MIAMI (AP): A soccer-loving nun from Brazil is believed to have become the world’s oldest living person at nearly 117 following the recent death of a woman from Japan. Sister Inah Canabarro was so skinny growing up that many didn’t think she would...
The United States Food and Drug Administration yesterday set maximum levels for lead in baby foods like jarred fruits and vegetables, yogurts and dry cereal, part of an effort to cut young kids’ exposure to the toxic metal that causes developmental...
NEW YORK (AP) — The 13-year-old boy came to the clinic with a rapidly ballooning neck. Doctors were puzzled. Testing ruled out their first suspicion. But further tests pinpointed what they – and the boy – had been missing: iodine. A century ago,...
TORONTO (AP): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation Monday in the face of rising discontent over his leadership and after the abrupt departure of his finance minister signalled growing turmoil within his government....
ATLANTA (AP): Jimmy Carter’s extended public farewell began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th United States president’s flag-draped casket tracing his long arc from the Depression-era South and family farming business to the pinnacle of American...
ROME (AP): Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the Catholic Church’s religious orders. The...
LONDON (AP): British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday condemned “lies and misinformation” that he said are undermining UK democracy, in response to a barrage of attacks on his government from Elon Musk. The billionaire Tesla CEO has taken an...
The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday set maximum levels for lead in baby foods like jarred fruits and vegetables, yogurts and dry cereal, part of an effort to cut young kids' exposure to the toxic metal that causes...
NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump remains on track to be sentenced this week in his hush money case after a judge on Monday denied his request to halt proceedings while he appeals a ruling that upheld the historic...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Some 102 men were executed by the Congolese government in the past week, and 70 more are set to be executed, the country's minister of justice said Sunday in a statement to the Associated Press. It said the men,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 election in proceedings that unfolded Monday without violence or mayhem, in stark contrast to the January 6, 2021, violence as his mob of supporters...
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation Monday in the face of rising discontent over his leadership, and after the abrupt departure of his finance minister signalled growing turmoil within his...
WASHINGTON (AP) Inside the Capitol, reminders of the violence are increasingly hard to find. Scars on the walls have been repaired. Windows and doors broken by the rioters have been replaced. And there is no plaque, display or remembrance of any...
NAIROBI (AP): Jimmy Carter was the first US president to make a state visit to sub-Saharan Africa. He once called helping with Zimbabwe’s transition from white rule to independence “our greatest single success”. And when he died at 100, his...
NEW ORLEANS (AP): New Orleans mourned, wept and danced at a vigil on Saturday evening along the famous thoroughfare where a man rammed a pickup truck into a crowd, killing and injuring revellers who were there to celebrate the new year. A...
MIAMI (AP) — A football-loving nun from Brazil is believed to have become the world's oldest living person at nearly 117 following the recent death of a woman from Japan. Sister Inah Canabarro was so skinny growing up that many...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico opened the possibility of receiving non-Mexican migrants deported by the United States after initially saying they would push President-elect Donald Trump to return other nationalities directly to their...
A major, disruptive winter storm was sweeping across the central US on Sunday, forecasters said, bringing with it a dreaded combination of snow, ice and plunging temperatures. The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings from...
ATLANTA (AP): The United States Justice Department announced Friday that it has entered into a court-enforceable agreement with Georgia’s most populous county after finding that violence and filthy conditions in county lockups violated the...
WASHINGTON (AP): Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy proposed last Friday. Murthy’s advisory comes as research and evidence mounts about...
TAPACHULA (AP): A new caravan of migrants began walking from southern Mexico on Thursday toward the US border, starting out from the city of Tapachula near the border with Guatemala. The majority of the migrants are from Venezuela, but they also...
CARACAS (AP): Venezuela’s government on Thursday announced a $100,000 reward for information on the whereabouts of Edmundo González, the opposition candidate who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year’s election. The...
LONDON (AP): A senior British politician pushed back Friday on Elon Musk’s criticism of the government’s handling of a historic child grooming scandal. In recent days, Musk has shared and reacted to posts on his X platform that have been critical...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP): As Colorado becomes the second state to legalise psychedelic therapy this week, a clash is playing out in Colorado Springs, where conservative leaders are restricting the treatment over objections from some of the city...
SANTO DOMINGO (CMC): The Directorate General of Migration (DGM) says it has returned more than a quarter million Haitians to their country last year insisting that their removals were carried out in compliance with human rights and international...
