SAO PAULO (AP): The four-year-old boy struggled to balance while walking through the living room. His mother’s eyes attentively followed his every move. Then a seizure knocked him to the ground, the dull thud of his small body echoing through the...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa has active investigations into alleged corruption totalling more than $7 billion at some of its top state-owned companies, according to a report published Tuesday by the national anti-...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Prosecutors on Tuesday called for 50 people, including three Americans, to face the death penalty for what the Congolese army says was a coup attempt earlier this year. Military prosecutor Lieutenant Colonel...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Colombian airlines Avianca and Latam Colombia said late Monday they will operate most of their flights Tuesday and resume full schedules Wednesday, after warning earlier they would have to cancel dozens of flights...
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Maria García began the week full of hope. Swinging by the office of her attorney in Los Angeles, she dropped off required paperwork for the Biden administration's new immigration policy that could finally...
LONDON (AP): Three people were stabbed during the first day of the Notting Hill Carnival, Europe’s biggest street festival, with a 32-year-old woman suffering “life-threatening” injuries, London’s Metropolitan Police Service said. More than one...
ISLAMABAD (AP): Multiple attacks in Pakistan’s restive southwest have killed at least 38 people, the highest death toll in a 24-hour period blamed on separatists in Baluchistan province in recent years. Gunmen mowed down people after dragging them...
KYIV (AP): Russia battered much of Ukraine on Monday, firing scores of missiles and drones that killed four people, injured more than a dozen and damaged energy facilities in attacks that President Volodymyr Zelensky described as “vile”. The...
JERUSALEM (AP): A round of high-level talks in Cairo meant to bring about a ceasefire and hostage deal to at least temporarily end the 10-month Israel-Hamas war in Gaza ended Sunday without a final agreement, a US official said. But talks will...
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday launched a six-month plan to help stanch outbreaks of mpox transmission, including ramping up staffing in affected countries and boosting surveillance, prevention and response...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mariah Carey's mother Patricia and sister Alison both died on the same day, the singer said Monday. “My heart is broken that I've lost my mother this past weekend. Sadly, in a tragic turn of events,...
LONDON (AP) — Three people were stabbed during the first day of the Notting Hill Carnival, Europe's biggest street festival, with a 32-year-old woman suffering “life-threatening” injuries, London's Metropolitan Police...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch data protection watchdog slapped a 290 million euro (US$324 million) fine Monday on ride-hailing service Uber for allegedly transferring personal details of European drivers to the United States without...
The campaigns of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are arguing in advance of their high-stakes September 10 debate over whether microphones should be muted except for the candidate whose turn it is to speak. While it...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 100 villagers and soldiers were killed in central Burkina Faso during a weekend attack on a village by al-Qaida-linked jihadis, according to videos of the violence analysed by a regional specialist, who's...
Barely over a year after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that mpox was no longer a public health issue of international concern, it is back in the news. This time with a diversity of variants, new modes of transmission, and new...
PARIS (AP): The message is clear: Paralympians are not participating. They are competing. A number of athletes preparing for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games have proclaimed that on their social feeds over the past few days, reminding the world...
Isabella Pires first noticed what she calls the “gradual apathy pandemic” in eighth grade. Only a handful of classmates registered for service projects she helped organise at her Massachusetts school. Even fewer actually showed up. When she got to...
COX’S BAZAR (AP) : Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar who live in sprawling camps in Bangladesh on Sunday marked the seventh anniversary of their mass exodus, demanding safe return to Myanmar’s Rakhine state. The refugees...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP): Venezuela’s government said Friday it will order former opposition candidate Edmundo González to provide sworn testimony in an ongoing investigation into what it considers attempts to spread panic in the South American...
Published:Sunday | August 25, 2024 | 12:25 AMâ AP
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor on Friday called on judges to “urgently” rule on his request for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others linked to the Israel-Hamas war, saying the court has...
MINEOLA, New York (AP): A disability rights organisation is challenging a suburban New York ban on wearing masks in public except for health and religious reasons, arguing it is unconstitutional and discriminates against people with disabilities....
Published:Sunday | August 25, 2024 | 12:23 AMâ AP
At least five Secret Service agents have been placed on modified duty after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in July, a law enforcement official has disclosed. They include the special agent in charge of the Pittsburgh...
PARIS (AP): Before he died last week, French film icon Alain Delon once suggested he wanted his beloved sheepdog Loubo buried with him. To the relief of animal lovers around France, Loubo will be allowed to survive. Delon, an internationally...
SANTAQUIN, Utah (AP) — A small town south of Salt Lake City is mourning the death of a 5-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself with a handgun he found in his parents' bedroom. The boy found a 9 mm handgun in the back room of his...
