Saturday January 11th, 2025 7:07PM

AP World News

Pentagon says it doubled the number of US troops in Syria before Assad's fall
The United States has more than doubled the number of its forces in Syria to fight the Islamic State group
3:13PM ( 3 weeks ago )
Canada's Trudeau to shuffle his Cabinet Friday amid resignation calls and rising discontent
A senior official says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his Cabinet on Friday
1:09PM ( 3 weeks ago )
Syrian villagers near the Golan Heights say Israeli forces are banning them from their fields
Residents of a Syrian village near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights say Israeli forces have set up a position in an abandoned army base and are preventing local farmers from accessing their fields
12:57PM ( 3 weeks ago )
Elon Musk considers funding Nigel Farage's populist party, a move that could shake up UK politics
British politician Nigel Farage says talks are underway about Elon Musk making a hefty donation to Farage’s party Reform U.K. The Times of London reported it could be as much as $100 million, which would be the largest political donation in U.K. history
10:00AM ( 3 weeks ago )
Harmful gas billowing from Texas and New Mexico comes mostly from smaller leaks, researchers say
Huge quantities of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, are being emitting by oil and gas operators in the 75,000-square-mile Permian Basin straddling Texas and New Mexico
9:16AM ( 3 weeks ago )
German lawmakers back plan to protect supreme court against meddling by authoritarians, extremists
German lawmakers have approved legislation designed to protect the country’s highest court against possible future manipulation or obstruction by authoritarian or extremist politicians
8:37AM ( 3 weeks ago )
In Florida, a race is on to save the Everglades and protect a key source of drinking water
For decades, largescale engineering projects for development and agriculture drained and partitioned South Florida's Everglades, a vast wetlands landscape home to endangered and threatened species and a vital source of drinking water for millions of Floridians
8:34AM ( 3 weeks ago )
EU leaders insist no decisions can be taken about Ukraine without Ukraine, or behind their backs
European Union leaders insist no decisions can be taken about the future of Ukraine without its consent or behind their backs
7:14AM ( 3 weeks ago )
Italy's Salvini faces verdict for blocking migrants at sea. Case weighs limits of stemming migration
Italy’s deputy premier, Matteo Salvini, is sounding defiant as he awaits a verdict in Sicily for preventing some 100 migrants from disembarking a rescue boat in 2019 when he was interior minister
7:10AM ( 3 weeks ago )
Romania's political tumult continues as leftist party leaves talks to form pro-European coalition
Romania’s leftist Social Democratic Party has withdrawn from negotiations to form a pro-European coalition government, extending political turmoil that has gripped the European Union country after a top court annulled a presidential election
7:07AM ( 3 weeks ago )