NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya say at least 40 people have died after a dam collapsed in the country’s west. The floodwaters swept through houses and cut off a major road. The Monday morning incident happened after the Old Kijabe Dam, located in the Mai Mahiu area of the Great Rift Valley region
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The transition from rugby to football has proven tough in the past. Jarryd Hayne and Christian Wade both left rugby near the peak of their powers to try their hand on the football gridiron, with both failing to make it long term. Former Welsh international Louis Rees-Zammit will try
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israel must still do more to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into the besieged Gaza Strip and that he would use his current Middle East trip — his seventh to the region since the
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were trading higher Monday amid optimism over the rally that ended the week on Wall Street, although eyes were on the Federal Reserve policy meeting set for later this week. France’s CAC 40 added 0.3% in early trading to 8,109.22, while Germany’s DAX edged
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Monday he will continue in office “even with more strength” after days of reflection. Sánchez shocked the country on Wednesday, announcing he was taking five days off to think about his future after a court opened preliminary proceedings against his wife
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli officials appeared increasingly concerned that the International Criminal Court may issue arrest warrants against the country’s leaders, as international pressure mounts over the war in Gaza. Airstrikes overnight into Monday killed 25 people in a southern city, according to hospital records. The deaths
Continue ReadingNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya say at least 40 people have died after a dam collapsed in the country’s west. The floodwaters swept through houses and cut off a major road. The Monday morning incident happened after the Old Kijabe Dam, located in the Mai Mahiu area of the Great Rift Valley region
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CNN By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver and Evelio Contreras, CNN. Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — Vitel’homme Innocent’s picture on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list of fugitives suggests a crazed man – eyes wide and wild, teeth bared. It’s the photo you might expect for a gang leader accused of destabilizing a nation, who claims
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain is in suspense Monday as it waits for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to announce whether he will continue in office. Sánchez shocked the country on Wednesday, announcing he was taking five days off to think about his future after a court opened preliminary proceedings against his
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo and Hassan Tayir, CNN (CNN) — China Southern Airlines is launching its first-ever direct passenger flight from the megacity of Shenzhen to Mexico City, which will set the record as the longest nonstop regular commercial flight to originate in China. The flight will cover an intercontinental distance of around 14,147 kilometers (8,790
Continue ReadingPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a judge who was kidnapped after gunmen ambushed his vehicle has been freed in a late-night operation. Around 15 men on motorbikes intercepted Judge Shakirullah Marwat’s vehicle as he was traveling toward Dera Ismail Khan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A police official said Monday that Marwat was
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — An idyllic 453-acre private island is up for sale off the west coast of Scotland and it comes with sandy beaches, puffins galore, seven houses, a pub, a helipad and a flock of black-faced sheep. Sanda Island lies between Scotland and Northern Ireland, off the southern tip of the
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities on the Greek island of Samos say a migrant died and 25 others were rescued from a sinking dinghy that had left the nearby coast of Turkey. A search and rescue operation was launched, assisted by the European border protection agency, Frontex, for others possibly missing. The coast guard said
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials say a group of militants has attacked a police checkpoint in Russia’s North Caucasus region, killing two officers. Russia’s Interior Ministry says four other officers were wounded and all five attackers were killed in the shootout in the Karachay-Cherkessia region late Sunday. Authorities say the same gunmen had raided another
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong transgender activist has received a new ID card reflecting his gender change, after a yearslong legal battle to change the document, and he vowed to continue working for equality for the LGBTQ+ community. Henry Tse won his appeal over the government’s refusal to
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Belén Liotti (CNN) — A medida que las cadenas de suministro estadounidenses se desacoplan de China, el sector manufacturero de México emerge como ganador. La fabricación en México es atractiva para las empresas que experimentaron problemas en la cadena de suministro durante la era de la pandemia o que desean disminuir la dependencia del comercio
Continue ReadingBy DORANY PINEDA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Growing up, Teresa Vicente spent long days in Spain’s Mar Menor swimming in transparent waters, cupping seahorses in her hands and partying under the moonlit sky. Out there, she recalled, time stood still. But over the decades, chronic contamination from mining, development and agricultural runoff turned
Continue ReadingBy DORANY PINEDA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Growing up, Teresa Vicente spent long days in Spain’s Mar Menor swimming in transparent waters, cupping seahorses in her hands and partying under the moonlit sky. Out there, she recalled, time stood still. But over the decades, chronic contamination from mining, development and agricultural runoff turned
Continue Reading By Eve Brennan, Catherine Nicholls and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Prince Harry will return to the United Kingdom in May to celebrate a milestone anniversary of the Invictus Games, the biennial sporting competition he founded a decade ago. The Duke of Sussex will give a reading at a ceremony at London’s St. Paul’s
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Time marches on and all good things must come to an end. But don’t tell that to The Rolling Stones. What many believe to be the greatest rock ’n’ roll band in the world showed no signs of slowing down anytime soon as they kicked off
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