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Former career US diplomat charged with secretly spying for Cuban intelligence for decades
MIAMI (AP) — A former career American diplomat was charged with serving as a secret agent for communist Cuba going back decades in what prosecutors portrayed as one of the most brazen and long-running betrayals in the history of the U.S. foreign service. Manuel Rocha wept as he sat...
Former US ambassador arrested in Florida, accused of serving as an agent of Cuba, AP source says
MIAMI (AP) — A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested in a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation, accused of secretly serving as an agent of Cuba’s government, The Associated Press has learned. Manuel Rocha, 73, was...
The AP Interview: Ukraine's Zelenskyy says the war with Russia is in a new phase as winter looms
KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the war with Russia is in a new stage, with winter expected to complicate fighting after a summer counteroffensive that failed to produce desired results due to enduring shortages of weapons and ground forces. ...
Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China, died Wednesday, his consulting firm said. He was 100. ...
Henry Kissinger was a trusted confidant to President Nixon until the bitter, bizarre end
WASHINGTON (AP) — All these years later, the scene still is almost too bizarre to imagine: a tearful president and his perplexed aide, neither very religious, kneeling in prayer on the floor of a White House bedroom in the waning hours of a shattered presidency. Until the...
Five things to know about Henry Kissinger, a dominant figure in global affairs in the 1970s
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who died Wednesday at age 100, exerted far-reaching influence on global affairs under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford between 1969 and 1977, earning both vilification and the Nobel Peace Prize. Here are five...
Today in History: November 26, China enters the Korean War
Today in History Today is Sunday, Nov. 26, the 330th day of 2023. There are 35 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 26, 1950, China entered the Korean War, launching a counteroffensive against soldiers from the United...
How the hostage deal came about: Negotiations stumbled, but persistence finally won out
WASHINGTON (AP) — The negotiations hardly ran smoothly. But in the end, persistence paid off. Six weeks ago, not long after Hamas killed more than 1,200 people in Israel and took scores of others hostage in a surprise assault, the government of Qatar quietly reached out to the...
Nearly half of Americans think the US is spending too much on Ukraine aid, an AP-NORC poll says
WASHINGTON (AP) — As lawmakers in Washington weigh sending billions more in federal support to Kyiv to help fight off Russian aggression, close to half of the U.S. public thinks the country is spending too much on aid to Ukraine, according to polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for...
North Korea says it put a military spy satellite into orbit on third try
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said it placed a spy satellite into orbit with its third launch attempt this year, demonstrating the nation's determination to build a space-based surveillance system during protracted tensions with the United States. The North’s claim...
