Torrential rains in China kill 10
BEIJING – At least 10 people have died and 18 are missing after torrential rains battered Hebei province in northern China.
Officials evacuated more than...
Hawaii grapples with wildfire
HAWAII – Overa hundred people have now been confirmed to have been killed by wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui, officials say.
There...
9 killed in Thailand fireworks explosion
BANGKOK – At least nine people have been killed, including three children, in a blast at a fireworks warehouse in a market in southern...
Satellite takes fiery plunge to Earth
LONDON – Final commands were sent to Europe's Aeolus satellite on Friday to bring it out of the sky.
The space laser, which was designed...
Colombian president’s son arrested for corruption
BOGOTA – The son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro has been arrested for money laundering and illicit enrichment by the country's attorney general.
Nicolas Petro,...
July set to be world’s warmest month on record
NEW york – Amid blistering heatwaves, July is “virtually certain” to be the world’s warmest month on record, say scientists.
So hot has the month...
Singapore executes woman for first time in 20 years
Singapore executes woman for first time in 20 years
SINGAPORE – This country on Friday executed a woman for the first time in almost 20...
Heatwave in US southwest to expand
WASHINGTON – A heatwave baking the US southwest for weeks is set to expand into central and eastern regions.
Beginning in the Midwest, the hot...
Muslim nations blast Quran burning
COPENHAGEN – Iraq and some other Muslim-majority countries have strongly condemned the burning of a Quran on Monday by a group called “Danish Patriots”...
At least 22 dead in India landslide
NEW DELHI – Twenty-two people have died and more than hundred are still trapped after a massive landslide hit a village in the western...