LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) – More than eight months after his death, former Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s remains are still in a South African funeral home, the subject of a macabre fight between his family and the longtime rival who succeeded him.
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks sank as Wall Street kept punishing companies that could become losers in the AI revolution. A surprisingly discouraging update on inflation also hurt the market Friday, while oil prices climbed. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% and closed out just its second losing month in the last 10. The Dow dropped 1.1%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.9%.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – At least 33 people have been killed after Islamic militants launched simultaneous attacks on a district in northwest Nigeria, according to the police.
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged cross-border attacks overnight in a dramatic escalation of tensions that led Pakistan’s defense minister to say on Friday that the two countries are in a state of “open war.” Afghanistan launched an attack on Pakistan late Thursday, saying it was in retaliation for deadly Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan border areas Sunday.
RABAT, Morocco (AP) – A Moroccan court on Thursday sentenced 19 soccer fans to up to a year in prison on charges of hooliganism stemming from a chaotic Africa Cup of Nations final between Morocco and Senegal that saw supporters try to storm the field.
BEIRUT (AP) – As wounded anti-government protesters poured into an Iranian hospital during last month’s crackdown, a young doctor hurried to the emergency room. When the doctor and others tried to resuscitate a man, a group of armed, plainclothes security agents blocked their way, pushing some back with their rifles, the doctor told The Associated Press.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) – A son of former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was arrested in South Africa along with another man on Thursday over the shooting of a man at a house in Johannesburg, police and a family lawyer said. Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe was one of two men detained and taken in for questioning.
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:
GENEVA (AP) – A “campaign of destruction” in October by Sudanese paramilitary forces against non-Arab communities in and near a city in the country’s western region of Darfur shows “hallmarks of genocide,” U.N.-backed human rights experts reported Thursday, a dramatic finding in the country’s devastating war.
°C
