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Tropical Storm Philippe aimed Thursday for Bermuda on a path that would eventually take it to Atlantic Canada and eastern New England.The storm was located about 375 miles south-southwest of Bermuda. It had winds of up to 50 mph and…
The United States and partners are working on 15 projects to secure supplies of critical minerals needed for electric vehicles and the energy transition, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.The Minerals Security Partnership (MSP) formed last year by 14…
Police in New Delhi have arrested the editor and human resources chief of NewsClick, a news site critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s right-wing government.At least 46 people were questioned when NewsClick’s office was raided, and numerous devices have been…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that fragments of a hand grenade have been found in the bodies of people who died in an August crash of Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane.Putin added that experts investigating the crash found…
A plane from Bangkok to Taiwan took a wild turn when a rat and an otter smuggled aboard by a passenger got loose in the main cabin mid-flight.”I was confused so he said again ‘pet rat, pet rat, it has…
A Russian attack on a village in northeast Ukraine Thursday left at least 49 people dead, including a 6-year-old boy, Ukrainian officials said. It also left at least six others injured.Presidential Chief of Staff Andrii Yermak and Kharkiv Gov. Oleh…
A district mayor in Japan’s biggest city is banning annual Halloween celebrations in the area.Shibuya city Mayor Ken Hasebe held a news conference Thursday, when he discouraged Halloween party-goers from coming to the ward, which is famous for its annual…
A building in the historic center of Havana that housed 13 families partially collapsed, leaving one person dead and at least two injured, Cuban authorities said Wednesday.Rescue teams were trying to access the building where two people remained trapped after…
Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Wednesday that an investigation is underway after the bodies of six newborns were found discarded at the entrance of a cemetery in the capital, Santo Domingo.The four girls and two boys still had hospital…
Kenyan lawmakers on Wednesday said parliamentary approval is still needed before the nation spearheads the deployment of an anti-gang police force to Haiti.The plan, which has received overwhelming international support, was approved by the U.N. Security Council this week.Anthony Oluoch,…
Sirens wailed across Russia and TV stations interrupted regular programming to broadcast warnings Wednesday as part of sweeping drills intended to test the readiness of the country’s emergency responders amid the fighting in Ukraine.The exercise that started Tuesday follows Ukrainian…
A 21-year-old New York City college student, who spent five “hellish” months in the United Arab Emirates over an altercation at a Dubai airport has been freed, an advocacy group said.Elizabeth Polanco De Los Santos, a Lehman College student in…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other top officials from the Biden administration will visit Mexico on Wednesday to discuss shared security issues, foremost among them trafficking of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, but also arms trafficking and increasing migration.The…
A leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party was given medical treatment and then taken to a hospital shortly before he was due to speak at an election rally in Bavaria on Wednesday, police said.There were few details about…
A sudden heavy rainfall triggered flash floods Wednesday in northeastern India that swamped several towns, washed away a bridge and submerged army camps, killing eight civilians and leaving 23 soldiers missing, the army and news reports said.The flooding took place…
On Tuesday, an electric bus fell off an overpass in Venice, Italy, and slammed into the ground 33 feet below. The incident caused 21 deaths, including children, and 15 injuries.According to the head of the bus operator, the driver may have…
Russian military officials claim they fended off a massive Ukrainian drone attack overnight Wednesday, which would be the largest single cross-border drone assault reported by Moscow since it first invaded Ukraine 20 months ago.The Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday its…
According to the authorities on Wednesday, a 14-year-old teenage boy allegedly opened fire in a major shopping mall in the capital of Bangkok, Thailand. The boy allegedly murdered a Chinese and Myanmar citizen and wounded five other people in the attack.A blank-firing…
A bus carrying dozens of people plummeted 50 feet from an elevated road in Venice, Italy, causing a fiery crash that killed 21 people and injured at least 15, mostly foreign tourists returning to a nearby campsite.Those who died in…
A court in Switzerland sentenced a writer and commentator to 60 days in jail for calling a journalist a “fat lesbian,” and the decision is being lauded by LGBTQ+ groups.On Monday, French-Swiss polemicist Alain Bonnet, who goes by Alain Soral,…
England to ban phones in schools FOX News’ Alex Hogan reports on England’s move to ban cell phone use in schools, including during recess, in response to distracted students and teachers as well as bullying.The British government plans to publish…
Mexico’s president said Tuesday that assailants have killed two workers who were conducting internal polling for his Morena party in southern Mexico.President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said a third worker was kidnapped and remains missing. The three were part of…
At least one in five children arriving in South Sudan from Sudan are malnourished and more than 90% of arrivals haven’t eaten in days, the U.N. food agency said Tuesday.The World Food Program said that nearly 300,000 people have arrived…
Hundreds of small tremors have shaken a densely populated volcanic area west of the Italian city of Naples in recent weeks, pushing the government to quickly redraft mass evacuation plans, even though experts don’t see an imminent risk of eruption.In…
Azerbaijani authorities on Tuesday arrested several leaders of the Eurasian nation’s Armenian separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region.Former separatist president Arayik Harutyunyan was arrested and brought to Baku, alongside predecessors Arkadi Gukasian and Bako Sahakyan.Davit Ishkhanyan, the speaker of the separatist legislature, was…
At least 20 people are dead after a bus veered off an overpass near Venice, Italy, on Tuesday evening, authorities said.Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro told Italian state TV channel Rai News24 that there were “at least 20 dead” after a…
The European Union has pledged assistance worth 650 million euros to Ethiopia, nearly three years after it cut direct aid to the East African country over atrocities committed in a bloody civil war.Jutta Urpilainen, the EU commissioner for international partnerships,…
Twelve infants died in one day at a hospital in the Indian state of Maharashtra, sparking a political storm on Tuesday with opposition politicians accusing the regional government and hospital authorities of negligence.The infants died on Sunday and were among…
Kosovo show weapons seized after recent siege Kosovo called on Serbia on Monday (September 25) to hand over all those involved in a shootout between Kosovar police and ethnic Serb gunmen that killed four people in the restive north of…
