocean that has become controversial over links to mass deaths of the c
Anthony Fauci documentary on PBS covers a career of crises

Anthony Fauci documentary on PBS covers a career of crises

NEW YORK (AP) — There's a moment in the new PBS documentary about Dr. Anthony Fauci when a protestor holds up a handmade sign reading, “Dr. Fauci, You Are Killing Us.
Trump lawyers attack Georgia grand jury and prosecutor

Trump lawyers attack Georgia grand jury and prosecutor

ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are attacking a special grand jury and prosecutors who investigated him in Georgia, asking a state court to throw out its report and all testimony from the inquiry and bar Fulton County Distric
US sending ammunition, tanker trucks, boats to Ukraine

US sending ammunition, tanker trucks, boats to Ukraine

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department announced Monday that the U.S.

Dominant party wins most votes in Kazakh parliament election

MOSCOW (AP) — Kazakhstan's dominant political party received slightly more than half the vote in the election for the lower house of parliament, according to preliminary results announced Monday, but the final tally of seats won't be clear until new
School library book bans are seen as targeting LGBTQ content

School library book bans are seen as targeting LGBTQ content

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Teri Patrick bristles at the idea she wants to ban books about LGBTQ issues in Iowa schools, arguing her only goal is ridding schools of sexually explicit material.
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