SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP): Ernesto strengthened into a hurricane on Wednesday as it dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico and left nearly half of all clients in the US territory without power, as it threatened to become a major storm en route to...
DHAKA (AP): Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called on Tuesday from self-exile in India for an investigation into those responsible for the killings of students and others during weeks of violent protests that prompted her ouster....
KABUL (AP): The Taliban celebrated the third anniversary of its return to power on Wednesday at a former US airbase in Afghanistan, but there was no mention of the country’s hardships or promises to help the struggling population. Under blue skies...
CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, California (AP): No one in this wealthy California community, known for its white-sand beaches and storybook charm, has a street address. But unlike the houses in Carmel-By-The-Sea, those days may soon be numbered. After more...
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency on Wednesday, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries and a new form of the...
KAMPALA (AP): A former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group has been convicted of dozens of crimes against humanity in a key moment of justice for many in Uganda who suffered decades of its brutal insurgency. The long-awaited...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP): San Francisco prosecutors have charged 26 protesters who blocked the Golden Gate Bridge for hours in April to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. The protest on April 15 was one of many held by pro-Palestinian demonstrators who blocked...
OCALA, Florida (AP): A Florida jury will determine whether a 60-year-old white woman was justified when she fired through the door of her central Florida apartment a year ago, killing a black mother during an ongoing dispute over neighbourhood...
UNITED NATIONS (AP): After decades of seeking a bigger voice in the United Nations ‘ most powerful body, Africa “cannot wait any longer”, Sierra Leone’s president told the Security Council on Monday. Chairing a meeting that his country convened,...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police officer was indicted Tuesday on murder and other charges in the shooting of Ta'Kiya Young, a 21-year-old pregnant Black mother who was killed after being accused of shoplifting last August. Young was...
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump recounted his assassination attempt in vivid detail and promised the largest deportation in US history during a high-profile return to the social media platform formerly known as Twitter — a conversation...
KAMPALA (AP): Piled-up rubbish collapsed at a vast landfill site in the Ugandan capital, killing at least 18 people, the Red Cross said. Fourteen other people were injured when the Kiteezi landfill, which serves as a waste disposal site for much of...
THE HAGUE (AP): International Criminal Court prosecutors said Monday that they are “actively monitoring” events in Venezuela, where security forces have launched a crackdown on the opposition in the aftermath of the nation’s disputed presidential...
GENEVA (AP): War-wrecked Sudan ‘s humanitarian crisis is at “a catastrophic breaking point” amid fighting and devastating flooding, the UN migration agency said on Monday, ahead of peace talks planned for later this week. The talks face uncertainty...
MEXICO CITY (AP): The United States managed to arrest Mexico’s most-wanted drug lord, but Mexican prosecutors – and the president – now say that they are considering bringing treason charges against those who handed him over. It is part of the long...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 has struck the Los Angeles area, the US Geological Survey said Monday. People reported feeling it strongly across the Los Angeles area. A medical building shook and residents said...
CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) NASA is wrestling over how and when to bring two astronauts back from the International Space Station, after repeatedly delaying their return aboard Boeing’s troubled capsule. Do they take a chance and send them home soon in...
BEL AIR (AP): At least one person died and two were injured after a Maryland house exploded on Sunday amid reports of a possible gas leak, fire officials said. Firefighters were called to the scene in Bel Air, northeast of Baltimore, around 6:40 a...
SÃO PAULO (AP): Families of victims of an airliner crash in Brazil are gathering Sunday at a morgue and hotels in São Paulo as forensics experts work to identify the remains of the 62 people killed in the accident. Local authorities said the...
DEIR AL-BALAH (AP): The Israeli military ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza early Sunday, a day after a deadly airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in the north killed at least 80 Palestinians, according to local health authorities. The...
CARACAS (AP): President Nicolás Maduro said he has ordered a 10-day block on access to X in Venezuela, accusing the owner Elon Musk of using the social network to promote hatred after the country’s disputed presidential election. Associated Press (...
CAIRO (AP): The United Nations refugee agency said Friday that flood conditions in Sudan have hindered the delivery of aid to areas where many are already facing hunger and famine, including to a camp in North Darfur for those who have fled ongoing...
NASSAU (CMC): Police say they have found the body of a person whom they believe is the American pilot of a two-seater single engine aircraft that took off from Florida on August 4 but failed to reach his intended destination of Marsh Harbour in...
MIAMI (AP): Federal investigators say they found the DNA of a decorated former US Green Beret on some of the 60 automatic weapons he allegedly smuggled from Florida to South America as part of a failed 2020 coup attempt against Venezuelan President...
