A Ukrainian national has been arrested in Croatia in connection with an alleged sabotage attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, German authorities said on Wednesday. The man, named as “Vladimir Z,” or Volodymyr using the Ukrainian form, was arrested in Pula in western Croatia on Wednesday morning by local police after a European arrest warrant was issued, Germany’s Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement. According to the statement, the man, who prosecutors say is a qualified diver, “was part of a group of individuals associated with Serhii K. – who is being prosecuted separately – who, in…

ANN ARBOR — For more than 25 years, Mike Tirico and his family have called southeast Michigan home. Here at the U.S. Senior Women’s Open, the brilliant and ubiquitous broadcaster has a different title: Honorary Chair.Earlier this week, Tirico, 59, delivered opening remarks at the Big House, the famed football stadium that sits…

President Hakainde Hichilema appears on course for an outright win as observers cite violence and a tilted campaign field.Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has extended his lead in the country’s general election as vote counting continues.With 71 percent of constituencies announcing their counts on Monday, Hichilema was reported to have won…

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The former Western Open tees off Thursday at Bellerive Country Club outside of St. Louis, MO, with Scottie Scheffler as the heavy favorite.The now-BMW Championship is the second tournament in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs, sandwiched between the St. Jude Championship and the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf…

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