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Cuba protests US comments following protests against power blackouts, food shortages

Mar. 18, 2024 20:48 PM EDT

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government on Monday protested as interventionist comments from the U.S. Embassy on the island following demonstrations against power blackouts and food shortages by hundreds of people in eastern Cuba. Cuba’s Foreign Ministry delivered a note expressing the...

Takeaways from the predictable Russian election that gave Putin another 6 years in power

Mar. 18, 2024 14:12 PM EDT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — To no one's surprise, President Vladimir Putin secured another six years in power in a preordained election landslide that comes amid the harshest crackdown on the opposition and free speech since Soviet times. The three days of balloting, in which Putin...

Germans thought they were immune to nationalism after confronting their Nazi past. They were wrong

Mar. 18, 2024 12:41 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — When Sabine Thonke joined a recent demonstration in Berlin against Germany's far-right party, it was the first time in years she felt hopeful that the growing power of the extremists in her country could be stopped. Thonke, 59, had been following the rise of the...

South Korea suspends the licenses of 2 senior doctors in first punitive steps over doctors' walkouts

Mar. 18, 2024 07:46 AM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean authorities have suspended the licenses of two senior doctors for allegedly inciting the weekslong walkouts by thousands of medical interns and residents that have disrupted hospital operations, one of the doctors said Monday. The suspensions...

Putin basks in electoral victory that was never in doubt even as Russians quietly protest

Mar. 17, 2024 23:38 PM EDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin basked in a victory early Monday that was never in doubt, as partial election results showed him easily securing a fifth term after facing only token challengers and harshly suppressing opposition voices. With little margin for protest, Russians...

Cubans in eastern city of Santiago protest blackouts and food shortages

Mar. 17, 2024 23:33 PM EDT

HAVANA (AP) — Small groups of protesters took to the streets in the eastern city of Santiago on Sunday, decrying power outages lasting up to eight hours and food shortages across Cuba. Videos on social media showed demonstrators on the outskirts of the city, which is about 800...

Putin says protests during election had no effect and any crimes will be punished after vote in which he stifled dissent

Mar. 17, 2024 17:24 PM EDT
MOSCOW (AP) — Putin says protests during election had no effect and any crimes will be punished after vote in which he stifled dissent.

AP PHOTOS: Russians vote in election dominated by Putin

Mar. 17, 2024 16:27 PM EDT

From the hush of isolated Siberian villages to the clamor of big cities to war battered towns in occupied parts of Ukraine, Russians voted in a presidential election overwhelmingly dominated by Vladimir Putin. With ballots counted from about 30% of precincts on Sunday evening, Putin...

Prominent European far-right figure prevented from speaking at an event in Switzerland

Mar. 17, 2024 13:52 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — A prominent European far-right figure was prevented from giving a speech at an event in Switzerland and thrown out of the region where it was taking place. Martin Sellner of the Identitarian Movement said in a video posted on social media network X that he had been...

Hundreds of people in Mexico City stretch out for a 'mass nap' to commemorate World Sleep Day

Mar. 16, 2024 02:45 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Those walking through the milling streets of downtown Mexico City on Friday were greeted with a strange and sleepy sight. Lolling with bright blue yoga mats, sleeping masks and travel pillows, hundreds of Mexicans laid sprawled out on the ground at the base of...