Category Archives: World
Lorena is downgraded to a tropical storm but still poses a flood and mudslide threat to Mexico
MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Lorena has weakened to a tropical storm but forecasters said a life-threatening risk of flash flooding and mudslides was still present for parts of Mexico's Baja California peni...
Sep 4, 2025
Macron says 26 countries pledge troops as a reassurance force for Ukraine after fighting ends
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that 26 of Ukraine's allies have pledged to deploy troops as a "reassurance force" for the war-torn country once fighting ends in th...
Sep 4, 2025
Palestinian death toll passes 64,000, health officials say, as Israel and Hamas dig in on demands
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - More than 64,000 Palestinians have been killed in the nearly two-year war in the Gaza Strip, local health officials said Thursday, as Hamas and Israel reiterated their...
Sep 4, 2025
Death toll from Afghan earthquake jumps to 2,205, the Taliban say
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) - Hundreds of bodies have been recovered from houses destroyed by a major earthquake in Afghanistan last week, pushing the death toll to over 2,200, a Taliban government sp...
Sep 4, 2025
Death toll in Lisbon streetcar crash rises to 17
LISBON, Portugal (AP) - The death toll in the Lisbon streetcar crash has risen to 17, an emergency services official said Thursday. Two of the injured died overnight in a hospital, Margarida Castro Ma...
Sep 4, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping
BEIJING (AP) - China's Foreign Ministry said Thursday that visiting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. There were no immediate details on when they would meet. K...
Sep 4, 2025
Bill to let Texans sue out-of-state abortion pill providers heads to governor
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A measure that would allow Texas residents to sue out-of-state abortion pill providers advanced to the desk of Gov. Greg Abbott Wednesday, setting the state up to be the first to ...
Sep 3, 2025
Spanish Vuelta stage cut short because of disruption by pro-Palestinian protesters near finish line
BILBAO, Spain (AP) - The 11th stage of the Spanish Vuelta was cut short and finished without a winner because of a disruption by pro-Palestinian protesters near the finish line in the Basque Country c...
Sep 3, 2025
Judge reverses Trump administration's cuts of billions of dollars to Harvard University
BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday ordered the reversal of the Trump administration's cuts to more than $2.6 billion in funding research grants for Harvard University. U.S. District ...
Sep 3, 2025
Landmark streetcar in Lisbon derails, killing 15 people
LISBON, Portugal (AP) - An electric streetcar that is one of Lisbon's landmarks and a big draw for tourists derailed Wednesday, killing 15 people and injuring 18 others, emergency services said. Five ...
Sep 3, 2025
