Putin orders Russia to respond after US missile test
MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian
military on Friday to work out a quid pro quo response after the test of a new
U.S....
Brazil’s Bolsonaro to send army to fight Amazon fires
PORT VELHO, Brazil – Under international pressure to
contain fires sweeping parts of Brazil’s Amazon, President Jair Bolsonaro on
Friday authorized use of the military to...
China frees consulate staff as protesters target lampposts
HONG KONG – Chinese police
said Saturday they released an employee at the British Consulate in Hong Kong
as the city’s pro-democracy protesters took to the...
‘Amazon rainforest fire an int’l crisis’
BRAZIL – French President Emmanuel Macron said
the record number of fires in the Amazon rainforest is an “international
crisis” that needs to top the agenda...
Russia launches robot into space
RUSSIA – This country has launched a rocket
carrying a life-sized robot to the International Space Station (ISS).
It was launched from Russia’s Baikonur
cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...
US moves to abolish child migrant custody limits
WASHINGTON – Migrant families who cross the
southern border of the United States illegally could be detained indefinitely
under a new regulation announced by President Donald...
Facebook shuts 216 social media accounts in Myanmar
YANGON – Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had shut 216
social media pages, groups and accounts in Myanmar, some tied to the army, to
stymie...
India’s former finance minister arrested
NEW DELHI – Former Indian finance minister Palaniappan
Chidambaram has been arrested on charges of corruption and money laundering.
He is being investigated over allegations that...
Jet catches fire in Northern California
OROVILLE, Calif. – All 10
people aboard a small jet escaped injury Wednesday after the aircraft aborted
its takeoff at a small Northern California airport, went...
Australian court upholds sex abuse verdict of Cardinal Pell
MELBOURNE – An Australian appeals court Wednesday upheld
convictions against Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic to be found
guilty of sexually abusing children, in...