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Published:Tuesday | November 15, 2022 | 12:08 AM

PALMERSTON NORTH (AP): How do you stop a cattle from burping? It might sound like the start of a humorous riddle, but it’s the subject of a huge scientific enquiry in New Zealand. And the answer could have profound effects on the health of the...

Published:Tuesday | November 15, 2022 | 12:08 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Prime Minister Ariel Henry has dismissed Haiti’s justice minister, interior minister and its government commissioner in a fresh round of political upheaval. Former Justice Minister Berto Dorcé first fired Government...

Published:Monday | November 14, 2022 | 2:57 PM

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia (AP) — The suspect in a University of Virginia shooting that killed three members of the school's football team as they returned to campus from a field trip was captured on Monday. The violence that also...

Published:Monday | November 14, 2022 | 12:04 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he will give away the majority of his wealth during his lifetime, becoming the latest billionaire to pledge to donate much of his vast fortune. Bezos, whose “real-time” worth Forbes...

Published:Sunday | November 13, 2022 | 4:22 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — 'Here Comes the Bride' will be heard at the White House very soon. Again. Naomi Biden, the granddaughter of President Joe Biden, and Peter Neal are getting married on the South Lawn on Saturday in what will...

Published:Sunday | November 13, 2022 | 11:54 AM

ISTANBUL (AP) — A bomb exploded on a major pedestrian avenue in the heart of Istanbul on Sunday, killing six people, wounding dozens and sending people fleeing as flames rose. Footage posted online showed ambulances, fire trucks and police at...

Published:Sunday | November 13, 2022 | 10:38 AM

DALLAS (AP) — Officials have confirmed that six people died as a result of the collision of two historic military planes during a Dallas air show on Saturday. National transportation officials were investigating the cause of Saturday's...

Published:Saturday | November 12, 2022 | 6:50 PM

PARIS (AP) — An Iranian man who lived for 18 years in Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport and whose saga loosely inspired the Steven Spielberg film 'The Terminal' died Saturday in the airport that he long called home,...

Published:Saturday | November 12, 2022 | 5:20 PM

DALLAS (AP) — Two historic military planes collided and crashed to the ground Saturday during a Dallas air show, exploding into a ball of flame and sending plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky. It was unclear how many people were on...

Published:Saturday | November 12, 2022 | 3:02 PM

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Top military commanders from Ethiopia and its embattled Tigray region have agreed to allow unhindered humanitarian access to the region and form a joint disarmament committee following last week's truce. The...

Published:Saturday | November 12, 2022 | 10:34 AM

PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Senator Mark Kelly won his bid for re-election Friday in the crucial swing state of Arizona, defeating Republican venture capitalist Blake Masters to put his party one victory away from clinching ...

Published:Saturday | November 12, 2022 | 12:08 AM

NICE (AP): A maritime rescue ship docked on Friday in a southern French port carrying 230 migrants whose fates have sparked a diplomatic row between France and Italy — a dispute that’s threatening EU efforts to share around asylum-seekers. The...

Published:Saturday | November 12, 2022 | 12:07 AM

BEIJING (AP): Travellers arriving in China will spend less time in quarantine under changes to sweeping anti-virus controls announced Friday to reduce disruptions to the economy and society. The announcement came as an upsurge in COVID-19 cases...

Published:Saturday | November 12, 2022 | 12:07 AM

SHARM EL-SHEIKH (AP): The United States, Germany and Egypt joined forces to accelerate the Middle Eastern nation’s green targets, declaring a faster expansion of renewable energy in the country. The US, the European Union and Germany will provide a...

Published:Friday | November 11, 2022 | 8:58 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is suing the House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol in an attempt to block a subpoena requiring him to testify. The suit contends that,...

Published:Friday | November 11, 2022 | 2:27 PM

Twitter's relaunched premium service — which grants blue-check “verification” labels to anyone willing to pay $8 a month — was unavailable Friday after the social media platform was flooded by a wave of  imposter...

Published:Friday | November 11, 2022 | 1:50 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of US Customs and Border Protection is being forced out of his job leading the nation's largest law enforcement agency as the number of illegal crossings rose to the highest level ever recorded in a...

Published:Friday | November 11, 2022 | 12:02 PM

WILBUR-BY-THE-SEA, Florida (AP) — The remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole sent heavy rains falling from Georgia to New York on Friday as flooding and surging ocean waters receded from a stretch of Florida coastline where the most damaging...

Published:Friday | November 11, 2022 | 10:25 AM

ATLANTA (AP) — Fans will gather Friday to remember slain rapper Takeoff, a member of the hip-hop trio Migos, in downtown Atlanta near where the 28-year-old grew up. State Farm Arena, home of the Atlanta Hawks, is hosting a memorial...

Published:Friday | November 11, 2022 | 8:26 AM

MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian Defence Ministry said Friday that it finished pulling out its troops from the western bank of the river that divides Ukraine's southern Kherson region, including the only provincial capital that Moscow...

Published:Friday | November 11, 2022 | 5:56 AM

SHARM EL-SHEIKH (AP): The war-inspired natural gas boom is undermining already-insufficient efforts to limit future warming to just a few more tenths of a degree, a new report says. Planning and buildup of liquified and other natural gas – due to...

Published:Friday | November 11, 2022 | 5:56 AM

WILBUR-BY-THE-SEA(AP): Tropical Storm Nicole sent multiple homes toppling into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday and threatened a row of high-rise condominiums in places where Hurricane Ian washed away the beach and destroyed seawalls only weeks ago...

Published:Friday | November 11, 2022 | 5:56 AM

(AP): The UN’s chief human-rights agency called on the Dominican Republic on Thursday to halt rising deportations of Haitian migrants at a time of turmoil in their country. “Unremitting armed violence and systematic human-rights violations in Haiti...

Published:Thursday | November 10, 2022 | 2:15 PM

Elon Musk has emailed Twitter employees, most working remotely, ordering them to return to the office immediately for at least 40 hours a week and warning of “difficult times ahead”. A pair of Wednesday night missives seen by The...

Published:Thursday | November 10, 2022 | 10:41 AM

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban are banning women from using gyms in Afghanistan, an official in Kabul said Thursday, the religious group's latest edict cracking down on women's rights and freedoms since they took power more...

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