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Month: May 2024

China premier agrees on cooperation with Seoul, Tokyo but issues veiled rebuke against their US ties

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — China’s premier agreed Monday to revive three-way cooperation with South Korea and Japan in the face of shared challenges, but issued a veiled rebuke against the two countries’ expanding security cooperation with the United States. Chinese Premier Li Qiang met South Korean

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South Africa has failed its Black majority. Nelson Mandela’s political heirs may pay the price

Analysis by Hanna Ziady and Gertrude Kitongo, CNN London/Johannesburg (CNN) — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) swept to power in 1994 on a pledge to “build a better life for all,” winning almost 63% of the vote in the country’s first democratic election. Fast-forward 30 years and Nelson Mandela’s erstwhile liberation movement, which triumphed over the racist

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Se teme que unas 2.000 personas estén sepultadas por un deslizamiento de tierra en Papúa Nueva Guinea

Sofía Barruti (CNN) —  Se teme que unas 2.000 personas hayan quedado sepultadas por el enorme deslizamiento de tierra de la semana pasada en Papúa Nueva Guinea, según el Centro Nacional de Desastres del país, mientras los rescatistas se apresuran a encontrar supervivientes en la remota región. El deslizamiento de tierra se produjo este viernes

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Cyclone floods coastal villages, blows away thatched roofs and cuts power in Bangladesh and India

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A cyclone flooded coastal villages, blew away thatched roofs and left hundreds of thousands of people without power Monday in southern Bangladesh and eastern India. At least seven deaths were reported. Dozens of Bangladeshi villages were flooded after flood protection embankments either washed away or were damaged by the storm surge,

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El Día de los Caídos arroja fuertes lluvias en la costa este de EE.UU. mientras el calor excesivo arrasa el sur

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Después de que tormentas intensas y mortales azotaran una gran franja del centro de Estados Unidos durante el fin de semana, los problemas climáticos del Día de los Caídos continuarán este lunes, pero esta vez con una amenaza menor de impactos extremos. Tormentas poderosas y presuntos tornados fueron responsables de al

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A synthetic drug ravages youth in Sierra Leone. There’s little help, and some people are chained

By KEMO CHAM Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — In Sierra Leone, a cheap, synthetic drug is ravaging youth. Trash-strewn alleys are lined with boys and young men slumped in addiction. Healthcare services are severely limited. One frustrated community has set up what it calls a treatment center, run by volunteers. But harsh measures

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