George Pino found not guilty on both counts in boat crash trial
Jurors found estate mogul George Pino, accused of causing a boat crash in 2022 that killed his daughter’s 17-year-old friend and left another teen disabled, not guilty on two criminal charges Monday evening.
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Fernando Bermudez was among the Venezuelan migrants who live in Colombia who breathed a sigh of relief after Abelardo De la Espriella’s narrow presidential victory on Sunday’s runoff election.
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Eccentric, ostentatious and artistic, Abelardo de la Espriella is also a political neophyte who is poised to become Colombia’s next president after leaning into everything that makes him different from the conventional politician to win people’s support.
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Abelardo De La Espriella won 80.57% of the votes from Colombians in the U.S. during the presidential runoff election on Sunday, according to data published by the Colombian National Registry.
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After judges’ certification, Hernán Penagos, Colombia’s national registrar, announced on Monday that the preliminary vote count after the runoff presidential election was “accurate.”
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PARIS (AP) — France gritted its teeth Monday for a week of record-busting temperatures, sweltering in a heat wave with daytime highs above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) and sleep-robbing sweaty nights.
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BEIJING (AP) — China on Monday announced sanctions on 10 American military-related companies in response to a recent U.S. move that bars some leading Chinese tech companies from defense contracts.
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Mexico, Kenya, Italy and other nations around the world are experiencing one to two more months of heat stress than they were several decades ago, new research published Monday says, and some areas even more so. Regions previously untouched by heat stress are now feeling it, too.
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LONDON (AP) — Simon Boyd’s firm makes prefabricated steel structures on the south coast of England and ships them to customers as far away as Ghana and Barbados. Mike Hawes represents Britain’s carmakers as the head of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
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ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Monday that wars are being sustained more easily than people are fed, urging governments to strengthen resources to combat hunger after a severe funding shortfall by the United States and other countries.
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BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Confirmed cases in the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo have reached 1,003, including 254 deaths, officials said, as tracing those who had been in contact with patients remains a major challenge.
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U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Abelardo De la Espriella, Colombia’s new president-elect, during a phone call on Sunday, according to De La Espriella’s campaign.
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Political outsider Abelardo de la Espriella held a razor-thin lead in Colombia’s presidential election with nearly all the votes counted Sunday, in a runoff vote marked by people’s fears of a renewed internal conflict.
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Iran’s foreign minister said early Monday that Pakistani and Qatari mediation has delivered major progress to end the Lebanon War and the two mediating nations said the first round of High-level talks between the U.S. and the Islamic republic had ended. The United States has not yet commented,
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During a speech on Sunday night in Bogotá, Colombian presidential candidate Iván Cepeda said the preliminary vote count result was “not official or binding” and vowed “to challenge” it.
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Colombians made history on Sunday as they voted for the country’s 48th president in a runoff election between left-wing candidate Iván Cepeda and right-wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella.
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Colombians made history on Sunday as they voted for the country’s 48th president in a runoff election between left-wing candidate Iván Cepeda and right-wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s ruling party has maintained an overwhelming majority in parliament following the June 1 election, according to final results on Sunday.
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Officials in Russia-occupied Crimea suspended civilian gasoline sales Sunday as Ukraine ramped up attacks on fuel supplies on the Black Sea peninsula.
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SANT'ANGELO LODIGIANO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday exalted the first American saint, Mother Frances Cabrini, as a model for Christians today to care for migrants in need, as he visited her birthplace during a day trip to northern Italy.
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Colombians head to the polls to cast their ballots on Sunday, as they vote for a new president during a runoff election.
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TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Less than 150 miles (240 kilometers) from Los Angeles' World Cup stadium sits the hotel housing Iran's team. The entrance to the Marriott in Tijuana, Mexico, is barricaded, flanked by police and members of the Mexican National Guard, guns held close. No one enters without a hotel reservation or special permission.
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy has returned Poland's highest state honor, after the Polish president stripped him of the award as a politically charged dispute over World War II history resurfaced.
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A large fire almost completely destroyed a luxury resort in the Dominican Republic on Friday, forcing the evacuation of almost 1,700 tourists, authorities said.
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ROME (AP) — The Italian government closed ranks on Friday to slam U.S. President Donald Trump over his claim that Premier Giorgia Meloni had “begged” for a photo with him during the recent G7 summit, a pushback that suggested America’s longtime European ally had had enough of Trump’s boasting and criticism.
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Asylum seekers deported by the U.S. to Sierra Leone risk being sent back to their home countries where they face persecution, according to one of their lawyers and documents seen by The Associated Press, despite prior U.S. court orders barring their deportation to those countries.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — As World Cup fever sweeps Mexico City, one of the tournament’s biggest fan favorites isn’t a player, coach or official mascot. Joining Merlin the duck in the pantheon of heart-stealers is Osito, an 8-year-old rescue poodle mix who's become an unlikely sensation after arriving at Mexico’s opening match perched on the back of a cargo bicycle, dressed in a Mexico jersey, sunglasses and a cap.
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ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, England (AP) — Labour’s Andy Burnham, the popular mayor of Greater Manchester, won a special election for a seat in Parliament and signaled Friday that he will use it to challenge embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer for leadership of the country.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group agreed Friday to halt the heavy fighting in southern Lebanon that had threatened to unravel an interim agreement between the United States and Iran to end their war, officials said. Neither Israel nor Hezbollah immediately confirmed the truce.
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LONDON (AP) — Andy Burnham is a political insider turned outsider who aims to be Britain’s next prime minister.
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BEIJING (AP) — Dragon boat races, lion dances and other festivities marked the Dragon Boat Festival on Friday across mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The more than 2,000-year-old holiday is best known for its sporting events, but its origins are rooted in ancient beliefs about health, protection and harmony with nature.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli man who said he was sexually abused while he was held hostage in the Gaza Strip is hoping to use his voice to help empower victims who have suffered similar assaults, including in conflict zones, he said in remarks ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia's Supreme Court on Friday upheld the incitement conviction of a prominent opposition politician while suspending the remainder of his sentence, keeping him out of prison but unable to practice politics for years and renewing questions about the government's efforts to quash criticism.
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police charged a third suspect on Friday with an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue that was allegedly directed by Iran.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, killing three people, as the Trump administration wages a monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America.
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — About a hundred Colombian guerrilla dissidents on Thursday surrendered their weapons in a step toward their gradual reintegration into civilian life as part of a peace process with the government of President Gustavo Petro.
TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — Adnan Kaour returned on Thursday to check on his home in southern Lebanon 's coastal city of Tyre — once known as an idyllic summer getaway spot — just a week after Israel issued warnings for all of its residents to evacuate.
BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lashed out at NATO allies on Thursday as he announced a six-month Pentagon review of American forces in Europe whose outcome will depend on how fast the Europeans take responsibility for their own security.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Thursday night that Vice President JD Vance was delaying a trip to Switzerland, where he'd been set to lead a new round of negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program — raising questions about what's next for the tentative agreement to end the war.
The agreement struck between the United States and Iran aims to end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, ease sanctions on the Islamic Republic and relaunch nuclear talks with a 60-day deadline.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday lashed out at members of Israel’s government, saying that the country is deeply isolated and its leaders have failed to appreciate American diplomatic and military support.
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Gunmen attacked the main airport in Niger's capital early Thursday, killing 11 soldiers and two civilians in an exchange of fire that also left 22 of the attackers dead, authorities said.
PARIS (AP) — It may be one of Emmanuel Macron's last major foreign policy triumphs as France’s leader: luring U.S. President Donald Trump to a historic night in Versailles, where he signed an initial deal to end the Iran war.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities have arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting a Russian activist critical of President Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, and are investigating whether Russia is behind it, senior officials said Thursday.
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — The memories of Colombia’s six decades of armed conflict are still like open wounds etched on its victims’ bodies and minds.
LONDON (AP) — Keir Starmer isn’t on the ballot, but the U.K. prime minister’s future is on the line in a special election on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Taiwan needs to purchase American weapons to ensure its self-defense in the face of a growing threat from Beijing, the island's top diplomat in the U.S. said, adding that he has seen no change in Washington's policy toward the self-governing island that China claims as its own.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an agreement with Iran on Wednesday that calls for Tehran to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and waives U.S.-backed sanctions on the country, immediately allowing Iran to sell its oil freely in a major concession from Washington, according to details released by both countries.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Qantas Airways plans to launch the world’s longest direct flight next year, a service of up to 22 hours nonstop between London and Sydney.
PARIS (AP) — Donald Trump explained the appeal in one sentence: “Versailles is not gold leaf — Versailles is the real deal.”
Leaders of both the U.S. and Iran have signed a memorandum of agreement on ending the war in Iran, and it “shall enter into force with immediate effect,” Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Wednesday.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip have killed 1,005 Palestinians since a ceasefire was reached between Israel and the militant group Hamas last October, the Gaza Health Ministry said Wednesday.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A senior Polish defense official said Wednesday that the United States has expressed interest in potentially establishing a permanent U.S. military base in Poland.
The need for food, medicine and other basic essentials across Cuba is the most dire it has ever been -- and it’s one reason why a crucial meeting took place Wednesday on the island between Cuban religious organizations and U.S. diplomat Mike Hammer, aimed at getting supplies to the people.
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica is in discussions with the United States to accept third-country deportees, a move that would add the island nation to a growing number of Caribbean countries working with the Trump administration on its immigration agenda.
