‘I can’t be the only one’: Docuseries on ‘Women Who Rock’
AdminsNEW YORK -- As a percussion protégé growing up in the Bay Area, Sheila Escovedo would ask visiting bands if she could sit in. She was often told to beat it.…
Colombia’s incoming finance minister wants fair capitalism
BOGOTA, Colombia -- The economics professor who has been tapped as Colombia’s next finance minister says the left-leaning government taking office next month will focus on increasing taxes on the rich so it…
Ukraine: Russian attacks kill 10; US condemns deportations
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russian missile strikes in Ukraine's southern city of Mykolaiv killed at least five people, Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday, part of a series of artillery and missile barrages across…
Heat wave, flooding leave multiple people dead in China
Flooding and extreme high temperatures have caused multiple deaths in eastern China as summer heat descends earlier than usual. Record-high temperatures have been reported in Zhejiang province, just east of the global…
Sri Lanka’s embattled leader leaves Maldives on Saudi plane
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka’s embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has left Maldives after fleeing his own country amid an economic collapse. He boarded a Saudi Airlines plane that will take…
Brittney Griner to appear in Russian court as pressure mounts on Biden White House to secure her release
WNBA star Brittney Griner is set to appear in a Russian court on Thursday morning for the third day of her trial, as the Biden administration works to secure her…