Month: January 2023

Israel to ‘Strengthen’ Settlements After Shooting Attacks

JERUSALEM—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday announced a series of punitive steps against the Palestinians, including plans to beef up Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, in response to a pair of shooting attacks that killed seven Israelis and wounded five others. Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet approved the measures in the wake of a…


Palestinian Teen Wounds 2, Day After 7 Killed in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM—A 13-year-old Palestinian opened fire in east Jerusalem on Saturday, wounding two Israelis, officials said, a day after another attacker killed seven outside a synagogue in the deadliest attack in the city since 2008. The shooting in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in east Jerusalem, near the historic Old City, wounded a father and son,…


Authorities Capture 2 Virginia Inmates in Tennessee

ABINGDON, Va.—Two inmates who fled a southwest Virginia jail were being held without bond on Saturday after they were captured in northeast Tennessee, authorities said. Officers located Johnny Shane Brown and Albert Lee Ricketson in a barn on Friday in Rogersville, Tennessee, and arrested them without incident, the sheriff’s office in Washington County, Virginia, said…


Quebec Man Arrested in Mexico and Brought Back to Canada After Months on the Run

A 35-year-old Quebec man considered one of Canada’s most wanted fugitives was arrested in Mexico and extradited to Canada after more than a year on the run. Provincial police had been searching for Blake Charbonneau of Laval, Que., on  a number of sex-related offenses and had listed him in the national Bolo program, which uses…


Italy, Libya Sign $8 Billion Gas Deal as Prime Minister Meloni Visits Tripoli

CAIRO—Italy’s prime minister held talks in Libya on Saturday with officials from the country’s west-based government focusing on energy and migration, top issues for Italy and the European Union. During the visit, the two countries’ oil companies signed a gas deal worth $8 billion—the largest single investment in Libya’s energy sector in more than two…


3 Killed in Russian Strike on East Ukraine City

KOSTIANTYNIVKA, Ukraine—A Russian strike killed three people in a residential district of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivka on Saturday, the regional governor said. Fourteen other people were wounded in the attack, which also damaged four apartment buildings and a hotel, Donetsk governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said. “Rescuers and law enforcement officials are working at the…


Shen Yun: ‘I Wish That Every American Could See This,’ Says Cincinnati Patron

CINCINNATI—Russell Hufford, stockbroker, and Ashley Hufford, personal finance coach, were impressed and emboldened by Shen Yun Performing Arts. From Elsmere, Kentucky, the Huffords and came to see Shen Yun, for the first time, at the Aronoff Center for the Arts in Cincinnati on Jan. 28. “It was simply amazing … beautiful, beautiful, beautiful,” said Mr….


Retired Gen. Petr Pavel Beats Billionaire Andrej Babis to Become New Czech President

PRAGUE—Petr Pavel, a retired army general, decisively defeated populist billionaire Andrej Babis in a runoff vote Saturday to become the Czech Republic’s new president. Pavel, 61, will succeed controversy-courting Milos Zeman in the largely ceremonial but prestigious post. His election is expected to cement the country’s Western orientation following Zeman’s decade in office. With all…


US Seeks Tighter Bail for FTX Founder Bankman-Fried to Prevent Tampering

NEW YORK—U.S. prosecutors on Friday asked a Manhattan judge to impose tougher bail conditions on Sam Bankman-Fried, expressing concern that the founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange might tamper with witnesses or destroy evidence in his criminal case. Citing Bankman-Fried’s “recent attempts to contact prospective witnesses,” prosecutors asked U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan to ban…


Job Creation a Priority as Liberal Caucus Wraps Up

As Ottawa marks one year since the Freedom Convoy arrived in the national capital, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he understands the anger and concerns protesters have while also promising “good, long-term jobs” as a way to relieve pressures Canadians are facing. Dozens gathered outside Parliament on Saturday to mark the anniversary as members of…