LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pilot of the helicopter that crashed in thick fog, killing Kobe Bryant and seven other passengers, reported the aircraft was ascending when it actually was heading for the ground, federal investigators said in documents...
LONDON (AP) — British officials said Thursday the grave of an enslaved African man has been vandalised in an apparent “retaliation attack” after protesters in the city of Bristol toppled the statue of a prominent slave trader. Two...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration plans to carry on with its confrontational approach to world trade, pressuring other countries to lower their tariffs on US products and perhaps making it harder for imports to enter the United...
WASHINGTON (AP) — As businesses reopen across the United States after coronavirus shutdowns, many are requiring customers and workers to sign forms saying they won’t sue if they catch COVID-19. Businesses fear they could be the...
NEW YORK (AP) — Quaker Oats is retiring the 131-year-old Aunt Jemima brand, saying the company recognises the character’s origins are “based on a racial stereotype.” Just hours later, the owner of the Uncle Ben’s brand...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s Supreme Court, loyal to President Nicolás Maduro, on Tuesday ordered the takeover of two influential political parties opposed to the socialist government ahead of parliamentary elections...
BEIJING (AP) — China raised its emergency warning to its second-highest level and cancelled more than 60% of the flights to Beijing on Wednesday amid a new coronavirus outbreak in the capital. It was a sharp pullback for the nation that...
GEORGETOWN (AP): Authorities in Guyana were under international pressure on Tuesday to certify an opposition victory in national elections even as the head of the Elections Commission argued that the March 2 vote was badly flawed and should be...
CARACAS (AP): Venezuela’s high court, loyal to President Nicolás Maduro, has ordered the takeover of one of the nation’s oldest and most influential political parties, which is now opposed to the socialist government. The ruling by the Supreme...
GENEVA (AP): The European Union and some Western nations appealed Tuesday for more time to discuss a resolution drafted for the UN’s top human rights body that seeks international scrutiny of systemic racism against people of African descent in...
BOSTON (AP) — Gregory Minott came to the United States from his native Jamaica more than two decades ago on a student visa and was able to carve out a career in architecture thanks to temporary work visas. Now a US citizen and co-founder...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government watchdogs are warning that a legal determination by the Trump administration could severely limit their ability to oversee more than $1 trillion in spending related to the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to four...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Following weeks of national protests since the death of George Floyd, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on policing Tuesday that would encourage better police practices and establish a database to keep...
Researchers in England say they have the first evidence that a drug can improve COVID-19 survival: A cheap, widely available steroid called dexamethasone reduced deaths by up to one third in severely ill hospitalised patients. Results were...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Merchant ship crew members stranded at sea for months due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions could now start refusing to further extend their contracts and stop working, potentially disrupting global trade, the...
Facebook’s WhatsApp chat platform is launching mobile payments in Brazil, a country often used to test out new services because of its large online population. WhatsApp said in a blog post Monday that users in Brazil will now be able to send...
Death rates are 12 times higher for coronavirus patients with chronic illnesses than for others who become infected, a new United States government report says. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Monday highlights...
BERLIN — Germany’s official disease control institute is recommending resuming contact tracing for people who shared a flight with someone who later tests positive for COVID-19. The Robert Koch Institute said Monday that the likely...
WASHINGTON (AP) — United states regulators on Monday revoked emergency authorisation for malaria drugs promoted by President Donald Trump for treating COVID-19 amid growing evidence they don’t work and could cause serious side effects....
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he will establish a commission to look at racial equality in the United Kingdom, a move that comes after two weeks of protests spurred by the death of George Floyd by police in...
MIAMI (AP) — More than 40,000 cruise ship workers are still stuck at sea because of concerns about the coronavirus. The Miami Herald reports that at least 42,000 workers remain trapped on cruise ships without paychecks, and...
ACCRA, Ghana — Ghana’s president has announced that Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has contracted COVID-19 and is undergoing treatment at a hospital. In a state broadcast Sunday night, President Nana Akufo-Addo said the health...
LIMA (AP): Archbishop Carlos Castillo on Sunday looked out over a cathedral full of faces – none of them now alive. The cleric had his church filled with more than 5,000 portraits of those who have died in the pandemic that is burning across Peru...
PARIS (AP): French President Emmanuel Macron vowed Sunday to stand firm against racism, and said France should take a fresh look at its relations with Africa. However, he insisted that France will not take down statues of controversial, colonial-...
JERUSALEM (AP): An Israeli cabinet minister on Sunday said the government approved plans to build a new settlement in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights named after President Donald Trump. Settlements Minister Tzipi Hotovely wrote on Facebook...
