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Prisoners in Ecuador take 57 guards and police hostage as car bombs rock the capital Policemen inspect the wreckage of a car after it exploded in Quito on August 31, 2023. A car bomb exploded in a commercial area of Ecuador's capital without causing casualties, police said, as the country experiences an increase in violence linked to drug trafficking. RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP VIA GETTY Ecuador was rocked by a series of car bombings and the hostage-taking of more than 50 law enforcement officers inside various prisons Thursday, just weeks after the country was shaken by the assassination of a presidential candidate. Ecuador's National Police reported no injuries resulting from the four explosions in Quito, the capital, and in a province that borders Peru,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, September 02, 2023 1:57am |
Spanish officials to hold crisis meeting as 40th gender-based murder comes amid backlash over sexism A demonstrator shouts slogans during a protest against the President of Spain's soccer federation Luis Rubiales and to support to support Spain's national women's soccer player Jenni Hermoso in Madrid on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. ANDREA COMAS/AP Spanish officials have planned a crisis meeting for September 4 to address a spike in gender-based violence against women, including 40 murders since the beginning of the year — almost half of them during the recent summer months. The country's equality ministry said it would convene a crisis committee meeting to analyze the latest cases of domestic violence. It will be the fifth meeting of its kind...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, September 02, 2023 2:02am |
Jet skiers reportedly killed by Algerian coast guard after running out of gas The Algerian coastal town of Marsa Ben M'Hidi, known as Port-Say during the French colonial period, just over the border from Morocco's Saidia, near where the jet ski incident took place. FAHIM SAMERE VIA GETTY Two men jet skiing off the coast of Morocco were shot dead by the Algerian coast guard after running out of gas and accidentally straying across the maritime border, Moroccan media reported Thursday. A survivor of the incident, Mohamed Kissi, told local media that he and three friends, several of whom were French-Moroccan nationals, had been jet skiing around Saidia, close to the Morocco-Algeria border. "Around 5:30 p.m., we got lost. We were...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, September 02, 2023 2:10am |
Ukraine's troops show CBS News how controversial U.S. cluster munitions help them hold Russia at bay A pile of U.S.-supplied cluster munitions sits at a Ukrainian position near the front line outside the eastern city of Lyman, amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, August 31, 2023. CBS NEWS At a secret hide-out deep in a forest near the eastern city of Lyman, Ukrainian forces were caught in the crosshairs of a new line of Russian attack. Our CBS News team huddled in the dugout with the troops, not far from the eastern front line, where Russia was putting them under intense pressure with a barrage of artillery in a bid to stretch Ukraine's resources. Moscow wants to force the Ukrainians to bolster their defenses in the area by pulling...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, September 02, 2023 2:13am |
Russia moon probe crash likely left 33-foot-wide crater on the lunar surface, NASA images show During the descent to the surface on August 19, the Russian spacecraft Luna-25 experienced an anomaly that caused it to smash into the moon's surface. The faiint arrow in this NASA image shows where the agency believes the probe made impact. NASA'S GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER/ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Russia's Luna-25 probe likely left a 33-foot-wide crater on the surface of the moon last month when it lost control and crashed down, NASA said Thursday, revealing images that show the suspected impact site. Russia's first moon mission in 47 years ended in failure on August 19 when the Luna-25 probe smashed into the moon after a thruster firing...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, September 02, 2023 2:15am |
Ukraine counteroffensive makes "notable" progress near Zaporizhzhia, but it's a grinding stalemate elsewhere Ukraine's counteroffensive is grinding on. Video from Ukraine's Azov battalion showed an early morning assault on Russia's defensive lines near the town of Bakhmut. The intense, running gun battles there come months after Moscow-backed mercenaries seized control of the eastern city in a hugely symbolic victory. They took Bakhmut after some of the war's most brutal fighting, and the ongoing battle around the city, as along much of the hundreds-of-miles-long front line, is bloody and neither side is advancing significantly. But as Ukraine's counteroffensive grinds to a stalemate on multiple fronts, the military is starting...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 04, 2023 7:19pm |
Shootout in Mexican border city leaves 4 dead, prompts alert from U.S. Consulate Four people were killed Monday in a shootout with Mexican marines in the border city of Matamoros, triggering an alert to shelter in place from the U.S. consulate in the city across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas. The Tamaulipas state communications office said via X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that the clash occurred during an operation related to the investigation of a kidnapping. It said four civilians were killed. Authorities recovered guns and radios. No marines were injured. The Navy confirmed that its personnel were involved but didn't provide any details. The federal Attorney General's Office didn't respond to a request...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 05, 2023 1:56pm |
Kim Jong Un plans to meet Vladimir Putin in Russia, U.S. official says North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, left, attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok, Russia, on April, 25, 2019. KREMLIN HANDOUT VIA GETTY IMAGES North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin this month to discuss potentially providing Moscow with weapons to support its ongoing war in Ukraine, a U.S. official told CBS News. Kim would meet Putin in Russia, though the exact location is not clear. The New York Times first reported the North Korean leader's expected travel plans. The possible meeting between the Russian and North Korean leaders comes after the White House said it had new information that...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 05, 2023 2:01pm |
U.N. nuclear agency reports with "regret" no progress in monitoring Iran's growing enrichment program This file photo released November 5, 2019 by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran shows centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran. ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION OF IRAN VIA AP "No progress." That's the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency's latest assessment of international efforts to monitor and verify Iran's nuclear program. The global body's work, stemming from the now-defunct 2015 Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA), related to "verification and monitoring has been seriously affected by Iran's decision to stop implementing its nuclear-related commitments under the JCPOA" one of the two...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 05, 2023 2:25pm |
Canada wedding venue shooting leaves 2 people dead, with 2 Americans among 6 wounded in Ottawa Two people were killed and six others wounded late Saturday in a shooting in the parking lot of a reception venue in Ottawa, authorities said. Two weddings were taking place at the venue when gunfire erupted outside, sending shocked guests scrambling for safety. "It was chaos, there was no general direction of where people were running, it was just everywhere," Nico, who came to the wedding to pick up his friend, told AFP, declining to give his surname. "It was rapid shots, and then there was screaming, and then there was a pause, and then there were more shots, probably like 15-16 more shots that I can recall," Nico...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 05, 2023 3:22pm |
Ukraine's counteroffensive brings heavy casualties as families contend with grief, loss A funeral for a fallen Ukrainian soldier is held at a cemetery in Kharkiv, Ukraine. September 2023. CBS NEWS In a scene that is all too common, young boys buried their father, Yevgeny Hutnik, in Kharkiv on Sunday, 10 days after he died fighting against Russian forces in the eastern Donetsk region. His casket was lowered into the ground alongside other fallen soldiers from Kharkiv. The piece of land carved out for them at a cemetery continues to grow. In the short space of time CBS News was at the cemetery, two new bodies were brought to be buried, an almost daily occurrence. Ukraine never releases figures of their losses in the war against...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 05, 2023 3:29pm |
Zelenskyy picks politician as Ukraine's new defense minister 18 months into Russia's invasion Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov speaks during a press conference on August 28, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine. ANDRIY ZHYHAYLO/OBOZREVATEL/GLOBAL IMAGES UKRAINE VIA GETTY IMAGES Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Sunday that he has decided to replace Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov with politician Rustem Umyerov. Reznikov "went through more than 550 days of full-scale war. I believe that the Ministry needs new approaches and other formats of interaction both with the military and with society as a whole," Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram. Zelenskyy said that he expects Ukraine's parliament to approve the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 05, 2023 3:40pm |
Saudi Arabia and Russia move to extend oil cuts could drive up gas prices Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed Tuesday to extend their voluntary oil production cuts through the end of this year, trimming 1.3 million barrels of crude out of the global market and boosting energy prices. The dual announcements from Riyadh and Moscow pushed benchmark Brent crude above $90 a barrel in trading Tuesday afternoon, a price unseen in the market since last November. The countries' moves likely will increase the cost for motorists filling up at the pump and put new pressure on Saudi Arabia's relationship with the United States. President Joe Biden last year warned the kingdom there would be unspecified "consequences" for partnering with Russia on cuts...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 05, 2023 5:12pm |
Biden to nominate former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew as ambassador to Israel President Biden will nominate Obama-era Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to be the U.S. ambassador to Israel, the White House announced Tuesday. If confirmed, Lew — now a managing partner at Lindsay Goldberg LLC and a visiting professor at Columbia University — would fill a position left nearly three months ago by former ambassador Tom Nides. Lew is a co-president of the board of the National Library of Israel USA, as well as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Lew, 68, will become ambassador if confirmed at a time when the U.S.-Israel relationship requires skillful navigation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government is trying to push through a...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 05, 2023 5:14pm |
Cuba says "human trafficking" ring found trying to recruit Cubans to fight for Russia in Ukraine war In this handout photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, and Cuban Defense Minister Alvaro Lopez Miera attend a welcome ceremony prior to their talks in Moscow, Russia, June 27, 2023. RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE VIA AP Cuba has identified an alleged human trafficking ring aimed at recruiting its citizens to fight in Russia's war in Ukraine, the foreign ministry said Monday. The ministry said in a statement sent to CBS News that the Cuban government was working to dismantle a "a human trafficking network that operates from Russia in order to...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 05, 2023 5:17pm |
At least 21 killed, thousands displaced by Brazil cyclone Aerial view of the area affected by an extratropical cyclone in Mucum, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, on Sept. 5, 2023. Torrential rain and winds caused by an extratropical cyclone have left at least 21 people dead in southern Brazil, officials said Tuesday. MATEUS BRUXEL/AGENCIA RBS/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Torrential rain and winds caused by an extratropical cyclone have left at least 21 people dead in southern Brazil, officials said Tuesday, warning more flooding may be coming. The latest in a string of weather disasters to hit Brazil, it is the deadliest ever in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Gov. Eduardo Leite told a news conference. "We were deeply saddened to...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 06, 2023 11:19am |
Tropical Storm Lee nears hurricane strength, expected to be "extremely dangerous" hurricane by weekend Lee's expected path as of 5 a.m. EDT on September 6, 2023. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER Tropical Storm Lee was approaching hurricane strength early Wednesday and is "expected to rapidly intensify into an extremely dangerous hurricane by the weekend," the National Hurricane Center says. "Continued steady to rapid strengthening is forecast and Lee is expected to become a hurricane later (Wednesday) and a major hurricane in a couple of days," the center continued. Forecasters say it's too soon to project where Lee is headed in the U.S. but for now the Leeward Islands, where the Caribbean and Atlantic meet,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 06, 2023 11:37am |
"Historic flooding event" in Greece dumps more than 2 feet of rain in just a few hours A fallen tree is seen in a flooded river during a storm in the city of Volos, Greece, September 5, 2023. SEVINA DARIOTOU/EUROKINISSI VIA REUTERS Greece is being hit with another round of extreme weather after weeks of experiencing drought, wildfires and intense heat. Within the span of just hours, some areas of the country received more than two feet of rain and at least one person was killed as the storm continued to move toward the Mediterranean Sea where it could transform into what's known as a "medicane." In Zagora, there was a "jaw-dropping" rainfall of 21 inches from the storm, named...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 06, 2023 11:40am |
Google eases wartime restrictions in boost for Ukrainian entrepreneurs, but digital hurdles remain Vladyslav Lysenko (left) and his business partner and chef Ivan Kozyr stand outside their restaurant, Svitlo Café, in Dnipro, central Ukraine, in a photo shared by Lysenko on social media. VLADYSLAV LYSENKO/INSTAGRAM One month after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year, Vladyslav Lysenko surveyed the damage to his egg warehouse outside Kyiv. Russian soldiers had occupied the building for weeks and destroyed most of his stock. "At that moment," he said, "I realized that I had the opportunity to do something new." His dream had always been to open a restaurant, so after meeting Ukrainian "MasterChef"...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 06, 2023 11:54am |
Spanish women's soccer coach who called World Cup kissing scandal "real nonsense" gets fired President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales (R) kisses Jennifer Hermoso of Spain (L) during the medal ceremony of FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 Final match between Spain and England at Stadium Australia on August 20, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. / GETTY IMAGES Jorge Vilda, the coach of Spain's world champion women's soccer team, has been fired amid controversy surrounding the head of the Spanish soccer federation kissing a player after the team's World Cup win. Vilda had called the outrage over the kiss "real nonsense." In a statement on Tuesday, the Royal Spanish Football Federation called Vilda a...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 06, 2023 12:39pm |
Blinken visits Kyiv "to make sure that Ukraine has what it needs" in counteroffensive against Russia U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba visit a military section of a cemetery, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 6, 2023. DMYTRO KULEBA VIA TWITTER U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit Wednesday, hours after Russia launched its first missile attack in a week against the Ukrainian capital. Blinken's trip aimed to assess Ukraine's 3-month-old counteroffensive and signal continued U.S. support for Kyiv's efforts to drive out the Kremlin's forces as some Western allies are expressing worries about progress after 18 months...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 06, 2023 12:53pm |
Earth just had its hottest summer on record, U.N. says, warning "climate breakdown has begun" A firefighter runs as a wildfire intensifies in Evros, Greece, August 31, 2023. AYHAN MEHMET/ANADOLU AGENCY/GETTY "Earth just had its hottest three months on record," the United Nations weather agency said Wednesday. "The dog days of summer are not just barking, they are biting," warned U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a statement coinciding with the release of the latest data from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) by the World Meteorological Organization. "Our planet has just endured a season of simmering — the hottest summer on record. Climate breakdown has begun," Guterres...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 06, 2023 2:11pm |
Ferry captain, 3 crewmates face homicide charges over death of tardy passenger pushed into sea in Greece The ferry boat Blue Horizon is docked during seamen's unions strike at the port of Piraeus, near Athens on Sept. 3, 2018. THANASSIS STAVRAKIS / AP A Greek island ferry captain and three of his crew faced homicide charges Wednesday over the death of a tardy passenger who was pushed by crew members into the sea as he tried to force his way onto the departing vessel in the country's main port of Piraeus. The incident captured on a video and shared on social media sparked anger across the maritime country. It showed the passenger running onto the Blue Horizon ferry's loading ramp, which was still down and in place on the quay, as the ship...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 06, 2023 5:32pm |
British soldier awaiting trial on terror-related charges, escapes from London prison A British soldier awaiting trial on terror-related charges has escaped from a prison in southwest London, the country's counterterror police said Wednesday. Police said Daniel Abed Khalife, who has been accused of planting fake bombs at a military base and of violating Britain's Official Secrets Act, went missing from Wandsworth prison early Wednesday. The Metropolitan Police said in a statement Khalife escaped at 7:50 a.m. local time. He was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, red and white checkered trousers and brown steel- toe cap boots, police said. Khalife, 21, has denied all the charges against him. "We...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 06, 2023 5:52pm |
Elon Musk says he denied Ukraine satellite request to avoid complicity in "major act of war" vs. Russia Tech billionaire Elon Musk has said that he prevented a Ukrainian attack on a Russian Navy base last year by declining Kyiv's request to activate internet access in the Black Sea near Moscow-annexed Crimea. Satellite internet service Starlink, operated by Musk-owned company SpaceX, has been deployed in Ukraine since shortly after it was invaded by Russia in February 2022. "There was an emergency request from government authorities to activate Starlink all the way to Sevastopol. The obvious intent being to sink most of the Russian fleet at anchor," Musk posted Thursday on X, formerly named Twitter. The city of Sevastopol is the base of...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, September 09, 2023 2:30am |
U.K. terror suspect Daniel Khalife still on the run as police narrow search Prisoner Daniel Abed Khalife (pictured) was reported missing at 7:50 a.m. local time on Wednesday, U.K. police officials said. LONDON METROPOLITAN POLICE The dramatic escape from a British prison by Daniel Khalife has been called "pre-planned" by London's police chief as a wide-scale manhunt to find the terror suspect enters its third day. Mark Rowley, the commissioner for London's Metropolitan police, told U.K. radio station LBC on Friday that police authorities were not ruling out the possibility that Khalife had assistance from others, including those working in the prison. "To work out a prison escape, and how you are going to do the logistics of...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, September 09, 2023 2:37am |
Luis Rubiales, Spain's soccer federation boss, faces sexual assault lawsuit for Jenni Hermoso kiss President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales (R) kisses Jennifer Hermoso of Spain (L) during the medal ceremony of FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 Final match between Spain and England at Stadium Australia on August 20, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. GETTY Spanish state prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against Luis Rubiales for sexual assault and coercion for kissing a player on the lips without her consent after the Women's World Cup final, the country's prosecutors' office said Friday. Rubiales, the now-suspended president of the Spanish soccer federation, kissed Jenni Hermoso on the lips during the awards...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, September 09, 2023 2:40am |
Naomi Osaka says she's returning to pro tennis in 2024 Naomi Osaka talks to the media on Day 2 of the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Sept. 20, 2022 in Tokyo. / GETTY IMAGES Naomi Osaka said in an ESPN interview that she's planning to return to professional tennis next year. Over a month after giving birth to daughter Shai, Osaka, 25, told the sports outlet Wednesday that she's aiming for a packed schedule in 2024. "It's definitely way more tournaments than I used to play," said Osaka, who hasn't played since withdrew from the Tokyo Open last year. "So, I think some people will be happy with that." During her pregnancy announcement earlier this year, the tennis star said she would be at the Australian Open in 2024....more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, September 09, 2023 2:49am |
Novak Djokovic honors the late Kobe Bryant after his 24th Grand Slam win Novak Djokovic of Serbia poses for the media with his winners trophy wearing a shirt as a tribute to the late Kobe Bryant after defeating Daniil Medvedev. / GETTY IMAGES Novak Djokovic won his 24th Grand Slam on Sunday, and used the moment to honor someone else who had a connection to the number 24: Kobe Bryant, who wore the No. 24 jersey while playing for the Lakers. After beating Daniil Medvedev in the U.S Open final, Djokovic put on a shirt with a photo of Bryant and himself that read "Mamba Forever." While accepting his trophy and prize money, the tennis great explained the T-shirt's significance. Djokovic said Bryant, who died in a...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 11, 2023 3:27pm |
Morocco earthquake death toll climbs toward 2,500 as frantic rescue efforts continue Emergency workers evacuate an injured survivor of the September 8 earthquake from the village of Moulay Brahim, in al-Haouz province in the High Atlas Mountains of central Morocco, Sept. 11, 2023. PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/GETTY Hundreds of people stood in line for hours outside a blood bank in the central Moroccan city of Marrakech on Monday, some even passing out from the heat, but all of them determined do whatever they can for their country as it reels from the devastating earthquake that struck Friday night. By Monday morning the death toll had risen to 2,497, with another 2,476 people injured, according to the country's Interior...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 11, 2023 3:54pm |
North Korea's Kim Jong Un suspected to be on Russia-bound train, heading for meeting with Putin A collection of photos published on Sept. 8, 2023 by North Korea's state-run media show the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, at an event marking the launch of what he claimed to be a new "nuclear attack submarine," at a shipyard in North Korea. KCNA/NORTH KOREAN STATE MEDIA A North Korean train presumably carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has departed for Russia for a possible meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, South Korean media said Monday. Citing unidentified South Korean government sources, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported that the train likely left the North Korean capital of Pyongyang Sunday evening and that a Kim-Putin meeting...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 11, 2023 4:09pm |
| Luis Rubiales resigns as Spain's soccer federation president after unwanted World Cup kiss Luis Rubiales kisses Jennifer Hermoso of Spain during the medal ceremony of FIFA Women's World Cup on August 20, 2023, in Sydney, Australia. NOEMI LLAMAS/EURASIA SPORT IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES Luis Rubiales, the now-suspended president of the Spanish soccer federation, announced Sunday that he is resigning from the role in the wake of a weeks-long national scandal that began when he kissed soccer player Jenni Hermoso on the lips during Women's World Cup awards ceremony on Aug. 20. Hermoso, who said the kiss was not consensual, formally accused Rubiales of sexual assault on Sept. 6. Spanish state prosecutors subsequently filed a lawsuit against...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 11, 2023 4:17pm |
Biden calls for stability in U.S.-China relationship: "I don't want to contain China" President Biden holds a press conference in Hanoi on Sept. 10, 2023, on the first day of a visit in Vietnam. Biden travels to Vietnam to deepen cooperation between the two nations, in the face of China's growing ambitions in the region. GETTY IMAGES President Biden said Sunday that he is seeking stability in the contentious U.S.-China relationship while he visited the region to strengthen U.S. ties with China's neighbors. "I don't want to contain China," Mr. Biden told reporters during a news conference in Hanoi, Vietnam. "I just want to make sure that we have a relationship with China that is on the up and up squared away, everybody knows what it's...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 11, 2023 4:23pm |
Biden, Modi and G20 allies unveil rail and shipping project linking India to Middle East and Europe Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, welcomes U.S. President Joe Biden for the first session of the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. EVAN VUCCI / AP President Joe Biden and his allies on Saturday announced plans to build a rail and shipping corridor linking India with the Middle East and Europe, an ambitious project aimed at fostering economic growth and political cooperation. "This is a big deal," said Biden. "This is a really big deal." The corridor, outlined at the annual Group of 20 summit of the world's top economies, would help boost trade, deliver energy resources and improve digital...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 11, 2023 4:38pm |
U.K. police catch terrorism suspect Daniel Khalife, who escaped from a London prison A former soldier who escaped from a London prison while awaiting trial on terrorism charges was captured Saturday, police said. Daniel Abed Khalife was on the run for four days before a massive search managed to nab him in Chiswick in west London. The dramatic escape from a British prison by Khalife has been called "pre-planned" by London's police chief. Khalife escaped on the bottom of a food delivery truck from Wandsworth Prison on Wednesday. The breakout ignited a storm of criticism as political opponents blamed the ruling Conservative party for incompetence. Khalife, 21, is accused of planting fake bombs at a military base and of violating...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 11, 2023 4:45pm |
G20 adds the African Union as a member, issues call rejecting use of force in reference to Ukraine British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, talks with U.S. President Joe Biden during the first session of the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. EVAN VUCCI / AP The Group of 20 top world economies welcomed the African Union as a member as their annual summit got underway Saturday, but their wording on the contentious issue of Russia's war in Ukraine was limited to a call to avoid seizing territory by force or the use of nuclear weapons. There had been serious doubt that an agreement could be adopted because of disagreements among members, most centrally on differences about the war. The G20 final statement,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 11, 2023 4:53pm |
Morocco earthquake survivors say "government didn't come," as hope of finding anyone else alive fades Rescue workers carry a body recovered from under the rubble in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Talat N'Yaaqoub, Morocco, Sept. 12, 2023. HANNAH MCKAY/REUTERS High in the central Morocco's High Atlas Mountains, hope was fading fast Tuesday of finding more survivors four days after a devastating earthquake rocked the region and claimed more than 2,900 lives. The 6.8 magnitude temblor was unusual for the area, and towns and villages built largely of mud-brick dwellings were incredibly vulnerable. Buildings damaged by the quake were still crumbling in on themselves from aftershocks Tuesday as CBS News visited one decimated...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 12, 2023 2:46pm |
Libya flooding death toll tops 2,300 with as many as 10,000 still missing as bodies are found in Derna A view of devastation after floods caused by Storm Daniel September 11, 2023, in Derna, Libya. HANDOUT/ANADOLU AGENCY/GETTY Officials in eastern Libya have retrieved the bodies of more than 1,000 victims from the rubble in a coastal city that has been inundated by devastating floods, an official said Tuesday after visiting the devastated area. Authorities said more than 2,300 people were killed in the Mediterranean coastal city of Derna alone from the flooding unleashed by Mediterranean Storm Daniel. Tamer Ramadan, Libya envoy for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), said 10,000 people...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 12, 2023 3:00pm |
U.S. clears way for release of $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds as part of prisoner swap deal The Biden administration has cleared the way for the eventual release of five American citizens detained in Iran by issuing a waiver for international banks to transfer $6 billion in frozen Iranian money from South Korea to Qatar without fear of U.S. sanctions. In addition, as part of the deal, the administration has agreed to release five Iranian citizens held in the United States. Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed off on the sanctions waivers last week, a U.S. official told CBS News, a month after U.S. and Iranian officials said an agreement in principle was in place. Congress was not informed of the waiver decision until...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 12, 2023 3:25pm |
6 people shot dead in seaside town near Athens, Greece Six people have been fatally shot in an attack at a seaside town near Athens, Greek police said Monday, and a state-run TV broadcaster said authorities suspected it was a gangland shooting. A police statement said the bodies were discovered Monday evening in Artemida, about 12 miles east of Athens. It provided no further detail on the circumstances of the shooting or the identities of the victims. State-run ERT television said police believed the shooting could be linked with a dispute between organized criminal groups. It said the victims were all men who were found dead in and beside a car and had been shot with at least one handgun. Greek newspaper Proto Thema, which posted...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 12, 2023 4:40pm |
Palestinian leader Abbas draws sharp rebuke for "reprehensible" Holocaust remarks, but colleagues back him Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is seen during an official visit to Turkey, July 25, 2023 in Ankara. RIZA OZEL/DIA IMAGES/GETTY Palestinian political factions on Wednesday raged against dozens of Palestinian academics who had criticized President Mahmoud Abbas' recent remarks on the Holocaust, which have drawn widespread accusations of antisemitism. Politicians lambasted an open letter signed earlier this week by more than 100 Palestinian academics, activists and artists based around the world as a "statement of shame." "Their statement is consistent with the Zionist narrative and its signatories...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 13, 2023 2:52pm |
As Kim meets Putin, Ukraine strikes a Russian military shipyard and Moscow once again attacks Odesa Smoke rises from the shipyard that was reportedly hit by Ukrainian missile attack in Sevastopol, in Russian-occupied Crimea, in a still image taken from video, September 13, 2023. REUTERS TV A Ukrainian attack on a strategic shipyard early Wednesday in Russia-annexed Crimea wounded 24 people, damaged two ships undergoing repairs and caused a fire at the facility, Russian authorities reported. The attack in the port city of Sevastopol, which serves as the main base for Russia's Black Sea Fleet, took place as Moscow launched drones against southern...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 13, 2023 3:07pm |
Kim Jong Un meets Putin in Russia, vows  Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un at a meeting at the Vostochny Сosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, on September 13, 2023. SPUTNIK / VLADIMIR SMIRNOV / POOL VIA REUTERS North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that he could count on his country's "full and unconditional support" for Russia's "sacred fight" to defend its security interests, in an apparent reference to the war in Ukraine. Kim said North Korea would always stand with Russia on the "anti-imperialist" front. The...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 13, 2023 3:22pm |
North Korea fires at least one missile, South Korea says, as Kim Jong Un visits Russia South Korea's military says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile toward its eastern seas. The launch on Wednesday came as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was traveling in Russia for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin while there are international concerns about a potential arms deal that could fuel Moscow's war efforts in Ukraine. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff didn't immediately say how far the weapon flew. Japan's Coast Guard, citing Tokyo's Defense Ministry, said the missile likely has landed but still urged vessels around the Japanese coasts to watch out for falling objects. Kim has been using the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 13, 2023 3:33pm |
Grand Slam champion Simona Halep banned from competition for anti-doping violations Simona Halep, a two-time Grand Slam tennis champion, has been suspended from competing for four years for violating anti-doping policies, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced Tuesday. Halep, 31, is accused of two separate breaches of the Tennis Anti-Doping Program (TADP): the use of roxadustat, a prohibited substance; and irregularities in her Athlete Biological Passport, which is used to monitor a player's biological variables over time, the organization said. Roxadustat is often used to treat anemia, but is prohibited in the sport because it increases hemoglobin and the production of red blood cells, the ITIA explained in its...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 13, 2023 3:38pm |
BP CEO Bernard Looney ousted after past relationships with coworkers The chief executive of British energy giant BP has resigned after he accepted that he was not "fully transparent" in his disclosures about past relationships with colleagues, the company said Tuesday. Bernard Looney, 53, took on the role in February 2020. He is stepping down with immediate effect and will be replaced by chief financial officer Murray Auchincloss on an interim basis, BP said. A statement from the firm said its board reviewed allegations relating to Looney's conduct "in respect of personal relationships with company colleagues" in May last year. The executive disclosed a small number of past relationships prior to becoming CEO and no breach of company...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 13, 2023 3:53pm |
Libya flooding presents "unprecedented humanitarian crisis" after decade of civil war left it vulnerable A view of devastation in disaster zones after the floods caused by Storm Daniel ravaged the region, on September 11, 2023, in Derna, Libya. HANDOUT/ANADOLU AGENCY VIA GETTY IMAGES Libya's eastern port city Derna was home to some 100,000 people before Mediterranian storm Daniel unleashed torrents of floodwater over the weekend. But as residents and emergency workers continued sifting Wednesday through mangled debris to collect the bodies of victims of the catastrophic flooding, officials put the death toll in Derna alone at more than 5,100. The International Organization for Migration said Wednesday that at least 30,000 individuals...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 13, 2023 4:00pm |
11 Mexican police officers convicted in murder of 17 migrants who were shot and burned near U.S. border People carry a coffin with the remains of Elfego Miranda Diaz, one of the Guatemalan migrants who was killed near the U.S.-Mexico border in January, at a cemetery in Comitancillo, Guatemala, Saturday, March 13, 2021. MOISES CASTILLO / AP Eleven Mexican former police officers were found guilty on Thursday in the murder of 17 migrants who were shot and burned near the United States border, prosecutors said. The prosecutor's office said in a statement it had "managed to obtain a conviction" against 11 police officers charged with homicide, while another one was found guilty of abuse of office. After a trial that lasted more...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, September 15, 2023 3:31pm |
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet with Biden in U.S. next week Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, is expected to meet with President Biden while he's in the U.S. next week, according to a source familiar with Zelenskyy's plans. Mr. Biden plans to host host Zelenskyy at the White House. The two are both slated to be in New York to attend the annual U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday and Wednesday, making Thursday the most likely target for their meeting in Washington, D.C. Zelenskyy is coming to the nation's capital at a time when the Biden administration is pushing Congress to authorize $13 billion more in military funding for Ukraine. And Zelenskyy will have an opportunity to make that pitch to lawmakers in...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, September 15, 2023 3:58pm |
Hurricane Lee's path and timeline: Meteorologists project when and where the storm will hit A map from the National Hurricane Center shows the probable path of the center of Hurricane Lee as of 8 a.m. EDT on Sept. 15, 2023. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER Hurricane Lee continues churning northward on a path that's likely to threaten the New England coast this weekend. It weakened to a Category 1 storm on Thursday. Watches and warnings are up for coastal areas of Massachusetts and Maine. Lee's effects were already being felt along the southeast U.S. coastline, and forecasters said Lee would make its presence felt with "hazardous surf and rip current conditions" at beaches along the western Atlantic all week. Lee...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, September 15, 2023 4:12pm |
U.K. leader vows to ban American bully XL dogs after fatal attack: "Danger to our communities" A December 2021 file photo taken at a shelter for homeless dogs in Antalya, Turkey, shows what appears to be a female American bully XL, a large dog originally bred from the American pitbull terrier. MUSTAFA CIFTCI/ANADOLU AGENCY/GETTY U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced his intention Friday to have a type of dog known as the American bully XL banned in Britain, calling them "a danger to our communities." The announcement came a day after a man died from injuries sustained during an attack believed to have involved this type of dog. A 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after originally being arrested on...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, September 15, 2023 6:19pm |
Mahsa Amini died in Iran police custody 1 year ago. What's changed since then — and what hasn't? In this Sept. 19, 2022 photo, taken by an individual not employed by The Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, women run away from anti-riot police during a protest over the death of a young woman detained for violating the country's conservative dress code, in downtown Tehran, Iran. AP On September 16, 2022, a young woman died in the custody of Iran's Morality Police. Mahsa Amini was 22. Iranian officials said she died of a heart attack, but her family told CBS News she was fatally beaten by the police after being arrested for wearing her mandatory hijab head covering incorrectly. Amini's death sent shockwaves...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, September 15, 2023 6:28pm |
Melinda French Gates calls maternal deaths in childbirth "needless," urges action to save moms, babies Melinda French Gates, philanthropist, businesswoman and advocate, is in New York City this week for the annual Goalkeepers event, which brings together leaders to tackle urgent global challenges. The focus of this year's Goalkeepers Report is the alarming rate of maternal deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth, with an estimated 800 women dying every day from preventable causes worldwide — one death every two minutes. French Gates told "CBS Mornings" on Monday that women should not be dying from childbirth, calling such deaths "needless." "I mean, this is an ancient problem," she said. "Women giving birth should not — they should not die in...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 18, 2023 5:47pm |
Iran releases 5 Americans in prisoner swap U.S. citizens Siamak Namazi (center, with glasses) and Morad Tahbaz are greeted upon their arrival at the Doha International Airport in Doha, Qatar, after their release from Iran on Sept. 18, 2023. KARIM JAAFAR/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Five U.S. citizens detained by Iran were freed Monday in a high-stakes, complex diplomatic deal brokered between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Biden administration that included the transfer of $6 billion in unfrozen Iranian oil assets and the release of five Iranians facing charges in the U.S. The Americans were expected to return to the U.S. and land in the Washington, D.C., area Monday night. The American prisoners include Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi and...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 18, 2023 5:55pm |
Russell Brand makes first public appearance since sexual assault, emotional abuse allegations Russell Brand appeared on stage Saturday for the first time since he was accused of rape, sexual assault and abuse by multiple women. The 48-year-old comedian, actor and social influencer performed at a sold-out stand-up show at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre in northwest London as part of his Bipolarisation tour. After arriving late due to traffic, Brand thanked his fans for showing up and said there were certain topics he couldn't discuss, alluding to the allegations, BBC News reported. "I really appreciate your support, I love you, and I want to do a fantastic show for you," he told the crowd of 2,000 people. "I've got...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 18, 2023 6:06pm |
Senators to meet with Zelenskyy on Thursday Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will host an all-senators meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday, according to a leadership aide. Zelenskyy is traveling to the U.S. to attend the annual U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday and Wednesday in New York. He will then travel to Washington to meet with President Biden at the White House on Thursday, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said last week. His trip comes as the Biden administration is asking Congress to authorize $13.1 billion more in military funding for Ukraine. Congress is divided over additional funding, with conservative Republican lawmakers calling for an end in...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 18, 2023 6:10pm |
Libya opens investigation into dams' collapse after flood killed thousands DERNA, LIBYA - SEPTEMBER 15: A view of devastated area after the floods caused by the Storm Daniel ravaged the region in Derna, Libya on September 15, 2023. At least 6,000 people were killed and thousands of others remain missing due to last weekend's floods in eastern Libya, according to official figures. ABDULLAH MOHAMMED BONJA/ANADOLU AGENCY VIA GETTY IMAGES Libyan authorities have opened an investigation into the collapse of two dams that caused a devastating flood in a coastal city as rescue teams searched for bodies on Saturday, nearly a week after the deluge killed more than 11,000 people. Heavy rains caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel caused deadly...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 18, 2023 6:19pm |
Syria protests gain steam, challenging Bashar Assad as he tries to put the civil war behind him People gather to protest against the Bashar Assad regime in Suwayda, Syria, Sept. 1, 2023. LEYS EL-CEBEL/ANADOLU AGENCY/GETTY Anti-government protests have been gaining steam in Syria for more than a month, echoing the demonstrations that President Bashar Assad sent his security forces to crack down on in 2011, sending the country into a downward spiral that morphed into a full-scale civil war. The demonstrations, focused predominantly in the southern city of Suwayda, were initially driven by a deepening cost of living crisis — Syria's economy has been crippled by years of war and is straining under the weight of myriad...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 19, 2023 2:08pm |
Justin Trudeau accuses India of "credible" link to activist's assassination in Canada![Justin Trudeau accuses India of](https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2023/09/18/f20dcbd5-34bb-467d-828f-83d9a65440b4/thumbnail/620x413/a126812f3c02bfeda063451401d8a8f3/2023-09-18t215254z-148895234-rc29b3axdrw5-rtrmadp-3-canada-india.jpg?v=7baa303cd567eeea672118c3d6d2bab4") A sign outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple is seen after the killing on its grounds in June of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Surrey, British Columbia. CHRIS HELGREN / REUTERS Canada expelled a top Indian diplomat Monday as it investigates what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called credible allegations that India's government may have had links to the assassination in Canada of a Sikh activist. Trudeau said in Parliament that Canadian intelligence agencies have been looking into the allegations after Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a strong supporter of an independent Sikh homeland known as...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 19, 2023 2:22pm |
U.N. General Assembly opens with world in crisis — but only 1 of the 5 key world powers attending United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a statement at U.N. headquarters in New York City, Sept. 18, 2023. MIKE SEGAR / REUTERS "Drop by drop, the poison of war is infecting our world," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, opening the annual gathering of 193 nations at the U.N. General Assembly. With the world facing its highest number of violent conflicts since 1945 — beset by the consequences of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine and the related spike in food prices, as well as record temperatures, climate disasters and unprecedented numbers of migrants...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 19, 2023 2:41pm |
U.N. warns Libya could face "second devastating crisis" if disease spreads in decimated Derna A man walks past the rubble of a destroyed building in Libya's eastern city of Derna, Sept. 18, 2023, following deadly flash floods. MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/GETTY The United Nations warned Monday that disease outbreaks could bring "a second devastating crisis" to Libya a week after a huge flash flood shattered the coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths. Local officials, aid agencies and the World Health Organization "are concerned about the risk of disease outbreak, particularly from contaminated water and the lack of sanitation", the United Nations said. The flash flood that is confirmed to have killed nearly 3,300...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 19, 2023 2:51pm |
Azerbaijan launches military operation targeting Armenian positions; 2 civilians reportedly killed, including child Children eat sitting in a shelter during shelling in Stepanakert in the breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan on Sept. 19, 2023. SIRANUSH SARGSYAN / AP Azerbaijan's forces opened fire Tuesday on Armenian positions in the Nagorno-Karabakh region in what it called an "anti-terrorist operation," and ethnic Armenian officials reported at least two civilians were killed and 11 wounded and that there was heavy artillery fire around the region's capital. The Azerbaijani defense ministry announced the start of the operation hours after four soldiers and two civilians died in landmine explosions in the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 19, 2023 4:53pm |
Spain hailstorm destroys nearly $43 million worth of crops as it hits nearly 100% of some farmers' harvests Harvesters divide the rice rows so that each removes weeds from a specific area in El Perellonet, Valencia, Spain on July 14, 2022. LOYOLA PEREZ DE VILLEGAS MUNIZ/ANADOLU AGENCY VIA GETTY IMAGES Farmers in the southeastern Spain city of Valencia are reeling after severe weather struck the region over the weekend, destroying nearly $43 million worth of crops across thousands of acres of land. In some cases, nearly 100% of some farmers' crops were impacted, according to the Association of Farmers of Valencia. The significant agricultural loss came as several regions in Valencia and Castellón – both of which lie on the coast...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 19, 2023 4:59pm |
India expels diplomat from Canada as relations plummet over Sikh leader's assassination A sign outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple is seen after the killing on its grounds in June 2023 of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada September 18, 2023. CHRIS HELGREN / REUTERS India's government strongly denied on Tuesday any involvement in the murder of a prominent Sikh leader in Canada and expelled a senior Canadian diplomat in a tit-for-tat response as tension between the two countries soars. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau drew India's ire by suggesting Indian officials could have had a role in the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. In remarks...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 19, 2023 5:30pm |
Political divide emerges on U.S. aid to Ukraine as Zelenskyy heads to Washington Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses Congress as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hold a Ukrainian national flag that Zelensky gave them at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 21, 2022. MANDEL NGAN/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Washington this week comes at a critical juncture for his alliance with the United States as Republican leaders in Congress diverge on how to send more military and humanitarian aid to the country. President Biden is seeking an additional $24 billion in security and humanitarian aid for Ukraine, in line with his promise to help the country for "as long as it...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 20, 2023 3:24pm |
Ceasefire appears to avert war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, but what's the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute about? The breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, recognized internationally as part of Azerbaijan, is seen in red. GETTY/ISTOCKPHOTO A day after Azerbaijan launched an offensive in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, ethnic Armenians there said they agreed to ceasefire terms proposed by Russia. The terms include the complete disarming of local Karabakh forces. But explosions could still be heard in Nagorno-Karabkh's capital after the ceasefire came into effect, according to CBS News partner network BBC News. Below is a look at what's behind the long-simmering conflict that has claimed thousands...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 20, 2023 5:25pm |
Blinken says decisions like Iran prisoner swap are "hard" ones to make, amid concerns it encourages hostage-taking U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed concerns Wednesday that the U.S. deal to release five Iranians and agree to the release of nearly $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets — in exchange for the release of five Americans who were detained in Iran — encourages hostage-taking among hostile nations. "These are hard decisions, hard decisions for the president to make," Blinken, who is currently in New York for the U.N. General Assembly, told "CBS Mornings." But Blinken said over 30 Americans who were unjustly detained worldwide are now home as a result of those decisions. Some...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 20, 2023 5:30pm |
Apple workers launch nationwide strike in France – right as the iPhone 15 hits stores Striking Apple store workers hold a picket line in front of the flagship Apple Store in central Paris, Sept. 22, 2023, as customers wait behind them to get into the store on the release day for the new iPhone 15. CHESNOT/GETTY Workers at Apple stores across France have gone on strike, demanding more pay. The nationwide strike by some 2,100 workers was timed to coincide with the Friday store release of Apple's latest phone, the iPhone 15, in France. Eager customers had to cross picket lines outside stores to be among the first to buy the new phone. At the company's flagship store in central Paris, around 40 shoppers braved the strikes and...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, September 22, 2023 5:44pm |
Ukraine air force chief mocks Moscow as missile hits key Russian navy base in Sevastopol, Crimea Russian Navy personnel patrol in front of the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, in Sevastopol, Crimea, in a July 31, 2022 file photo. STRINGER/AFP/GETTY The Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, the biggest city in Ukraine's Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula, said Friday that the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea fleet was struck in a Ukrainian missile attack. Russia's Ministry of Defense later confirmed the strike and said one service member was missing, as a Ukrainian military commander thanked his forces for setting air raid sirens "sounding in Sevastopol." State media said Russia's air defense systems...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, September 22, 2023 5:54pm |
U.K. to charge 5 people suspected of spying for Russia with conspiracy to conduct espionage U.K. prosecutors said Thursday that they had authorized charges of conspiracy to conduct espionage against three men and two women suspected of spying for Russia. The charges come after an investigation by the Counter Terrorism Command of London's Metropolitan Police. The five people are Bulgarian citizens between the ages of 29 and 45. In a statement, the head of Britain's Crown Prosecution Service, Nick Price, named them as Orlin Roussev, Bizer Dzhambazov, Katrin Ivanova, Ivan Stoyanov and Vanya Gaberova, and said they "will be charged with conspiring to collect information intended to be directly or indirectly useful to an enemy for a purpose...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, September 22, 2023 5:57pm |
As Russia hits Ukraine's energy facilities with a deadly missile attack, fear mounts over nuclear plants U.S., Ukrainian and Swedish flags flutter in front of the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant, in Varash, Ukraine, Sept. 10, 2023. ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP/GETTY A "massive" Russian missile attack on at least six cities across Ukraine killed at least two people and left more than 20 others wounded Thursday night, Ukrainian officials said. Ukrenergo, the country's electrical grid operator, said on social media that the missile barrage was Russia's first successful attack targeting energy facilities in months, and it reported partial blackouts in five different regions across the country. "Tonight, Russia launched a massive attack on...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, September 22, 2023 6:23pm |
3 South African Navy crew members die after 7 are swept off submarine deck A Type 209 South African submarine, the Manthatisi (foreground), arrives in Simon's Town, South Africa, April 7, 2006. RODGER BOSCH/AFP/GETTY Three South African Navy personnel died and a senior officer was in critical condition after seven crew members of a submarine were swept off its deck by big waves as a helicopter attempted a "vertical transfer" of supplies, the country's Department of Defense said Thursday. The accident happened Wednesday as an Air Force Lynx helicopter was attempting what's known as a "vertrep" — or vertical replenishment — of supplies to the SAS Manthatisi submarine on the ocean surface near Kommetjie, off the coast of Cape Town,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, September 22, 2023 6:26pm |
Thieves may have stolen radioactive metal from Japan's tsunami-battered Fukushima nuclear power plant The damaged nuclear reactors at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which was crippled by a March 11, 2011 tusnami. PALLAVA BAGLA/CORBIS/GETTY Construction workers stole and sold potentially radioactive scrap metal from near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, the Japanese environment ministry said on Thursday. The materials went missing from a museum being demolished in a special zone around 2.5 miles from the atomic plant in northeast Japan that was knocked out by a tsunami in 2011. Although people were allowed to return to the area in 2022 after intense decontamination work, radiation levels can still be...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, September 22, 2023 6:31pm |
Ceasefire appears to avert war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, but what's the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute about? The breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, recognized internationally as part of Azerbaijan, is seen in red. GETTY/ISTOCKPHOTO A day after Azerbaijan launched an offensive in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, ethnic Armenians there said they agreed to ceasefire terms proposed by Russia. The terms include the complete disarming of local Karabakh forces. But explosions could still be heard in Nagorno-Karabkh's capital after the ceasefire came into effect, according to CBS News partner network BBC News. Below is a look at what's behind the long-simmering conflict that has claimed thousands of lives in the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, September 22, 2023 6:40pm |
Matteo Messina Denaro, notorious Sicilian mafia boss captured after 30-year manhunt, dies in hospital prison ward Italian mafia leader Matteo Messina Denaro (right), one of the most wanted mafia bosses, is seen after he was arrested by Italian security forces in Palermo, Italy, January 16, 2023. ITALIAN GENDARMERIE (CARABINIERI) PRESS SERVICE/HANDOUT/ANADOLU AGENCY/GETTY Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted mastermind of some of the Sicilian Mafia's most heinous slayings, died on Monday in a hospital prison ward, several months after being captured as Italy's No. 1 fugitive and following decades on the run, Italian prosecutors said. Messina Denaro's death brings to a close the era of the Cosa Nostra crime syndicate depicted in...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 25, 2023 2:05pm |
Lego drops prototype blocks made of recycled plastic bottles as they "didn't reduce carbon emissions" Denmark's Lego said on Monday that it remains committed to its quest to find sustainable materials to reduce carbon emissions, even after an experiment by the world's largest toymaker to use recycled bottles did not work. Lego said it has "decided not to progress" with making its trademark colorful bricks from recycled plastic bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate, known as PET, and after more than two years of testing "found the material didn't reduce carbon emissions." Lego enthusiastically announced in 2021 that the prototype PET blocks had become the first recycled alternative to pass its "strict" quality, safety and play requirements, following...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 25, 2023 2:23pm |
Sophia Loren, 89-year-old Hollywood icon, recovering from surgery after fall at her Geneva home Italian actress Sophia Loren seen at the opening of her restaurant Sophia Loren Restaurant in Milan, Italy, October 10, 2022. MAIRO CINQUETTI/SOPA IMAGES/LIGHTROCKET/GETTY Italian screen legend Sophia Loren was recovering Monday after undergoing hip surgery following a fall at her Geneva home. The star suffered fractures when she fell on Sunday just days after her 89th birthday, but a subsequent operation was successful, according to a statement from Loren's eponymous chain of restaurants. "Now she will have to observe a short period of convalescence followed by a course of rehabilitation," it said. "Fortunately...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 25, 2023 2:31pm |
Canada House speaker apologizes for honoring man who fought for Nazis during Zelenskyy visit Volodymyr Zelenskyy pumps his fist at a Canadian-Ukrainian veteran who fought for a Nazi unit during World War II. SEAN KILPATRICK/CANADIAN PRESS/BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGESThe speaker of Canada's House of Commons apologized Sunday for recognizing a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II. Just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an address in the House of Commons on Friday, Canadian lawmakers gave 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka a standing ovation when Speaker Anthony Rota drew attention to him. Rota introduced Hunka as a war hero who fought for the First Ukrainian Division. Rota noted in his...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 25, 2023 2:40pm |
Olena Zelenska, Ukraine's first lady, highlights the horrors of war and the hard work of healing Olena Zelenska, wife of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, speaks at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 21, 2023. EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / REUTERS Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, joined her husband in the U.S. last week to highlight the toll that the war in her country has taken on Ukraine's children and way of life, telling "Face the Nation" that Russian invaders "want to destroy our culture." Zelenska sat down with "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan in Washington, D.C., at the end of her visit to speak about her humanitarian work in the midst of the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 25, 2023 2:59pm |
Ukrainian forces launch second missile strike on Crimean city of Sevastopol Ukraine on Saturday morning launched a second missile attack on Sevastopol on the occupied Crimean Peninsula, a Russian-installed official said, a day after an attack on the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet that left a serviceman missing and the main building smoldering. Sevastopol was put under an air raid alert for about an hour after debris from intercepted missiles fell near a pier, Gov. Mikhail Razvozhayev wrote on the messaging app Telegram. He later added that another missile fragment fell in a park in northern Sevastopol, parts of which had to be cordoned off. Ferry traffic in the area was also halted and later resumed. Loud blasts were also...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 25, 2023 3:05pm |
Blinken: U.S. expects "accountability" from India after Canada accuses it of being involved in death of Sikh activist Secretary Of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference at the Lotte Palace Hotel on September 22, 2023 in New York City. MICHAEL M SANTIAGO / GETTY IMAGES U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed the growing tension between Canada and India on Friday, saying the U.S. is "deeply concerned" about the allegations made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that India was involved in the murder of a Canadian citizen earlier this year. Blinken, who spoke publicly at a news conference in New York City, is the highest-ranking U.S. official to discuss the matter, which has been escalating since Monday, when...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 25, 2023 3:16pm |
Car bombing at Somali checkpoint kills at least 15, officials say In this grab taken from video, smoke billows after an explosion in Beledweyne, Somalia, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. AP An explosives-laden vehicle detonated Saturday at a security checkpoint in the central Somalia city of Beledweyne, killing at least 15 people and wounding 40 others, authorities said. Abdifatah Mohamed Yusuf, the director-general of the Hirshabelle Ministry of Humanitarian and Disaster Management, confirmed the deaths. "Twenty of the wounded have been admitted to Beledweyne hospitals, while another 20 are in critical condition, prompting a request for their airlift to Mogadishu for advanced medical treatment," he said. Hirshabelle...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 25, 2023 3:25pm |
Colombia navy intercepts suspicious motor boat, finds over $41 million worth of cocaine The seized shipment of cocaine, valued at around $41 million. COLOMBIA MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE The Colombian navy seized over one ton of cocaine, worth tens of millions of dollars, after intercepting a "suspicious" motor boat sailing to Central America, authorities said Thursday. The "go fast" boat was traveling in waters off the Providencia Archipelago, which is the only part of the country located in Central America and is about 110 miles off the coast of Nicaragua. The vessel was monitored by a Maritime Task Group, the Colombian navy said in a news release, and after a prolonged pursuit, the task group intercepted the boat....more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 25, 2023 3:35pm |
Chris Kaba shooting case drives London police to consider army backup as officers hand in gun licenses Britain's Ministry of Defense agreed to provide soldiers to support London's Metropolitan Police after more than 100 armed officers refused to go out on armed patrols over the weekend, CBS News partner network BBC News reported. The Met, as the London force is commonly known, said the officers were responding to the authorization of a murder charge against a colleague in the shooting of Chris Kaba, an unarmed 24-year-old Black man, last September. Later on Monday, the Met announced that it had enough armed officers who were willing to work, "to no longer require external assistance." "There is a concern on the part of firearms officers that...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 25, 2023 5:05pm |
Nelson Mandela's granddaughter Zoleka Mandela dies of cancer at 43 South African anti-apartheid struggle hero Nelson Mandela's granddaughter, Zoleka Mandela, has died of cancer aged 43, her family said on Tuesday. Known for having detailed her long battle against the disease, the author was admitted into hospital on Monday as part of her ongoing treatment, a family spokesman said. "Zoleka passed away... surrounded by friends and family," said Zwelabo Mandela. She was the child of Mandela's youngest daughter, Zindzi Mandela, and her first husband, Zwelibanzi Hlongwane. The family said recent scans revealed "significant" progress in the cancer that affected her hip, liver, lung, pelvis, brain and spinal...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 26, 2023 2:57pm |
Cuba denounces attack on its U.S. embassy as terrorism A group of Cubans from Miami protest in front of the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, July 17, 2021. NATHAN HART/MIAMI HERALD/TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE VIA GETTY IMAGES The U.S. on Monday condemned an attack on Cuba's embassy in Washington, in which a man allegedly threw two Molotov cocktails at the mission. Cuba described the incident Sunday night as a "terrorist attack." No one was injured. "This is the second violent attack against #Cuba's diplomatic mission," Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Cuba's Foreign Minister, wrote on social media, referring to an incident in April 2020 in which a man opened fire on the building. There were no injuries from that attack...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 26, 2023 3:11pm |
Ukraine war effort aided by arrival of U.S. tanks as doubts raised over killing of Russian fleet commander File photo: An Australian army M1A1 Abrams main battle tank fires a round at a target during a live fire demonstration at the Puckapunyal Military Base north of Melbourne on May 9, 2019. WILLIAM WEST/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES The first American-made Abrams tanks were rolling out on Ukrainian soil, as Russia refutes a claim by Ukrainian forces to have dealt a significant blow to the leadership of Moscow's naval fleet in the Black Sea. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the arrival of the tanks on the Telegram messaging app: "Good news from Minister (of Defense Rustem) Umerov. Abrams are already in Ukraine and are being...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 26, 2023 3:25pm |
Germany bans decades-old neo-Nazi group Artgemeinschaft, accused of trying to "raise new enemies" of the state Police are seen during the search of a home belonging to a memb of the newly-banned neo-Nazi group "Die Artgemeinschaft," Sept. 27, 2023, in Hesselbronn, Baden-Württemberg state. JAN-PHILIPP STROBEL/PICTURE ALLIANCE/GETTY German police raided the homes of 39 members of an extremist far-right group with neo-Nazi links Wednesday after it was banned in the country. Germany's Interior Ministry banned the sect-like group known as "Die Artgemeinschaft," along with its sub-organizations and internet outlets, calling it a threat to constitutional order in the country. Artgemeinschaft can still appeal against at the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, September 28, 2023 5:31pm |
Taiwan unveils first domestically made submarine to help defend against possible Chinese attack The Taiwan Navy's Haikun submarine is unveiled during an event at CSBC Corp.'s dockyard in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Sept. 28, 2023. BLOOMBERG/GETTY Taiwan unveiled its first domestically developed military submarine Thursday, as the democratic, self-governing island ramps up its defenses with anxiety building about the possibility of China launching an attack. "Even if there are risks, and no matter how many challenges there are, Taiwan must take this step and allow the self-reliant national defense policy to grow and flourish on our land," Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen said at the unveiling ceremony. The diesel-electric...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, September 28, 2023 5:40pm |
Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of "ethnic cleansing" in Nagorno-Karabakh region as 65,000 "forcefully displaced" Refugees load a truck in Goris, Armenia, Sept. 26, 2023, before leaving to the capital Yerevan. A continuous stream of vehicles crept along the only road out of the Nagorno-Karabakh region toward Armenia, carrying tens of thousands of refugees. ALAIN JOCARD/AFP/GETTY Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accused neighboring Azerbaijan on Thursday of "ethnic cleansing" as tens of thousands of people fled the Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh into Armenia. Pashinyan predicted that all ethnic Armenians would flee the region in "the coming days" amid an ongoing Azerbaijani military operation there. "Our analysis shows that in...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, September 28, 2023 5:44pm |
Travis King, the U.S. soldier who crossed South Korea's border into North Korea, is back in U.S. This family photo shows a portrait of American soldier Travis King displayed at the home of his grandfather Carl Gates, July 19, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. FAMILY PHOTO/AP Travis King, the young American soldier who crossed the border on foot from South Korea into North Korea in July, was back in the U.S. early Thursday. A defense official confirmed to CBS News that a plane carrying King landed in San Antonio at about 1:30 a.m. EDT. King was seen on video being led away form the plane. North Korea announced Wednesday...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, September 28, 2023 5:50pm |
Iran claims it launched new imaging satellite into orbit This frame grab taken from a video broadcast by Iranian television on Sept. 27, 2023 shows what Iran's Communications Minister Isa Zarepour described as a Noor-3 satellite launched on a rocket from an undisclosed location in Iran. IRIB VIA AP Iran claimed on Wednesday it successfully launched an imaging satellite into space, which could further ratchet up tensions with Western nations that fear its space technology could be used to develop nuclear weapons. Iran's Communication Minister Isa Zarepour said the Noor-3 satellite had been put in an orbit 450 kilometers (280 miles) above the Earth's surface, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. It was not clear when exactly the launch...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, September 28, 2023 5:57pm |
Iraq wedding hall fire leaves almost 100 dead and dozens injured in Nineveh province People gather at the site following a fatal fire at a wedding celebration, in the district of Hamdaniya, in Iraq's Nineveh province, Sept. 27, 2023. KHALID AL-MOUSILY/REUTERS A fire tore through a wedding venue in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least 93 people and leaving 100 more injured, according to Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan. The fire struck a wedding venue in the predominantly Christian town of Hamdaniya, just outside the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, about 205 miles northwest of the capital, Baghdad. According to emergency services and witnesses at the scene, fireworks inside the venue sparked the deadly...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, September 28, 2023 6:33pm |
Canada's House speaker resigns after honoring man who fought for Nazis during Zelenskyy visit Ukrainian President Zelenskyy shakes hands with House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota as Prime Minister Trudeau looks on during a ceremony on Parliament Hill on September 22, 2023 in Ottawa, Canada. DAVE CHAN/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES The speaker of Canada's House of Commons resigned Tuesday for inviting a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II to Parliament to attend a speech by the Ukrainian president. Just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an address in the House of Commons on Friday, Canadian lawmakers gave 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka a standing ovation when Speaker Anthony Rota drew attention to...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, September 28, 2023 6:36pm |
Pakistan suicide bombing near mosque in Balochistan kills more than 50 gathered for religious procession Security officials examine the site of a suicide bomb attack targeting a procession marking the birthday of Islam's Prophet Mohammed in Mastung district, Baluchistan, Pakistan, Sept. 29, 2023. AFP VIA GETTY A religious gathering to celebrate the birthday of Islam's Prophet Mohammad turned deadly Friday in Pakistan when a suicide bomber exploded a powerful device near a mosque, killing at least 52 people and leaving some 70 more injured in an attack targeting worshippers and police. Another attack elsewhere in the country, targeting another mosque, left at least 5 people dead. Local officials said the blast in the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, September 29, 2023 6:44pm |
Iranian forces aimed laser at American military helicopter "multiple times," U.S. says An aviation Boatswain's Mate signals to the pilots of AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter as it departs from the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) on June 7, 2022, during the BALTOPS 22 Exercise in the Baltic Sea. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Iranian naval forces repeatedly aimed a laser at an American military helicopter during a routine flight in international airspace over the Gulf, the U.S. military said Thursday. The helicopter -- an AH-1Z Viper -- is attached to a unit deployed on the USS Bataan amphibious assault ship, which was sent to the region as part of American efforts to deter...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, September 29, 2023 6:54pm |
China investing "unprecedented resources" in disinformation, surveillance tactics, new report says China's government is investing "unprecedented resources" in a range of disinformation, surveillance and censorship tactics it uses in efforts to shape international narratives in its favor among foreign audiences around the world, a new report released Thursday by the State Department said. "As the [People's Republic of China] has grown more confident in its power, it appears to have calculated that it can more aggressively pursue its interests via information manipulation," the report, compiled by the department's Global Engagement Center, said. It warned that some of the methods Beijing has honed and is spending billions on annually...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, September 29, 2023 6:57pm |
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