4 people killed and over 30 injured after a bus and a cargo train collide in...
LA OROYA, Peru (AP) — Four people were killed and more than 30 others were injured after a passenger bus and a cargo train collided Sunday in central Peru, the country's national police said....
View ArticlePutin arrives in Uzbekistan on the 3rd foreign trip of his new term
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Sunday in the capital of Uzbekistan where he is to hold talks with President Shavkay Mirziyoyev that are expected to focus on deepening the...
View ArticleBangladesh evacuates hundreds of thousands as a severe cyclone approaches...
NEW DELHI (AP) — Bangladesh evacuated nearly 800,000 people from vulnerable areas on Sunday as the country and neighboring India awaited the arrival of a severe cyclone that has formed over the Bay of...
View ArticleFrance to lift state of emergency in efforts to allow political dialogue in...
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron decided Monday to lift the state of emergency in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia in a move meant to allow political dialogue following the...
View ArticleSouth Africa's main opposition party rallies support as it concludes election...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's main opposition party Democratic Alliance on Sunday made its final appeal to South Africans to help it unseat the ruling African National Congress as it concluded...
View ArticleRelations between EU and Israel plummet as Spain, Ireland prepare to...
BRUSSELS (AP) — Relations between the European Union and Israel took a nosedive Monday, the eve of the diplomatic recognition of a Palestinian state by EU members Ireland and Spain, with Madrid...
View ArticleSouth Africa's surprise election challenger is evoking the past...
DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — The 59-year-old Dumisani Ndlovu has voted in every South Africa national election since he and the rest of the Black majority finally won the right 30 years ago. He has...
View ArticleUS company rejects Mexico's criticism, buy-out offer, says president's...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An American quarry company on Monday rejected the Mexican president's campaign of criticisms and closures, as well as his offer to buy its property on the Caribbean coast. In July,...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea says Friday's landslide buried more than 2,000 people and...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations that more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive by last Friday's landslide and has...
View ArticleDonor fatigue persists as nations commit around $8.1 billion for conflict-hit...
BEIRUT (AP) — International donors meeting in Brussels said Monday they will commit 7.5 billion euros ($8.1 billion) in both grants and loans to support Syrians battered by war, poverty, and hunger...
View ArticleMexican government says the arm of a 19th century mummy came off after...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's federal archaeology agency on Monday accused the conservative-governed city of Guanajuato of mistreating one of the country’s famous mummified 19th century bodies. The...
View ArticleNetanyahu says deadly Israeli strike in Rafah was the result of a 'tragic...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a “tragic mistake” was made in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah that set fire to a camp housing displaced...
View ArticleUkraine's Zelenskyy gets more air defense missiles from Spain to fight deadly...
MADRID (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday secured from Spain a pledge of additional air defense missiles to help fight the about 3,000 bombs that he says Russia launches every...
View ArticleRussia will build Central Asia's first nuclear power plant in an agreement...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia and Uzbekistan signed an accord Monday for Moscow to build a small nuclear power plant in the Central Asian country, as Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in the Uzbek...
View ArticleAt least 2,000 feared dead in Papua New Guinea landslide. These are some...
BANGKOK (AP) — The Papua New Guinea government said more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive in a landslide in the South Pacific island nation, after the side of a mountain came...
View ArticlePolish man sentenced to life in Congo on espionage charges has been released...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Congolese authorities have released a Polish man who was sentenced there to life in prison on espionage charges, Poland's top diplomat said Tuesday. Mariusz Majewski is back in...
View ArticleStill hurting from violence, Mexican priests and families hope for peace...
CHIHUAHUA, México (AP) — José Portillo Gil, the gang leader known as “El Chueco” — the Crooked One — lowered his gun. The Rev. Jesús Reyes then spoke what he feared might be his final words: Please,...
View ArticleTaiwan's legislature passes changes seen as favoring China, reducing...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s opposition-controlled legislature passed changes on Tuesday that are seen as favoring China and diminishing the power of the island's president, sparking protests by...
View ArticleSpain, Norway and Ireland formally recognize a Palestinian state as EU rift...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognized a Palestinian state on Tuesday in a coordinated effort by the three Western European nations to add international pressure on...
View ArticleSouth Africa's opposition parties make a final call for historic change the...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African opposition parties made a final appeal to voters Tuesday as the country faces the possibility of a landmark change in its young democracy. At the heart of...
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