Category Archives: World
Key Sens. Cruz, Cantwell look to break college sports logjam in Congress with a bipartisan bill
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two key senators involved in a long-simmering debate over fixing college sports will introduce a bipartisan bill designed to break a congressional logjam that would regulate payments...
May 27, 2026
Uganda closes its border with Congo as cases of a rare Ebola type surge
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan authorities on Wednesday ordered the closure of the border with Congo "with immediate effect" as suspected cases surge near 1,000 in its neighbor of a rare type of Ebola...
May 27, 2026
Uganda closes its border with Congo as cases of a rare Ebola type surge
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan authorities on Wednesday ordered the closure of the border with Congo "with immediate effect" amid a surge in cases of a rare type of Ebola in its neighbor and as cases ...
May 27, 2026
Divers find 5 villagers alive in a flooded cave in Laos after more than a week trapped in darkness
BANGKOK (AP) - Five villagers who became trapped in a flooded cave in central Laos more than a week ago have been found alive by divers who discovered them sitting on a rock in the darkness, rescuers ...
May 27, 2026
Spanish police search headquarters of PM Sánchez’s ruling Socialist party
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Spanish police are searching the headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party as part of an ongoing investigation into possible financial wrongdoing, the Civil Guard said Wednesd...
May 27, 2026
Paxton dominates Cornyn in Texas US Senate runoff, the latest sign of Trump's hold on GOP
PLANO, Texas (AP) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, easily defeating four-term Sen. John Cornyn in the latest contest where President Donald...
May 26, 2026
Deaths reported after tank implodes at Washington pulp and paper mill
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) - The implosion of a chemical tank at a pulp and paper mill in Washington state Tuesday killed an undisclosed number of people, local authorities and company officials confirmed. ...
May 26, 2026
South Carolina Senate rejects Trump’s call to redraw congressional map for midterm elections
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - President Donald Trump's push to reshape congressional districts ahead of the November elections suffered a double setback Tuesday, as South Carolina senators declined to do so a...
May 26, 2026
Federal court blocks Alabama plan for new congressional districts that could help Republicans
Federal judges on Tuesday blocked Alabama's plan to use a congressional map that could give Republicans an advantage in a key U.S. House race in the midterm elections. A three-judge panel in the state...
May 26, 2026
A train collides with a minibus of children in Belgium and 4 people are dead
BUGGENHOUT, Belgium (AP) - A train traveling at high speed hit a minibus crossing a railway in Belgium on Tuesday, killing four people, including two children, and badly injuring five other children i...
May 26, 2026
