LONDON (AP) – Britain’s government said Monday it revoked the accreditation of a Russian diplomat in response to Moscow’s decision to expel a British diplomat lash month over allegations of spying. The Foreign Office said it summoned Russian ambassador Andrey Kelin to condemn “Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified decision” and “baseless accusations”.
LONDON (AP) – Former Prince Andrew saw his reputation destroyed six years ago and became the butt of internet jokes when he gave a disastrous interview to the BBC about his relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) – A series of small earthquakes rattled the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday morning in an area that has had a lot of seismic activity in recent months. The most powerful of Monday’s quakes was a magnitude 4.2 that struck shortly after 7 a.m. just south of San Ramon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
PARIS (AP) – France’s delayed budget for this year is set to pass Monday, clearing the way for higher military spending promised by President Emmanuel Macron to confront threats linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine and Mideast conflicts.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Mai Vang wouldn’t be born for another seven years when Bob Matsui was first elected to Congress from California in 1978. By the time Matsui died in 2005 and was replaced by his widow, Doris Matsui, Vang was still studying biology and sociology in college.
BEIJING (AP) – Beijing on Monday criticized the Dalai Lama ‘s first Grammy win, describing the music industry award for an audiobook, narration and storytelling as “a tool for anti-China political manipulation.” The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader took the award on Sunday for his book, “Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.”
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran said Monday that it had summoned all of the European Union’s ambassadors in the country to protest the bloc’s listing of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terror group. The move came as Turkey tried to organize a meeting between U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian officials, seeking to jump-start talks.
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) – Punxsutawney Phil, the legendary groundhog that lives in a tree stump in rural Pennsylvania, has issued the most highly anticipated weather forecast of the season: six more weeks of winter. The groundhog’s forecast was announced Monday by the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club in rural Pennsylvania.
TOKYO (AP) – Japan said Monday it has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals from the seabed near a remote island, as the country seeks to reduce its reliance on China.
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