TOKYO (AP): Japan’s birth rate fell to a new low for the eighth straight year in 2023, according to health ministry data released on Wednesday. A government official described the situation as critical and urged authorities to do everything they...
AUKAR, Lebanon (AP) — A gunman who attacked the US embassy near Beirut was shot and captured by Lebanese soldiers after a Wednesday morning shootout that injured an embassy security guard, the military and embassy officials said. The attack...
NEW DELHI (AP): Minister Narendra Modi declared victory on Tuesday for his alliance in India’s general election, claiming a mandate to push forward with his agenda, even though his party lost seats to a stronger-than-expected opposition, which...
LONDON (AP): Several London hospitals said on Tuesday that they had to cancel operations and send patients away because of a cyberattack on a company that supplies pathology laboratory services. The firm, Synnovis, said it had been hit with a...
WASHINGTON (AP): The White House is telling lawmakers that President Joe Biden is preparing to sign off on an executive order that would shut down asylum requests at the US-Mexico border once the average number of daily encounters hits 2,500...
PORT OF SPAIN (CMC): National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds has condemned the murders of four people, as gunmen launched an attack at the Accident and Emergency (A...
ST GEORGE’S (CMC): The Grenada government has successfully tabled legislation amending the Education Act to increase to 17 years, the compulsory school age that had previously been from five to 16 years. The measures goes into effect at the start...
BERLIN (AP): When Michael Bommer found out that he was terminally ill with colon cancer, he spent a lot of time with his wife, Anett, talking about what would happen after his death. She told him one of the things she’d miss most is being able to...
NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared victory Tuesday for his alliance in India's general election, claiming a mandate to push forward with his agenda, even though his party lost seats to a stronger than expected...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A Spanish investigative judge has summoned the wife of Spain's prime minister to give testimony as part of a probe into allegations that she used her position to influence business deals, a Madrid-based court said...
NEW YORK (AP): A man and woman who sold pro-Donald Trump merchandise out of a bus covered with pro-Trump flags and posters are homeless after the vehicle crashed into several street signs and utility poles in New York City. The crash happened...
MEXICO CITY (AP): Claudia Sheinbaum’s name will go down in Mexican history. The governing party candidate won Mexico’s presidential election on Sunday, a turning point in a mostly conservative nation that for more than two centuries has been...
AP: A group of about 20 women got down on their knees outside Russia’s defense ministry on Monday to hold a rare protest and demand the return of their mobilised soldier husbands and sons from Ukraine. Groups of women who are the relatives of men...
TEL AVIV (AP): The ceasefire proposal announced by President Joe Biden has placed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a crossroads, with either path likely to shape the legacy of Israel’s longest-serving and deeply divisive leader. The proposal...
JERUSALEM (AP): At the start of its devastating offensive on the Gaza Strip, Israel set an ambitious goal: destroy Hamas. At the time, the Biden administration committed to the objective, giving Israel considerable stocks of weaponry and voicing...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum claimed victory in Mexico's presidential election, becoming the first woman selected for the job by promising to continue the political course set by her populist predecessor despite widespread...
CAPE TOWN (AP): The real politicking in South Africa may start after the final results of this week’s election are announced as the country faces the possibility of no outright winner. Early results on Thursday showed the ruling African National...
DUBAI (AP): Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered on Sunday as a possible candidate for the presidential election, seeking to regain the country’s top political position after a helicopter crash killed the nation’s...
KAMPALA (AP): Early last year, Caroline Ikendi was in distress after undergoing an emergency Caesarean section to remove a stillborn baby and save two others. Doctors said one of the preterm babies had a two per cent chance of living. If the...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called Sunday for parties to overcome their differences and find “common ground” to form the first national coalition government in the country's young democracy. His...
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Flooding, high river levels and heavy rain led to the death of a firefighter and disrupted train travel in southern Germany on Sunday. The firefighter's body was recovered after an inflatable watercraft carrying...
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said member countries on Saturday approved new steps to improve global preparedness for and response to pandemics like COVID-19 and mpox, and set a new deadline for agreeing on a broader treaty....
WASHINGTON (AP): United States President Joe Biden said Friday that Donald Trump being found guilty in his New York hush-money case reaffirms “the American principle that no one is above the law”, and he said “it’s reckless” and “dangerous” for his...
NEW YORK (AP): Will Donald Trump go to prison? Could he pardon himself? What about the election? The first criminal conviction of a former American president raises a host of legal and political questions. Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury...
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A jury in Idaho unanimously agreed Saturday that convicted killer Chad Daybell deserves the death penalty for the gruesome murders of his wife and his girlfriend's two youngest children, ending a grim case...
