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By The Associated Press Authorities in Benin say a fire in a commercial building south of the capital has killed at least 35 people. The gutted and burned ruins of a building in the town of Seme-Podji and the charred remains of cars and motorcycles was all that could be seen in the aftermath of
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The recent G20 Summit hosted by India couldn’t have gone better for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. World leaders hailed it as a success after the disparate group agreed on a final statement and admitted the African Union as a new member. Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to announce the opening of new U.S. embassies on Cook Islands and Niue on Monday as the Democratic administration aims to demonstrate to Pacific Island leaders that it remains committed to increasing American presence in the region. The announcement about the new
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer A space capsule carrying NASA’s first asteroid samples streaked toward a touchdown in the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. Flying by Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the capsule from 63,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) out. The capsule was expected to parachute down four hours later onto the
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa obliterated the women’s marathon world record on Sunday as she won the Berlin Marathon, completing the course in 2:11:53 and shaving more than two minutes off the previous best. It marked her second consecutive Berlin Marathon title, and a time that was two minutes and 11
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) – – Hace unos meses, Martín Murano recibió un paquete que contenía un juego de tazas y tetera. Habían permanecido más de 40 años en una caja que nadie se atrevió a abrir. Y para él fue como revivir una pesadilla. “No puede ser, me persiguen”, pensó. Un montón de porcelana
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By Kareem Khadder, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Two Palestinian men were killed in the early hours of Sunday during an incursion by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said. Palestinian officials named them as Aseed Farhan Abu Ali, 21, and Abd
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek Este seguimiento terminó. Puedes ver las últimas noticias de la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania, haciendo click aquí. Volodymyr Zelensky asiste a un evento en Toronto el viernes. Carlos Osorio/Reuters Expertos policiales observan los daños en una zona industrial de la capital ucraniana, Kyiv, tras un ataque masivo nocturno con misiles a
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s health minister says an injectable medicine that was causing a severe eye infection and sight loss in diabetic patients in the province of Punjab has been recalled and an investigation ordered while police are looking for the suppliers. Federal Health Minister Nadeem Jan said Sunday that a case has been lodged
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government is considering scrapping a big chunk of an overdue and over-budget high-speed rail line once touted as a way to attract jobs and investment to northern England. Media report that an announcement is expected this week that the High Speed 2 line from London
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Search teams have found three more bodies at the site of a golf ball factory fire in southern Taiwan, raising the death toll to 10. Four of the victims were firefighters. An explosion at about 6:10 p.m. on Friday caused part of the building to collapse, trapping firefighters and workers under
Continue ReadingBy OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The death toll from a bombing attack at a government checkpoint in central Somalia has reached 21. A government official says the number of wounded in Saturday’s truck bombing in Beledweyne stood at 52. He said that 17 of those critically wounded were airlifted to the
Continue ReadingCNN, KABC, WJLA By Betsy Klein and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — With the government on the brink of a shutdown this week as Congress remains at an impasse on a funding deal, federal departments and agencies have begun the mandatory process of planning to bring nonessential functions to a halt. The Office of Management
Continue ReadingCNN By Betsy Klein and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — With the government on the brink of a shutdown this week as Congress remains at an impasse on a funding deal, federal departments and agencies have begun the mandatory process of planning to bring nonessential functions to a halt. The Office of Management and Budget
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday provided yet another opportunity for Red Bull and Max Verstappen to stamp their authority on this Formula One season. Verstappen streaked away from the field in Suzuka to claim his 13th win of the season while Red Bull won the constructors’ championships for
Continue Reading By Alex Stambaugh, Josh Pennington, Heather Chen and Hafsa Khalil, CNN (CNN) — The ethnic Armenian population in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region will leave for Armenia after Azerbaijan reclaimed the territory in a brief offensive, a local official says. “Our people do not want to live as part of Azerbaijan. Ninety-nine point nine percent prefer
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom drew loud cheers and applause on Wednesday when he spoke at the UN’s Climate Ambition Summit in New York, after pointedly calling the climate crisis “a fossil fuel crisis.” He told the room full of global leaders, climate advocates and non-governmental organizations the world needs
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Search teams have found two more bodies at the site of a golf ball factory fire in southern Taiwan, raising the death toll to nine. One person remains missing. Four of the victims were firefighters. An explosion at about 6:10 p.m. on Friday caused part of the building to collapse, trapping
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to announce the opening of new U.S. embassies on Cook Islands and Niue on Monday as the Democratic administration aims to demonstrate to Pacific Island leaders that it remains committed to increasing American presence in the region. The announcement about the new
Continue Reading By Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — A 2-year-old girl who walked barefoot more than three miles with her family’s two dogs was found sleeping off a wooded Michigan trail using the smaller dog as a pillow, authorities said. Troopers were called to a house in rural Faithorn, Michigan, around 8 p.m. on Wednesday after the
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