TALLINN, Estonia (AP): A Russian court on Tuesday convicted a single father over social media posts critical of the war in Ukraine and sentenced him to two years in prison – a case brought against him after his daughter’s drawing at school opposed...
MEXICO CITY (AP): Migrants fearing deportation set mattresses ablaze at an immigration detention centre in northern Mexico, starting a fire that killed at least 40 people, the president said Tuesday, in one of the deadliest events ever at a Mexican...
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — After migrants in northern Mexico placed mattresses against the bars of their detention cell and set them on fire, guards quickly walked away and made no apparent attempt to release the men before smoke filled the...
NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was charged with directing $40 million in bribes to one or more Chinese officials to unfreeze assets relating to his cryptocurrency business in a newly rewritten indictment unsealed...
NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was charged with directing $40 million in bribes to one or more Chinese officials to unfreeze assets relating to his cryptocurrency business in a newly rewritten indictment unsealed...
ALAUSI, Ecuador (AP) — A huge landslide swept over an Andean community in central Ecuador, burying dozens of homes, killing at least seven people and sending rescuers on a frantic search for survivors, authorities said Monday. Earlier in the...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A fire inside a Mexican immigration facility at the United States border that left 39 migrants dead was started by migrants who set mattresses alight in protest after learning they would be deported, Mexico's president...
ACCRA (AP): Vice President Kamala Harris was greeted by schoolchildren, dancers and drummers as she arrived Sunday in Ghana for the start of a weeklong visit to Africa intended to deepen US relationships amid global competition over the continent’...
SAO PAULO (AP): A 13-year-old student in Brazil’s biggest city fatally stabbed a 71-year-old teacher and wounded three teachers and two fellow students on Monday in a knife attack at a public school, state officials said. The five wounded victims...
JERUSALEM (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a delay in his judicial overhaul plan on Monday, saying he wanted “to avoid civil war” by making time to seek a compromise over the contentious package with political opponents....
KINGSTOWN (CMC): Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosvelt Skerrit has described his St Vincent and the Grenadines counterpart, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, as “the best prime minister in the entire world”. Addressing a rally in Arnos Vale on Sunday night marking...
SAO PAULO (AP) — A 13-year-old student in Brazil's biggest city fatally stabbed a 71-year-old teacher and wounded three teachers and two fellow students Monday in a knife attack at a public school, state officials said. The five wounded...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three children and two adults were killed in a shooting at a private Christian grade school in Nashville on Monday, hospital officials said. While police said the suspect is dead after a confrontation with officers, it...
LONDON (AP) — Black children in England and Wales were six times more likely to be strip-searched by police, according to a report being released Monday that found kids were failed by those sworn to protect them. Children’s Commissioner...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Workers from a range of sectors in Israel launched a nationwide strike on Monday, threatening to paralyse the economy as they joined a surging protest movement against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's...
Help began pouring into one of the poorest regions of the US after a deadly tornado wrought a path of destruction in the Mississippi Delta, even as furious new storms Sunday struck Georgia, where two tigers briefly escaped their badly damaged...
GEORGETOWN (CMC): The Guyana Equality Forum (GEF) has called for hate crime laws to be instituted here as it warned that such crimes are very real, a serious problem and a reality for many on a daily basis in Guyana. Speaking at a news...
OTTAWA (CMC): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President of the United States Joe Biden have expressed concern about the deteriorating situation in Haiti, when they met during Biden’s two-day visit to Canada, which concluded on Friday....
TEL AVIV (AP) An Israeli good governance group on Sunday asked the country’s Supreme Court to punish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for allegedly violating a conflict of interest agreement meant to prevent him from dealing with the country’s...
KYIV (AP) The courtyards of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra have been busy with more than just the usual worshippers, going to and from its churches in the sprawling monastic complex that is Ukraine’s most revered Orthodox site. Also busy were people...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda's government has commuted the 25-year sentence of Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving hundreds of countrymen from genocide but was convicted of terrorism...
MIAMI (AP) — A convicted drug trafficker pleaded guilty in US federal court Friday to participating in the assassination of Haiti's president in 2021. Rodolphe Jaar, 50, pleaded guilty in Miami to conspiring to provide material support,...
PARIS (AP) — Ongoing unrest across France and calls for a new round of demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron's pension plan persuaded officials to postpone a planned state visit next week by Britain's King...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Friday shielded from arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan until at least next week, amid a roiling political crisis that has pitted the celebrity politician against the current government and spilled...
HONG KONG (AP) — Four passenger buses and a truck collided near a Hong Kong road tunnel Friday and 87 people were injured, including children. Most of the injuries were minor. The accident occurred after midday near a tunnel entrance on...
