More than 40 dead after river boat capsizes in Nigeria 

Kano, Nigeria — More than 40 people are presumed to have died after a boat overloaded with passengers sank on a river in northwestern Nigeria, authorities said on Sunday

NATO’s Bauer, others support Ukraine using long-range weapons against Russia

PRAGUE — The head of NATO's military committee said Saturday that Ukraine has the solid legal and military right to strike deep inside Russia to gain combat advantage — reflecting the beliefs of several U

'Shame must change sides' — France's rape plaintiff becomes feminist icon

Marseille, France — Walking into court each day with her head held high, the ex-wife of a Frenchman on trial for orchestrating multiple rapes of her in her own bed for almost a decade has become a feminist icon

Italian prosecutors seek 6-year sentence for Salvini in migration case

rome — Italian prosecutors requested on Saturday a six-year prison sentence for Matteo Salvini, Italy's far-right deputy prime minister, for allegedly blocking migrants from disembarking at one of the country's ports in 2019

8 migrants die in Channel crossing attempt, French authorities say

Lille, France — Eight migrants died early Sunday when their overcrowded vessel capsized while trying to cross the Channel from France to England, French authorities said, less than two weeks after the deadliest such disaster this year

Floods kill 1 in Poland and rescue worker in Austria as rains batter central Europe

LIPOVA LAZNE, Czech Republic — One person drowned in southwest Poland and thousands were evacuated across the border in the Czech Republic as heavy rains continued to batter central Europe on Sunday, causing flooding in several areas

UK foreign minister Lammy plays down Putin threats

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EU's top diplomat calls Venezuelan government 'dictatorial' 

Madrid — The European Union's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, called Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government dictatorial during an interview broadcast Sunday in Spain, echoing comments made by a Spanish minister that angered Caracas

Hundreds rally in Paris for Iranian women's rights 

Paris — Hundreds of people marched through Paris on Sunday in support of women's rights and the opposition in Iran, two years after the death of Mahsa Amini sparked protests against the country's religious authorities

Italian army to guard hospital after attacks on medical staff 

Rome — The Italian army will start guarding medical staff at a hospital in the southern Calabria region from Monday, after a string of violent attacks on doctors and nurses by enraged patients and relatives across Italy, according to local media repo[..]

Zelenskyy again urges West to allow strikes deep inside Russia

Kyiv, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy once again Sunday urged Western allies to permit Kyiv to strike military targets deep inside Russia, especially air bases, after a deadly attack on Kharkiv

Boeing strike could last ‘a while’; workers confident of higher wages, union says

SEATTLE — A strike at Boeing could go on for a while as workers are confident they can get bigger wage increases and an improved pension, union leader Jon Holden said in an interview with National Public Radio on Saturday

US consumer watchdog finds school lunch fees taking toll on parents

new york — Single mother Rebecca Wood, 45, was already dealing with high medical bills in 2020 when she noticed she was being charged a $2

From Chinese to Italians and beyond, maligning a culture via its food is longtime American habit

new york — It's a practice that's about as American as apple pie — accusing immigrant and minority communities of engaging in bizarre or disgusting behaviors when it comes to what and how they eat and drink, a kind of shorthand for saying they don't [..]

Bag of Cheetos has huge impact on national park ecosystem 

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — A bag of Cheetos gets dropped and left on the floor