ATHENS, Greece (AP) – On his first trip to a European Union country this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday sharply criticized western policy toward Moscow, describing a newly expanded U.S. missile defense system as a threat to his country’s security – and vowing to retaliate. Putin arrived in …
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Obama uses Hiroshima visit as opportunity to urge no nukes
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) – With an unflinching look back at a painful history, President Barack Obama stood on the hallowed ground of Hiroshima on Friday and declared it a fitting place to summon people everywhere to embrace the vision of a world without nuclear weapons. As the first American president …
Read More »Death on Everest leads to risky effort to recover bodies
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) – The mountain is speckled with corpses. Nearly 300 people have died on Mount Everest in the century or so since climbers have been trying to reach its summit. At least 100 of them are still on the mountain, perhaps 200. Most of the bodies are hidden …
Read More »Colombian rebels free Spanish journalist, 2 others
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – Leftist rebels have freed a Spanish correspondent and two other journalists who went missing in a lawless region of Colombia, ending a weeklong saga that recalled some of the darkest days of a long-running conflict the South American nation is trying to move beyond. “Thank you …
Read More »Argentine court sentences ex-dictator for Operation Condor
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) – Argentina’s last dictator and 14 other former military officials were sentenced to prison for human rights crimes, marking the first time a court has ruled that Operation Condor was a criminal conspiracy to kidnap and forcibly disappear people across international borders. The covert operation was …
Read More »Cellphone radiation study raises concerns despite low risk
WASHINGTON (AP) – A new federal study of the potential dangers of cellphone radiation, conducted in rats, found a slight increase in brain tumors in males and raised long-dormant concerns about the safety of spending so much time with cellphones glued to our ears. But the study had enough strange …
Read More »Obama becomes 1st US president to visit Hiroshima bomb site
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) – Barack Obama on Friday became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the site of the world’s first atomic bomb attack, bringing global attention both to survivors and to his unfulfilled vision of a world without nuclear weapons. Obama touched down in Hiroshima after completing talks …
Read More »G7 leaders pledge action on terrorism, refugees, slow growth
SHIMA, Japan (AP) – The leaders of the Group of Seven rich economies ended a summit Friday by issuing an action plan for countering terrorism and other risks to peace and global growth, including the massive flows of refugees and migrants fleeing to Europe to escape conflict and poverty at …
Read More »Visitors to Hiroshima memorial reflect on Obama’s visit
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) – Visitors to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Friday had this to say ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit later in the day. Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to come to Hiroshima, a city devastated by a U.S.-dropped atomic bomb at the end …
Read More »Savchenko: I could run for president if Ukrainians want it
MOSCOW (AP) – Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko who came home on Wednesday after two years in Russian custody says she would run for president if that’s what Ukrainians desire. Savchenko was pardoned by President Vladimir Putin and flown home in a prisoner swap after she was sentenced to 22 years …
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