Mexico City’s metro overpass collapses, killing 20
MEXICO City – An elevated section of the Mexico City metro collapsed and sent a subway car plunging toward a busy boulevard late Monday,...
Trainee Indian docs pulled from exams to fight COVID
NEW DELHI – India postponed exams for trainee doctors and nurses on Monday, freeing them up to fight the world’s biggest surge in coronavirus...
Iraq bans terror prank TV shows
BAGHDAD – Two Iraqi TV shows that sparked outrage by pranking celebrities with fake suicide vests and staged kidnappings have been suspended.
Regulators said that...
Spanish aficionados return to Madrid’s bullring for first time
MADRID – Carrying red and yellow flowers to show bullfighting is a symbol of Spanish culture, thousands of aficionados cheered on matadors who returned...
Colombia withdraws tax bill after mass protests
BOGOTÁ – Colombia's President Iván Duque has withdrawn a controversial tax reform bill following four days of huge protests across the country.
In a televised...
Large fuel truck fire in Afghanistan kills seven
KABUL – Gasoline tanker trucks here burst into flames overnight, killing at least seven people and starting large fires that caused power cuts to...
Astronauts splash-land on Earth in SpaceX capsule
FLORIDA – Four astronauts have returned to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS), in what was the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA)...
Turkey arrests hundred for ‘illegal’ protests
ISTANBUL – Police have arrested more than 200 people for holding unauthorized protests on May Day.
The protesters here were caught breaching restrictions imposed to...
Australia to spend $1.3B on childcare
CANBERRA – Australia's conservative government will increase childcare subsidies, an official said on Sunday, in a pre-budget announcement that pledges 1.7 billion Australian dollars...
Tons of dead fish scatter on polluted Lebanese lake
BEIRUT – Tons of dead fish washed up on the banks of a lake on Lebanon's Litani river, engulfing a nearby village in a...