QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's transformation into a major drug trafficking hub and the ensuing three-year surge of violence is weighing on the nation following the killing of a presidential candidate whose life's work was to fight...
LONDON (AP): Northern Ireland’s top police officer apologised Thursday for what he described as an “industrial scale” data breach in which the personal information of more than 10,000 officers and staff was released to the public. The incident is...
QUITO, (AP): An Ecuadorian presidential candidate who recently pledged to root out corruption and lock up the country’s “thieves” was fatally shot at a political rally in the capital as the South American country reels from drug-related crime and...
WAILUKU, (AP): THE SEARCH of the wildfire wreckage on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday revealed a wasteland of burned out homes and obliterated communities as firefighters battled the stubborn blaze that has already claimed 36 lives, making...
NEW YORK (AP) — About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the US, the highest number ever, according to new government data posted Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which posted the numbers, has not yet...
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) — Police in Alabama on Wednesday arrested two more boaters on misdemeanour assault charges in connection with a riverside brawl that drew national attention. Major Saba Coleman of the Montgomery Police Department...
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — The search of the wildfire wreckage on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday revealed a wasteland of burned out homes and obliterated communities as firefighters battled the stubborn blaze that has already claimed 36...
BUCHAREST (AP): After receiving distressed text messages from a young man worried about the conditions his friend was living in at a social care home in central Romania, Georgiana Pascu arranged an impromptu visit to inspect the facility. “In...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP): Flaming cars, violent clashes, dozens of people detained. As the country marks 30 years of independence, festivals held by Eritrea’s diaspora in Europe and North America have been attacked by exiles, whom the regime...
TOKYO (AP): Nagasaki marked the 78th anniversary of the US atomic bombing on Wednesday with the mayor urging world powers to abolish nuclear weapons, saying nuclear deterrence also increases risks of nuclear war. Shiro Suzuki made the remark...
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — An Ecuadorian presidential candidate known for speaking up against corruption was shot and killed Wednesday at a political rally in the capital, an attack that comes amid a wave of startling violence in the South...
PROVO, Utah (AP) — An armed Utah man accused of making violent threats against President Joe Biden was shot and killed by FBI agents hours before the president landed in the state Wednesday, authorities said. Special agents were trying to...
NEPTUNE BEACH, Florida (AP) — A single ticket sold in Florida is good for a $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot, ending weeks of anticipation over who would win the eye-popping top prize. A Publix grocery store in Neptune Beach sold the...
DENVER (AP) — Bobbie Boyd is in a losing battle against near triple-digit temperatures in northwest Arkansas. Her window air conditioner runs nonstop and the ballooning electric bill carves about $240 out of her $882-a-month fixed income. So...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Civil rights groups asked a federal judge Tuesday to stop Florida officials from enforcing a section of a new state immigration law that criminalizes transporting someone who has entered the United States unlawfully. But...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The World Bank said it will not consider new loans to Uganda after the East African country earlier this year enacted an anti-gay bill that rights groups and others have condemned. The World Bank...
Now that July’s sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organisation made it official: July 2023 was Earth’s hottest month on record by a wide margin. July’s global average temperature of 16.95 degrees Celsius (62.51 degrees...
BELEM (AP): The diminutive woman with a white feather headdress stood on the stage of the majestic colonial theatre in Brazil's Amazon on Monday and addressed the crowd. The woman, Minister of Indigenous People Sonia Guajajara, declared the day...
WASHINGTON (AP): At least two people died, thousands of flights were cancelled or delayed, and more than 1.1 million homes and businesses lost power on Monday as severe storms, including hail and lightning, moved through the eastern US. The...
LONDON (AP): Fans lined the streets of Sinead O’Connor’s former home town in Ireland on Tuesday to bid farewell to the elfin singer who left a big impression on her devoted followers and the music world. Ruth O’Shea, who had come to the coastal...
Here we go again: COVID-19 hospital admissions have inched upward in the United States since early July in a small-scale echo of the three previous summers. With an updated vaccine still months away, this summer bump in new hospitalisations might...
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) — Police said Monday that arrest warrants have been issued in connection with a riverfront brawl in Alabama's capital that drew nationwide attention after video showed a group of white people pummelling a Black...
Male (AP): Incumbent President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and seven other candidates have registered to run in the Maldives presidential elections next month, the island archipelago’s fourth since becoming a multiparty democracy in 2008. Solih is...
Aboard the papal plane (AP): Pope Francis said Sunday his recovery from his latest abdominal surgery is going well and stressed that he ditched speeches during his five-day trip to Portugal and spoke off-the-cuff not because he was tired or feeling...
London (AP): A small group of asylum-seekers has been moved to a barge moored in southern England as the UK government tries to cut the cost of sheltering people seeking protection in the country, British news media reported Monday. The asylum-...
