Huge Strawberry Grows in Israel
KADIMA-ZORAN, Israel (AP) - It's enough of a strawberry to make a strawberry LONG cake. And now it has a place in the Guinness World Records book. A strawberry tipping the scales at more than a half pound has been…
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Western Europe cleans up after storm leaves at least 12 dead
LONDON (AP) — Crews are clearing fallen trees and working to restore power to about 400,000 people in Britain as Western Europe cleans up from one of the most damaging storms in years. Named Storm Eunice by the British and…
Modeling agent close to Epstein found dead in French jail
PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors say a modeling agent who was close to disgraced U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead Saturday in his French jail cell. Agent Jean-Luc Brunel was being held in an investigation into the rape of…
Canada police clear Parliament street in bid to end siege
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Police aggressively pushed back protesters, took control of trucks and cleared the street in front of Parliament. Scores of the trucks left under the pressure, raising authorities’ hopes for an end to the three-week protest against…
Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls on Putin to meet as tensions soar
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, facing a sharp spike in violence in and around territory held by Russia-backed rebels and increasingly dire warnings that Russia plans to invade, has called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet him…
Biden: Russian threat to invade Ukraine still 'very high'
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Fears of a new war in Europe have resurged as U.S. President Joe Biden warned that Russia could invade Ukraine within days, and violence spiked in a long-running standoff in eastern Ukraine that some fear could…
Canada's Trudeau invokes emergency powers to quell protests
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is invoking emergency powers to weaken the protests by demonstrators who are paralyzing the capital city of Ottawa and blocking border crossings. [field59_video account="WBBJ" key="c22b1de98a5e921e43cf02c682a05767a42b5d37" vtitle="Canada's Trudeau invokes emergency powers to…
Kremlin ready for more talks with West amid Ukraine tensions
MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin is signaling it is ready to keep talking with the West about security grievances that led to the current Ukraine crisis, offering hope that Russia might not invade its beleaguered neighbor within days as the…
US: Over 130,000 Russian troops now staged outside Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine’s president urged calm amid intensified warnings of a possible Russian invasion within days, saying he had yet to see convincing evidence of that. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's comments came as the U.S. updated its estimate of…
Putin, Biden conclude hourlong call on Ukraine crisis
MOSCOW (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin have concluded a call to discuss the crisis in Ukraine as the White House says intelligence shows Russia could invade on short notice. The White House says the call lasted 62-minutes.…
