ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A two-story school collapsed during morning classes Friday in north-central Nigeria, killing 22 students and sending rescuers on a frantic search for more than 100 people trapped in the rubble, authorities said. The...
MUMBAI, India (AP) — The youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, Asia's richest man, married his longtime girlfriend early Saturday in what many dubbed the wedding of the year, attended by global celebrities, business tycoons and politicians,...
ABUJA (AP): A two-storey school collapsed during morning classes Friday in north-central Nigeria, trapping about 120 students and teachers, and setting off a frantic search for those in the rubble. A local television station reported 12 deaths....
LONDON (AP): A man was sentenced to life in prison Friday for plotting to kidnap, rape and murder Holly Willoughby, one of Britain’s most high-profile television personalities. At the sentencing hearing at Chelmsford Crown Court, east of London,...
KATHMANDU (AP): A landslide swept two passenger buses carrying more than 50 people into a swollen river in central Nepal early Friday, while continuous rain and more landslides were making rescue efforts difficult. Three survivors apparently swam...
SANTA FE, New Mexico (AP) — A New Mexico judge on Friday brought a sudden and stunning end to the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin, dismissing it in the middle of the actor's trial and saying it cannot be filed again....
MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday sanctioned a Venezuelan gang allegedly behind a spree of kidnappings, extortion and other violent crimes tied to migrants that have spread across Latin America and the United States...
PLAINFIELD, Vt. (AP) — A second person has died in Vermont in the flooding from Hurricane Beryl's remnants, officials said Thursday. John Rice, 73, died when he drove his vehicle through a flooded street Thursday morning in...
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A landslide swept two passenger buses carrying more than 50 people into a swollen river in central Nepal early Friday, while continuous rain and more landslides were making rescue efforts difficult. Three survivors...
TUGUEGARAO (AP): A bus collided with a pickup truck early Thursday morning, killing 11 people and injuring six others in a northern Philippine town, police said. Those who died were riding the small truck as it was rammed on the side by the bus,...
Jerusalem (AP): Israel will send a delegation to Cairo for further talks with mediators on a proposed deal with Hamas for a ceasefire and hostage release, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Thursday. Israel has been pressing ahead...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Weather alerts, forest fires, melting pavement in cities: A sizzling heat wave has sent temperatures in parts of central and southern Europe soaring toward 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places. From Italy to...
NAIROBI (AP): Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday dismissed almost all of his Cabinet ministers and promised to form a new government that will be lean and efficient following weeks of protests over high taxes and poor governance. In a...
CAPE TOWN (AP): The South African city of Cape Town and surrounding areas were hit by more storms Thursday that ripped roofs off houses and caused widespread flooding, forcing at least 4,500 people out of their homes and damaging at least 15,000...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — College athletes whose efforts primarily benefit their schools may qualify as employees deserving of pay under federal wage-and-hour laws, a US appeals court ruled Thursday in a setback to the NCAA. The court, in the...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — About 500,000 customers still won't have electricity into next week as wide outages from Hurricane Beryl persist and frustration mounts over the pace of restoration, an official with Houston's biggest power...
PLAINFIELD, Vermont (AP) — The remnants of Hurricane Beryl brought flooding to Vermont that prompted frantic evacuations, knocked down bridges and washed away an apartment building. The disaster came a year to the day after catastrophic...
WASHINGTON (AP): Newly elected British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is making his maiden appearance on the international stage with a strong signal of support for Ukraine as he attends the NATO summit in Washington. After he and other European...
DUBAI (AP): A mass trial of dissidents in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sentenced 43 people to life in prison on Wednesday, while several other defendants received long prison terms in a case that has been widely criticised by activists abroad....
BELMOPAN CMC): A 26-year-old man was released on BDZ$8,000 (one Belize dollar=US$0.49 cents) bail after he pleaded not guilty to sharing nude photographs of a 20-year-old woman with whom he once had a relationship. Brian Lee Perriott, who faces up...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The ballooning debt in East Africa's economic hub of Kenya is expected to grow even more after deadly protests forced the rejection of a finance bill that President William Ruto said was needed to raise...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Medical advocacy groups have welcomed Johnson & Johnson's decision not to enforce its patent on a critical tuberculosis medication, allowing its production at much lower prices, after South African...
The remnants of Hurricane Beryl spawned at least one tornado and threatened flooding Wednesday as the system moved toward the Northeast after leaving millions in the Houston area without power. Beryl, which landed in Texas on Monday as a...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Haiti’s newly selected Prime Minister Garry Conille and Haiti’s police chief visited the capital’s largest hospital on Tuesday, after authorities said they took control of the medical institution over the weekend from armed...
PARIS (AP): Newly elected lawmakers arrived Tuesday at the National Assembly, France’s lower house of parliament, for talks seeking to cobble together a government majority after a chaotic election result left the legislature split among left,...
