Category Archives: World
Yunus arrives in Bangladesh from an overseas trip to take over as the country's interim leader
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Bangladesh's next leader Muhammad Yunus arrived home Thursday from an overseas trip and will take office later in the day, as he looks to restore calm and rebuild the country ...
Aug 08, 2024
A powerful earthquake hits off southern Japan; tsunami advisory issued
TOKYO (AP) - A powerful earthquake struck off Japan's southern coast on Thursday, triggering a tsunami advisory. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake registered magnitude 7.1 and was centere...
Aug 08, 2024
Utah man who killed woman put to death by lethal injection in state's first execution since 2010
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah man who killed his girlfriend's mother by cutting her throat was put to death by lethal injection early Thursday in the state's first execution since 2010. Taberon Dave Ho...
Aug 07, 2024
Tropical Storm Debby makes 2nd landfall in South Carolina, heavy rain expected up the East Coast
HUGER, S.C. (AP) - Tropical Storm Debby has made a second landfall in South Carolina on its way up the East Coast, where residents as far north as Vermont could get up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) of ...
Aug 07, 2024
July ends 13-month streak of global heat records as El Nino ebbs, but experts warn against relief
Earth's string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end this past July as the natural El Nino climate pattern ebbed, the European climate agency Copernicus announced Wednesd...
Aug 07, 2024
Texas man who claimed intellectual disability is executed for 1997 killing of female jogger
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Texas man who claimed an intellectual disability in a late attempt at a reprieve was executed Wednesday evening for the killing of a woman who was jogging near her Houston h...
Aug 07, 2024
1 of last GOP congressmen who voted to impeach Trump advances in Washington’s US House race
SEATTLE (AP) - One of the last remaining U.S. House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump and a candidate endorsed by the former president have advanced in Tuesday's primary to the general ele...
Aug 07, 2024
Yemen official says 30 people have been killed and hundreds displaced in flooding
SANAA, Yemen (AP) - Thirty people have been killed and hundreds displaced in flooding in Yemen's southern city of Hodeidah following several days of heavy rains, the governor said Wednesday. Hodeidah ...
Aug 07, 2024
Great Barrier Reef waters were hottest in 400 years over the past decade, study finds
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef hit their highest level in 400 years over the past decade, according to researchers who warned that the reef likely won't survive if plan...
Aug 07, 2024
Turkey submits request to join genocide case against Israel in UN court
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey on Wednesday filed a request with a U.N. court to join South Africa's genocide lawsuit against Israel, the foreign minister said. Turkey's ambassador to the Netherlands, a...
Aug 07, 2024
