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4 dead, 50 missing after flash floods and landslide hit Indian village Houses are partially buried by a mudslide, amid flash floods, in Dharali, Uttarakhand, India, Aug. 5, 2025. Indian Army Central Command via X/Handout via Reuters At least four people were killed and 50 more were missing after massive flash floods and a landslide in the hilly north Indian state of Uttarakhand swept away dozens of homes Tuesday. The flash floods were triggered by a cloudburst in the state's Uttarkashi district, sweeping through the village of Dharali, a popular tourist destination dotted with hotels and restaurants. Indian news outlets broadcast videos showing a massive wave of water gushing through the area, sweeping...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, August 06, 2025 6:15pm |
Putin, Trump envoy Witkoff meet in Moscow ahead of Trump deadline for Moscow to agree to end Ukraine war Russian President Vladimir Putin greets President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow on August 06, 2025. Kremlin Press Office / Handout / Anadolu via Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Wednesday, days before the White House's deadline for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine or potentially face severe economic penalties that could also hit countries buying its oil. The meeting lasted about three hours, Russian state media said. Putin's foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said that Putin and Witkoff had a "useful and constructive...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, August 06, 2025 6:21pm |
Trump-backed candidate Karol Nawrocki becomes Polish president and could steer a more nationalist course Conservative Karol Nawrocki was inaugurated Wednesday as Poland 's new president, which could set the country on a more nationalist course and cast doubt on the viability of the centrist government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Most day-to-day power in Poland rests with the prime minister, chosen by the parliament. However, the president holds the power to influence foreign policy and veto laws. Nawrocki, who was supported by President Donald Trump ahead of a narrow victory in a runoff election in June, is a 42-year-old historian who had no political experience prior to campaigning. He was not even a political party member until being approached by the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, August 06, 2025 6:23pm |
As Hiroshima marks 80 years since U.S. atomic bombing, survivor says "nuclear weapons and humanity cannot co-exist" Looking out over the skyline of Hiroshima, 96-year-old Junji Sarashina points out places from his childhood. "That was my grade school. Not too far from here," he tells his granddaughter, showing her around the area. Sarashina was 16 years old and working in an antiaircraft munitions factory when the United States dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. "When the bomb dropped, I wasn't able to see anything," Sarashina says. A concrete wall saved Sarashina, but when he emerged from the rubble after the blast, an apocalyptic scene awaited him. "That's when I saw 1,000, 2,000 people quietly moving....more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, August 06, 2025 6:27pm |
Trump hits India with additional 25% tariff over Russian oil imports President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday imposing an additional 25% tariff on goods from India because it continues to buy oil from Russia. The announcement by the president comes just a week after he said he would be slapping a 25% tariff on imports from India, as well as an unspecified "penalty," because of its purchases of Russian military equipment and energy. The additional tariff are set to take effect in 21 days, according to the directive. The latest action brings the total duties imposed on Indian products to 50%. Mr. Trump criticized India then as having tariffs that are "far too high" and "the most strenuous and obnoxious non-monetary trade barriers of any...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, August 06, 2025 6:29pm |
Trump, Putin meeting agreed on, Kremlin says, after Trump says there's "good chance" he'll meet with Putin and Zelenskyy The United States and Russia have agreed on a meeting "in the coming days" between President Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said Thursday. Putin's foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said a place has been chosen and will be announced later and the two sides are working out details but are targeting next week for the session. The meeting would be their first since Mr. Trump returned to office. The Kremlin announcement came after Mr. Trump said Wednesday there's a "good chance" he will meet with Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy soon — as Mr. Trump presses Russia to end its three-year...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, August 07, 2025 5:13pm |
Italy OK's $15.5 billion construction of world's longest suspension bridge, from Sicily to mainland A general view shows Italy's Strait of Messina on August 5, 2025. The area is part of the planned site for a suspension bridge connecting Sicily to mainland Italy, with construction expected to begin in the second half of 2025. YARA NARDI / REUTERS A long-delayed and debated bridge linking the Italian mainland with Sicily cleared a major hurdle Wednesday, allowing work to begin on what would be the world's longest suspension bridge, despite concerns over earthquakes, environmental impacts and the threat of mafia interference. An interministerial committee with oversight of strategic public investments approved the 13.5 billion...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, August 07, 2025 5:53pm |
Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee says possible annexation of Gaza is a decision "only the Israelis can make" In a wide-ranging interview, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said it'll be up to the Israeli government to decide whether to annex the Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to discuss plans for the Israeli military to take control of more territory in Gaza with senior ministers later on Thursday. "It's not our job to tell them what they should or should not do," Huckabee said. "Certainly, if they ask for wisdom, counsel, advice, I'm sure the president would offer it. But ultimately, it's the decision that the Israelis and only the Israelis can make." When asked what advice President Trump might offer, Huckabee said: "I...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, August 07, 2025 5:57pm |
Trump set to announce initial deal to end conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia President Trump plans to announce a pact for peace between two former Soviet republics, Azerbaijan and Armenia, at the White House on Friday. Azerbaijan's president, Ilham Aliyev, and Armenia's prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, will be at the White House for a "Historic Peace Summit" and a "Peace Signing Ceremony," Mr. Trump wrote Thursday night on his social media platform. "The United States will also sign Bilateral Agreements with both Countries to pursue Economic opportunities together, so we can fully unlock the potential of the South Caucasus Region," the president wrote. Aliyev and Pashinyan will attend the events in the Oval Office and State Dining Room, sources...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, August 08, 2025 4:07pm |
Israel's Security Cabinet approves plan for Israeli military to take over Gaza City Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced early Friday morning local time that Israel's Security Cabinet had approved a plan for the Israeli military to take over Gaza City. In a statement, Netanyahu's office said the Israel Defense Forces would prepare to take over Gaza City while providing humanitarian aid to the civilian population outside of combat zones. According to Netanyahu's office, the cabinet adopted five principles for ending the war. They included the disarmament of Hamas, the return of all hostages both living and dead, the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip, Israeli security control over the Gaza Strip, and the establishment of an alternative civilian...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, August 08, 2025 4:12pm |
Israel's plan to take over Gaza "must be immediately halted," U.N. says People watch as a plume of smoke rises during an Israeli strike on Gaza City's southern al-Zeitoun neighborhood on Aug. 8, 2025. BASHAR TALEB/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES The United Nations human rights chief is among several global leaders condemning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan for the Israeli military to take over Gaza City and expand its control of Gaza. The plan, which was approved by Israel's Security Cabinet overnight, would see an expansion of military operations in Gaza despite growing criticism at home and abroad. "The Israeli Government's plan for a complete military takeover of the occupied Gaza strip must be immediately halted," Volker Türk said in a statement...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, August 08, 2025 4:43pm |
Mexico's president vows "there will be no invasion" after reports that Trump is targeting cartels with military force Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum insisted Friday that there would be "no invasion of Mexico" following reports that President Donald Trump had ordered the U.S. military to target Latin American drug cartels. "There will be no invasion of Mexico," Sheinbaum declared after The New York Times reported that Mr. Trump had secretly signed a directive ordering military force against cartels his administration has declared terrorist organizations. "We were informed that this executive order was coming and that it had nothing to do with the participation of any military personnel or any institution in our territory," Sheinbaum told her regular morning news...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, August 09, 2025 8:16pm |
Putin needles U.S. by giving Trump envoy an award meant for CIA official whose son died fighting for Russia In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin greets U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff prior to their talks in Moscow on Aug. 6, 2025. GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin gave President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff an award to pass along to a senior CIA official whose son was killed in Ukraine while fighting alongside Russian forces, according to sources familiar with the matter. The award, the Order of Lenin, was meant to be handed off to Juliane Gallina, whose 21-year-old son, Michael Gloss, was killed in 2024. Gallina is currently serving...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, August 09, 2025 9:39pm |
| Trump and Putin will meet in Alaska next week, Trump says President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are planning on meeting in Alaska, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Mr. Trump confirmed on Truth Social the meeting will take place in Alaska on Friday, August 15. One senior White House official told CBS News the planning for next Friday's summit is still fluid, and that it is still possible that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy could end up being involved in some way. The White House said earlier this week that Mr. Trump is open to meeting with both Putin and Zelenskyy, but Mr. Trump suggested Friday he may start by just meeting with Putin, telling reporters he plans to "start off with Russia." Mr. Trump also said...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, August 09, 2025 9:45pm |
Zelenskyy says Trump-Putin summit will achieve nothing, vows Ukraine will not give up land Vice President JD Vance talks with Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Warren Stephens, United States Ambassador to the U.K., during a meeting for an official bilateral discussion at Chevening House in Kent. Kin Cheung / Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed the planned summit between U.S. President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning that any peace deal excluding Kyiv would lead to "dead solutions." In a statement posted to Telegram, Zelenskyy said Ukraine's territorial integrity, enshrined in its constitution, must be non-negotiable and emphasized that lasting peace must include Ukraine's voice at the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, August 09, 2025 10:05pm |
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff to meet with Qatari prime minister in Spain over Gaza A man carries a bag of food as displaced Palestinians raid trucks carrying humanitarian aid in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on August 9, 2025. -/AFP via Getty Images U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is meeting with the Qatari prime minister in Spain on Saturday to discuss a new proposal to end the war in Gaza and the entry of aid into the territory, a Qatari official and source familiar with the meeting told CBS News. According to the sources, the main aim is a discussion of making "workable" a new joint Egyptian-Qatari proposal on the return of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Two Arab officials told the Associated Press that the new ceasefire framework would...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, August 09, 2025 10:23pm |
Hundreds of protesters arrested in London for supporting banned pro-Palestinian group An elderly activist is arrested in Parliament Square in London, England, on Aug. 9, 2025, by police officers during a protest to show support for the Palestine Action group, which is a banned organization in the U.K. Protesters marched from Holborn to Parliament Square where 365 people were arrested, a week after Palestine Action's co-founder Huda Ammori won a bid to bring a High Court challenge over the group's banning. Richard Baker /In Pictures via Getty Images British police said they arrested 365 people in central London on Saturday as supporters of a recently banned pro-Palestinian group intentionally flouted the law as part of their effort to force the government to reconsider the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, August 10, 2025 5:27pm |
European leaders rally behind Ukraine as White House open to inviting Zelenskyy to Trump-Putin meeting A coalition of European nations rallied behind Ukraine on Saturday, saying the Russia-Ukraine war can't be resolved without Kyiv, ahead of a planned meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin that currently isn't set to include Ukraine's leader. The statement, signed by the president of the European Union and the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Finland and the United Kingdom, stated that the "path to peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine." The group stressed the need for a "just and lasting peace" for Kyiv, including "robust and credible" security guarantees. "Ukraine has the freedom of choice over its own...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, August 10, 2025 8:01pm |
London police brace for another day of protests over Israel-Gaza conflict Police in London braced for another day of demonstrations on Sunday as the war in Gaza continues to inflame tensions across the United Kingdom. The latest protests, demanding the release of hostages that remain in Gaza, come one day after hundreds were arrested in London for supporting a banned pro-Palestinian group. Demonstrators calling for the release of hostages plan to march through central London to the prime minister's residence at No. 10 Downing Street on Sunday afternoon. The march comes a day after police arrested 474 people at a protest in support of a banned pro-Palestinian organization. Among those expected to attend the rally is Noga Guttman, a cousin of 24-year-old hostage Evyatar...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, August 10, 2025 8:06pm |
Netanyahu defends planned Gaza City military offensive, says it's the only way to defeat Hamas Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended a planned military offensive into Gaza City, saying Israel "has no choice but to finish the job and complete the defeat of Hamas." Speaking to foreign media in Jerusalem, Netanyahu asserted that Israel's goal was not to occupy Gaza, but to "free Gaza." The Israeli leader said there is a "fairly short timetable" in mind for the next steps in Gaza. The goals in Gaza, he said, include demilitarizing the enclave, maintaining the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, August 10, 2025 8:12pm |
NATO secretary general says Trump will be "testing Putin" in Friday meeting NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Sunday that President Trump will be "testing" Russian President Vladimir Putin in their landmark face-to-face meeting set for Friday, as world leaders push for a ceasefire deal in Russia's war with Ukraine. "On Friday, it is important to see how serious Putin is, and the only one who can do that is President Trump," Rutte said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan." Mr. Trump announced the "highly anticipated" summit with Putin in a post on Truth Social late last week, saying the leaders are set to meet Friday in Alaska. The U.S. president had expressed frustration with Putin in recent weeks, as Russia pounded Ukraine with drone and missile attacks,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, August 11, 2025 2:28pm |
Italy's Mount Vesuvius, a popular tourist destination, closes over wildfire A tourist looks at the smoke of a big fire on Vesuvius Volcano appearing like an eruption. The fire has started during the night involving the woods of the Vesuvius National Park. SALVATORE LAPORTA/KONTROLAB/LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAGES Italian firefighters and the army on Sunday tackled a wildfire on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius, with all hiking routes up the volcano near Naples closed to tourists. The national fire service said it had 12 teams on the ground and six Canadair planes fighting the blaze, which has torn through the national park in southern Italy since Friday. The park where a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii in 79 A.D. is a major tourist...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, August 11, 2025 2:51pm |
Australia latest to say it will recognize a Palestinian state Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a press conference in Canberra on August 11, 2025. HILARY WARDHAUGH/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Australia will recognize a Palestinian state, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday, joining the leaders of France, Britain and Canada in signaling they would do so. His remarks followed weeks of urging from within his Cabinet and from many in Australia to recognize a Palestinian state and amid growing criticism from officials in his government over suffering in Gaza, which Albanese on Monday referred to as a "humanitarian catastrophe." Australia's government has also criticized plans announced in recent days by Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, August 11, 2025 3:06pm |
Colombia presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay dies weeks after campaign rally shooting Miguel Uribe Turbay in May 2019. GABRIEL APONTE/GETTY IMAGES FOR CONCORDIA SUMMIT Colombian conservative senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay died Monday, more than two months after being shot during a campaign rally in western Bogota. His wife, María Claudia Tarazona, confirmed the 39-year-old's death early Monday. Uribe Turbay was critically wounded on June 7 during a campaign rally in the country's capital, suffering gunshot wounds to the head and leg. He underwent emergency surgery and remained hospitalized in intensive care until his death. "You'll always be the love of my life," his wife, Maria Claudia Tarazona, said on Instagram...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, August 11, 2025 3:48pm |
Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif and 4 team members killed in Israeli attack in Gaza This screen grab shows Al-Jazeera's Anas al-Sharif speaking during an AFP interview in Gaza City on Aug. 1, 2024. AFP/AFPTV/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Israel's military targeted and killed five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza on Sunday, including Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, who only three weeks earlier had appealed to the Committee to Protect Journalists over fears he might be assassinated. Al-Sharif began reporting for Al Jazeera a few days after the war began in 2023. He was known for reporting on Israel's bombardment in northern Gaza, and later for covering the hunger gripping much of the territory's population. In a July broadcast, al-Sharif cried on air as a...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, August 11, 2025 3:56pm |
Tropical Storm Erin forms, could become first hurricane in Atlantic Ocean this season Tropical Storm Erin formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on Monday, forecasters said. The storm could strengthen to become the Atlantic's first hurricane of the season. The storm formed just west of the Cabo Verde islands off the western coast of Africa, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Erin was expected to move west, but it wasn't immediately clear if it would pose any threat to the U.S. The National Weather Service predicted an above-normal season for the Atlantic basin this year with an expected number of named storms between 13 and 18, five to nine of which could become hurricanes. A tropical cyclone becomes a tropical storm when its...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, August 11, 2025 4:18pm |
Europe heat wave fuels wildfires, forcing evacuations in multiple countries A woman with a umbrella walks past a docked tourist boats on the Garonne river bank in the middle of the day in Toulouse, southwestern France on Aug. 11, 2025. LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES A heat wave gripping parts of Europe sent temperatures over 109.4 degrees Fahrenheit — 40 degrees Celsius — in southern France and the Western Balkans on Monday, fueling wildfires and triggering top-level weather alerts in several countries across what scientists warn is the world's fastest-warming continent. Fires burned in France's Aude wine region, along Bulgaria's southern borders, near Montenegro's capital and coast, and in Turkey's northwest — and Hungary recorded record-breaking...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, August 12, 2025 4:34pm |
Trump says he'll know if Putin wants peace deal with Ukraine soon into their Alaska meeting President Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. ALEX BRANDON / AP President Trump said Monday that he expected to determine mere moments into his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week whether it would be possible to work out a deal to halt the war in Ukraine. "At the end of that meeting, probably the first two minutes, I'll know exactly whether or not a deal can be made," Mr. Trump said at a White House press conference where he announced plans for a federal takeover of Washington's police force to help combat crime. He said he thought Friday's sitdown with Putin in...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, August 12, 2025 4:52pm |
Trump delays China tariff hike for another 90 days President Trump on Monday signed an executive order delaying a set of sky-high tariffs on Chinese goods for at least 90 days, extending a ceasefire in the U.S.-China trade war, the White House announced. The president's order will keep tariffs at 30% — the level that was set in mid-May, when both countries agreed to temporarily back off a set of tit-for-tat tariffs that exceeded 100%. That agreement was set to expire Tuesday, and without an extension, levies on some Chinese goods could have leaped to at least 80%, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has said. The order says the U.S.'s "reciprocal" tariff on Chinese goods will remain at 10% until at least Nov. 10. An additional 20% tariff on China that was imposed...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, August 12, 2025 5:13pm |
EU leaders urge Trump to defend Europe's security at Putin summit European Union leaders appealed on Tuesday to President Donald Trump to defend their security interests at a key summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin later this week over the war in Ukraine. Putin appeared to be on the verge of making a key territorial grab ahead of Friday's summit, potentially to use as leverage in any peace negotiations. The Europeans are desperate to exert some influence over the meeting from which they have been sidelined. It remains unclear whether even Ukraine will take part. Mr. Trump has said that he wants to see whether Putin is serious about ending the war, now in its fourth year. But Mr. Trump has disappointed U.S. allies in Europe by saying that Ukraine will have to give up...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, August 12, 2025 5:34pm |
Zelenskyy on Trump-Putin summit: "Talks about us, without us, will not work" for Ukraine Russia has signaled to the U.S. that it may be willing to end the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters Tuesday. "We had a call with President Trump and with some European leaders. During the call, there was a signal from Mr. Witkoff, who was also on the call, that Russia is ready to end the war — ready for a first step, at least, toward a ceasefire," Zelenskyy said, referencing U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff. "And that this is the first such signal from them." However, Zelenskyy also warned that "talks about us, without us, will not work," ahead of President Trump's one-on-one summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska scheduled...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, August 13, 2025 3:50pm |
| State Dept. human rights reports scale back criticism of El Salvador, but fault U.K., Germany The State Department on Tuesday released a long-awaited series of reports on worldwide human rights practices that reveal scaled-back criticism of select countries including El Salvador and harsher assessments of traditional U.S. allies, including the United Kingdom and Germany. The release follows a period of revisions that administration officials said were meant to "streamline" the reports, which cover events in about 200 countries in 2024 and had been largely completed by the end of the Biden administration. A note included with the reports said they had been "adjusted" to be "aligned to the administration's executive orders." The 2024 reports omit references to LGBTQ...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, August 13, 2025 4:09pm |
Air Canada to begin cancelling flights Thursday ahead of possible strike by its flight attendants Air Canada said it will start cancelling flights on Thursday ahead of a possible strike by its flight attendants, which the airline said will allow for an orderly shutdown of Canada's largest airline. The airline said Wednesday the first flights will be cancelled Thursday, with more on Friday and a complete cessation of flying by Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge by the weekend. The union representing around 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants issued a 72-hour strike notice Wednesday. If a deal isn't reached or the government doesn't intervene, the flight attendants will begin striking Saturday, August. 16. In response to the strike notice, the airline issued a...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, August 14, 2025 3:35pm |
Kremlin gives more details about Trump-Putin summit as Ukraine's Zelenskyy meets with U.K.'s Starmer British Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to London on Thursday, a day before a critical U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska. "Yesterday, together with all partners, today in a bilateral format, we discussed expectations from the meeting in Alaska and possible prospects," Zelenskyy said in a social media post after the meeting. "We also discussed in detail security guarantees that can make peace truly sustainable if the United States still manages to pressure Russia to stop the killings and engage in real meaningful diplomacy. It is important that we can all work...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, August 14, 2025 4:29pm |
Israeli official says settlement construction he's OK'd in West Bank "finally buries the idea of a Palestinian state" Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich displays a map of an area near the settlement of Maale Adumim, a land corridor known as E1, outside Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, on Aug. 14, 2025. MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Israel's far-right finance minister announced approval Thursday of the construction of a contentious settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that Palestinians and rights groups worry would scuttle plans for a future Palestinian state by effectively cutting the West Bank into two separate parts. The announcement comes as several major U.S. allies have announced plans to recognize a Palestinian state in...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, August 14, 2025 5:00pm |
2 U.S. warships deployed to disputed waters after Chinese ships collided In this photo, taken from video and provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a damaged Chinese Coast Guard ship, right, is seen beside a Chinese Navy vessel, left, after they accidentally collided while chasing a Philippine patrol boat in the South China Sea on Aug. 11, 2025. PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD VIA AP The United States deployed two warships Wednesday to a shoal in disputed waters in South China Sea, where two Chinese ships collided earlier in the week while chasing a smaller Philippine ship. The high-seas accident raised concerns about maritime safety and questions about the extent to which the U.S. should involve itself in longstanding tensions between those countries. Both China and the Philippines claim Scarborough...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, August 15, 2025 5:31pm |
Talks on landmark plastic pollution treaty end without an agreement Negotiators working on a landmark treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution failed to reach an agreement during talks that extended into Friday in Geneva. Nations were meeting for an 11th day at the United Nations offices there to try to complete a treaty to end the plastic pollution crisis. They remain deadlocked over whether the treaty should reduce exponential growth of plastic production and put global, legally binding controls on toxic chemicals used to make plastics. Some 1,400 delegates took part in the talks. The negotiations at the U.N. hub were supposed to be the last round and produce the first legally binding treaty on plastic pollution, including in the oceans....more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, August 15, 2025 5:46pm |
Tennessee car accident leads to $10 million bounty for accused Mexican drug cartel leader dubbed "The Grandfather" The U.S. government is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest of United Cartels' top leader, Juan José Farías Álvarez. Justice Department The investigation began years ago after two drug dealers got into a car accident in a small Tennessee town. What followed was a series of secret wiretaps, a shootout with police and the discovery of drugs hidden in a tractor trailer that would eventually lead federal investigators back to cartel leaders in Mexico. The investigation culminated with Justice Department indictments unsealed Thursday against three leaders and two high-ranking enforcers of the United Cartels, a...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, August 16, 2025 11:39am |
Russian troops make gains in Ukraine ahead of the Putin-Trump summit Days before the summit between the leaders of Russia and the U.S. in Alaska, Moscow's forces breached Ukrainian lines in a series of infiltrations in the country's industrial heartland of Donetsk. Though the advances amount to only a limited success for Russia since it still needs to consolidate its gains before achieving a true breakthrough, analysts say, it's a potentially dangerous moment for Ukraine. President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold their high-stakes discussion about the war in Ukraine in Alaska on Friday. At the same time, Ukraine will be watching from the outside along with with European allies, hoping Mr. Trump is protecting their interests. Putin will likely try...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, August 16, 2025 12:18pm |
Hurricane Erin forms over Atlantic, the first of 2025 season. Maps show its path and forecast. A satellite image of Hurricane Erin a little before 8 p.m. Eastern Time on Aug. 15, 2025. NOAA/STAR Erin has strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane as the storm continued on a path over the Atlantic Ocean, forecasters said. Early Friday, it became the first hurricane to develop in the Atlantic this year, and it was expected to continue gaining strength, potentially growing into a major hurricane. Forecasters with the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami have been urging people in the Caribbean islands to monitor Erin's progress, warning of the potential for heavy rainfall and life-threatening surf and rip current conditions. Erin is not currently forecast to impact the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, August 16, 2025 12:40pm |
Trump says he will meet with Zelenskyy after "very successful day" with Putin U.S. President Donald Trump (R) greets Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrives at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska. Andrew Harnik / Getty Images President Donald Trump said he will meet with Ukranian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Monday afternoon to discuss an agreement "which would end the war" between Russia and Ukraine. The Truth Social post came about half a day after Mr. Trump met with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Mr. Trump said the meeting with Putin "went very well." He also said the meeting was followed by a "late night phone call" with Zelenskyy and other European leaders, including Mark Rutte, the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, August 16, 2025 12:53pm |
Air Canada suspends all operations as flight attendants go on strike, government forces arbitration People hold placards as a strike begins after the union representing Air Canada's 10,000 flight attendants failed to reach an agreement with the airline. Peter McCabe / REUTERS Air Canada and its striking flight attendants were forced back to work and into arbitration Saturday by Canada's government after an early morning strike stranded more than 100,000 travelers around the world during the peak summer travel season. Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said now is not the time to take risks with the economy while announcing the intervention. It means the 10,000 flight attendants will return to work soon. "The...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, August 16, 2025 9:09pm |
Hundreds die in Pakistan after flash floods, landslides People gather near a damaged vehicle and scattered debris after the road washed out following a flash flood in Mingora, the main city of Swat Valley, in monsoon-hit northern Pakistan's mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. MEHBOOB UL HAQ/AFP via Getty Images Flooding in northwest Pakistan has killed more than 220 people over the last 48 hours, officials said Saturday, as rescuers pulled 63 more bodies overnight from homes flattened by flash floods and landslides. Pakistan has received higher-than-normal monsoon rainfall this year, triggering floods and mudslides that have killed more than 540 people since June 26, according to the National Disaster Management Authority. One resident told AFP that...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, August 16, 2025 9:13pm |
Israel prepares to move Palestinians to southern Gaza as Israelis urge mass protest over war People take part in a protest demanding the end of the war, the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in Tel Aviv, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. Mahmoud Illean / AP Israel announced Saturday that it is preparing to move Palestinians from combat zones to southern Gaza as plans move ahead for a military offensive in some of the territory's most populated areas. The Israeli military body in charge of humanitarian aid to Gaza, COGAT, said the supply of tents and other shelter equipment to the territory would resume on Sunday ahead of the mass movement of Palestinians to the south. The military said it had no...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, August 17, 2025 3:53pm |
European leaders to join Ukraine's Zelenskyy for White House meeting with Trump European and NATO leaders announced Sunday that they'll be joining President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington for crucial talks with President Trump, rallying around the Ukrainian leader after his exclusion from Mr. Trump's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The remarkable move — with one European leader after another announcing that they'll be at Zelenskyy's side when he travels to the White House on Monday — was an apparent effort to ensure that the meeting goes better than the last one in February, when Trump berated the Ukrainian president in a heated Oval Office encounter. "The Europeans are very afraid of the Oval Office scene being repeated and so they want to support Mr....more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, August 17, 2025 4:04pm |
Air Canada to resume flights after government forced arbitration with flight attendants Air Canada airplanes stand on the tarmac at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on August 16, 2025. PETER POWER/AFP via Getty Images Air Canada said it plans to resume flights on Sunday after the Canadian government intervened, forcing the airline and its striking flight attendants back to work and into arbitration. The strike, which began on Saturday morning, stranded more than 100,000 travelers around the world during the peak summer travel season. The North American country's largest airline said in a release that the first flights will resume Sunday evening but that it will take several days before its operations return to normal. It said some flights will be...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, August 17, 2025 4:12pm |
Pakistan will not restrict mountaineering despite recent deaths of climbers A picture of Chinese climber Guan Jing, who was killed on K2, the world's second-highest peak. M.H. Balti / AP Pakistan has issued no warnings or restrictions on mountaineering expeditions, an official said Sunday, despite a spate of climbers' deaths. Faizullah Faraq, a spokesman for the government of Gilgit-Baltistan, the northern region home to some of the world's highest mountains, said all climbers were well-aware of the harsh weather and other risks and challenges before their expeditions. "Despite that, they willingly accept these challenges and come here to attempt these summits," he said. Faraq's remarks come after Chinese climber Guan Jing, 37, died last Tuesday after...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, August 17, 2025 4:29pm |
Rubio says "both sides are going to have to make concessions" to end war in Ukraine Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that "both sides are going to have to make concessions" to end Russia's war in Ukraine, hinting at the road ahead for talks aimed at getting Moscow and Kyiv to reach a lasting peace agreement. "We want to wind up with a peace deal that ends this war so Ukraine can go on with the rest of their lives and rebuild their country and be assured that this is never going to happen again," Rubio said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," noting that doing so would require both sides "to give." President Trump is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr and European leaders at the White House on Monday following his high-stakes summit with Putin in Alaska...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, August 17, 2025 4:37pm |
Protesters in Israel conduct nationwide strike to demand ceasefire and release of hostages from Gaza Demonstrators block a road during a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas and calling for the Israeli government to reverse its decision to take over Gaza City and other areas in the Gaza Strip, near Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. Ohad Zwigenberg / AP Protesters in Israel participated in a nationwide strike on Sunday to demand a deal that would result in a ceasefire with Hamas and the release of hostages who remain in Gaza. The "day of stoppage," which blocked roads and closed businesses, marked an escalation in the population's growing frustration after 22 months of war. Police responding to Sunday's demonstrations blasted crowds with water cannons and made dozens of arrests. In one...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, August 17, 2025 4:41pm |
Putin agreed to let U.S., Europe offer NATO-style protections for Ukraine, Trump envoy says Russia's Vladimir Putin agreed at his summit with President Trump to allow the U.S. and its European allies to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO's collective defense mandate as part of an eventual deal to end the 3 1/2-year war in Ukraine, special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday. "We were able to win the following concession: That the United States could offer Article 5-like protection, which is one of the real reasons why Ukraine wants to be in NATO," he told CNN's "State of the Union." He added that it "was the first time we had ever heard the Russians agree to that" and called them "game-changing." Article 5, at the heart of the 32-member military...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, August 18, 2025 1:08pm |
Iraq starts excavation of suspected ISIS mass grave In this image taken from video provided by Rudaw TV, workers dig out human remains on Aug. 17, 2025 at the Khasfa site near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, where authorities have begun excavating a mass grave believed to contain thousands of ISIS victims. RUDAW TV VIA AP Iraqi officials have begun the excavation of what is believed to be a mass grave left behind by ISIS during its rampage across the country a decade ago. Local authorities are working with the judiciary, forensic investigations, Iraq's Martyrs' Foundation, and the directorate of mass graves to carry out the excavation of the site of a sinkhole in al-Khafsa, south of the northern city of Mosul, the state-run Iraqi News Agency reported...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, August 18, 2025 2:03pm |
Russian strikes on Ukraine continue overnight ahead of Trump-Zelenskyy meeting A woman looks at the damaged apartment building after the Russian drone attack on August 18, 2025 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. HNAT HOLYK/GWARA MEDIA/GLOBAL IMAGES UKRAINE VIA GETTY IMAGES Russian attacks on Ukraine continued ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's meeting with President Trump in Washington on Monday. An overnight wave of air strikes hit cities around the country, including Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa and Sumy, according to local media. Ukrainian authorities said a drone attack on a residential area in the city of Kharkiv killed a toddler, a 16-year-old and five other people. "Despite all of the diplomacy and peace efforts, Russia continues...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, August 18, 2025 5:44pm |
Explosion and fire at factory in Russia kill 24 people, injure over 150 In this photo, released by the Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, Emergency Ministry employees clear debris at an industrial plant following Friday's fire at the facility in the Shilovsky District, Ryazan region, around 155 miles southeast of Moscow, Russia. / AP The death toll from last week's fire at an industrial plant in Russia's Ryazan region has risen to 24, with at least another 157 people injured, officials said Monday. The fire broke out Friday at the Elastik plant in Shilovsky district, around 155 miles southeast of Moscow. Emergency crews continued searching through debris, Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said. State news agency RIA Novosti...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, August 18, 2025 5:47pm |
Maps show Ukrainian territories claimed by Russia amid talks on possible end to war Infographic with a map of Ukraine locating territories claimed by Russia as of Aug. 17, 2025, according to data from the Institute for the Study of War and AEI's Critical Threats Project. Graphic by Guillermo Rivas Pacheco, Jean-Michel Cornu/AFP via Getty Images As President Trump attempts to help negotiate an end to Russia's war in Ukraine, questions have grown about what will happen to Ukrainian territory claimed by the Kremlin and held by Russian forces. Mr. Trump has said any ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine would involve "some land swapping," though it isn't clear exactly what that means. Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, August 19, 2025 3:22pm |
Trump working to arrange summit between Putin, Zelenskyy after Monday's White House meetings President Trump shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images President Trump is working to coordinate a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which would be the first face-to-face interaction between the two leaders since Russia invaded Ukraine more than three years ago. Asked about arranging the meeting on Tuesday, Mr. Trump said on Fox & Friends that he would let Putin and Zelenskyy meet first before getting involved himself, saying "they haven't been exactly best...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, August 19, 2025 3:59pm |
NFL, Crocs kicking off a multi-year licensing deal starting this season NFL fans will soon be able to let their feet do the talking in cheering on their favorite team. Shoe company Crocs and the NFL announced Monday that they were launching a new collection starting September 18, two weeks after the season kicks off with a game between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles. The NFL x Crocs Collection is part of a multi-year licensing agreement, according to a statement from the NFL. The new line includes NFL-themed Crocs and decorative charms known in the Crocs world as Jibbitz. "The Crocs brand has made a significant impact on footwear culture with their shoes becoming synonymous with ease and comfort," Ryan Samuelson, vice president of...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, August 19, 2025 4:31pm |
Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. detained in Mexico after deportation for alleged cartel ties Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been deported to Mexico, where he's wanted for alleged cartel ties, following his arrest in the U.S. for overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application. Chávez was handed over by authorities and admitted to a prison in the northern state of Sonora, an official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter. Chávez, 39, had a warrant for his arrest in Mexico for alleged arms and drug trafficking and ties to the Sinaloa Cartel, which the Trump administration designated a foreign terror organization in February. Alejandro Gertz Manero, Mexico's...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, August 20, 2025 2:07pm |
Fiery bus crash kills dozens of migrants just back in Afghanistan after Iran deported them, officials say Onlookers stand at the site of a bus crash in the Guzara district of Herat province in Afghanistan on August 20, 2025. MOHSEN KARIMI / AFP via Getty Images Seventy-eight people were killed in a collision in western Afghanistan Tuesday evening between a bus carrying Afghan migrants, a truck and a motorcycle, local officials said. Mutfi Muhammad Yousuf Saeedi, spokesman for the Herat provincial governor, said the dead included women and 17 children. One person hospitalized from the crash was in critical condition. The truck was carrying petroleum that instantly sparked a fire, officials said. It happened on a busy highway. The Taliban...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, August 20, 2025 2:13pm |
Israeli military says 60,000 reservists called up for next phase of Gaza war Palestinians inspect the site of an overnight Israeli strike on a house in Gaza City on August 20, 2025. DAWOUD ABU ALKAS / REUTERS The Israeli military said it had called up an additional 60,000 reservists and extended the service of 20,000 "as part of the next phase of 'Operation Gideon's Chariot'" - the name of Israel's military operation in Gaza. Israel is preparing to launch an expanded military operation in Gaza City, possibly in the coming days, even as negotiators scramble to bring Israel and Hamas to a ceasefire after 22 months of fighting. It comes as human rights groups warn that a humanitarian crisis could worsen in...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, August 20, 2025 2:49pm |
Flying object that crashed in Poland was a Russian drone, Polish officials say A police officer sets up a police tape, after an unidentified object fell and exploded in a cornfield overnight, according to Polish authorities, in the village of Osiny, eastern Poland, Aug. 20, 2025. Kacper Pempel/REUTERS Poland's defense minister said that a flying object that crashed and exploded in a cornfield in eastern Poland early Wednesday was identified as a Russian drone, calling it a provocation by Russia. At a news conference in Warsaw, Defense Minister W?adys?aw Kosiniak-Kamysz accused Russia of provoking NATO during a crucial moment, as peace talks over the war in neighboring Ukraine are underway, the country's news...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, August 21, 2025 3:44pm |
Well-known rhinocerous breeder among 6 arrested in South Africa over $14 million rhino horn trafficking scheme John Hume poses for a photograph on his ranch and rhino farm outside Johannesburg, South Africa, in a Dec. 4, 2015 file photo. Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Six people, including a well-known rhinocerous breeder, have been charged in South Africa in connection to an international rhino horn trafficking network after a seven-year investigation, officials announced Tuesday. The suspects are accused of smuggling 964 horns worth $14.1 million to illegal markets in Southeast Asia. They face charges of fraud, theft and violating a national biodiversity law, the South African government said. Trading in rhino horns is legal in South Africa among...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, August 21, 2025 3:49pm |
Abrupt Antarctic climate shifts could lead to "catastrophic consequences for generations," experts warn Abrupt and potentially irreversible changes in Antarctica driven by climate change could lift global oceans by meters and lead to "catastrophic consequences for generations," scientists warned Wednesday. More broadly, a state-of-knowledge review by a score of top experts revealed accelerating shifts across the region that are often both a cause and effect of global warming, according to a study published in Nature, a peer-reviewed international scientific journal. The study's authors suggest that limiting CO2 emissions, and in turn preventing global warming from exceeding at least 1.5 degrees Celsius, "will be imperative" to reduce and prepare for the broad effects of...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, August 21, 2025 4:08pm |
Mexico City mayor says police have arrested 13 in connection with May killings of 2 staffers A framed image of Ximena Guzmán, the personal secretary to Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada who was murdered a day earlier, adorns an altar during a wake at a funeral home in Mexico City, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Marco Ugarte / AP At least 13 people allegedly involved in the killing of two members of Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada's staff in May were arrested Wednesday for their alleged roles in what authorities described as a meticulously planned hit on two people close to the capital's leader. Three of those arrested allegedly were directly involved in the killings and the others had roles in the logistics. "In memory of our colleagues and out of respect for their...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, August 21, 2025 4:13pm |
Ukraine's leader says huge Russian attack shows Putin isn't "really going to engage" in peace effort Emergency services and firefighting teams work at the scene after a Russian missile attack hit a U.S.-owned factory in Zakarpattia, Ukraine, Aug. 21, 2025. Ukrainian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu/Getty Russia targeted Ukraine overnight with 574 drones and 40 missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force said. Most of the weapons were intercepted by Ukraine's air defenses, but the massive assault was far from unusual, and officials said at least one person was killed and 15 injured. Ukrainian officials said the Russian attack hit energy infrastructure, private homes, an American electronics factory — where President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the 15 injuries were sustained,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, August 21, 2025 4:23pm |
U.S. warships to sail off Venezuela as tension soars between Trump and Maduro regime over cartel accusations The USS Gravely patrols the Red Sea in a December 2023 file photo. U.S. Central Command The United States is deploying three Aegis guided-missile destroyers to the waters off Venezuela as part of President Trump's effort to combat threats from Latin American drug cartels, a White House official confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday, confirming a report by the Reuters news agency. The USS Gravely, the USS Jason Dunham and the USS Sampson were to depart for the region over the next few days, the official said. A Defense Department official confirmed to The Associated Press that the military assets had been assigned to the region in support of counter narcotics...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, August 21, 2025 4:28pm |
U.S. and EU flesh out trade commitments under new framework deal. Here's what is in the pact. The U.S. will impose a 15% tariff on imports of European cars, pharmaceuticals and other products, according to a joint statement issued Thursday by the Trump administration and European Union. The pact also calls for the 27-member EU to eliminate tariffs on all American industrial exports and to offer preferred terms for some seafood and farm products, while the U.S. will reduce tariffs accordingly. The new framework, which is an agreement to facilitate trade negotiations between countries rather than a finalized deal, comes after President Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met briefly in July at Mr. Trump's Turnberry golf course in Scotland. At...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, August 21, 2025 4:32pm |
Ukrainian man arrested in Italy over 2022 Nord Stream gas pipeline sabotage, German prosecutors say An Image provided by the Danish Defense forces shows gas leaking at the site of the Nord Stream 2 undersea pipeline, Sept. 27, 2022, after a sabotage attack. Danish Defense/Anadolu Agency/Getty A Ukrainian suspect has been arrested in Italy over the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia to Europe, German prosecutors said Thursday. The suspect, partially named as Serhii K., is accused of being part of a group "who placed explosive devices on the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines," the prosecutors said. He is "believed to have been one of the coordinators of the operation," they added. The Nord Stream pipelines connecting...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, August 21, 2025 4:44pm |
Gabbard barred sharing intelligence on Russia-Ukraine negotiations with "Five Eyes" partners As Russia's war in Ukraine rages on despite high-level meetings to discuss a possible path to peace, CBS News has learned that Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, issued a directive weeks ago to the U.S. intelligence community ordering that all information regarding the Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations not be shared with U.S.-allied intelligence partners. The memo, dated July 20 and signed by Gabbard, directed agencies to not share information with the so-called Five Eyes, the post-World War II intelligence alliance comprising the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, multiple U.S. intelligence officials told CBS News. They spoke under condition of anonymity...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, August 22, 2025 12:37pm |
Eyewitness says American subcontractors at Gaza aid sites fired at Palestinians Since the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation first began operating nearly three months ago, the U.N. says hundreds of Palestinians have been shot and killed by Israel Defense Forces and foreign military contractors at or near its aid sites. CBS News spoke to a new eyewitness who said it's not just the IDF firing at Palestinians, but also personnel hired through American subcontractors to secure GHF sites. The witness, who we will refer to as Mike, asked CBS News to conceal his identity because he fears reprisal. When Mike was hired by an American logistics company to drive aid trucks in Israel, he said he had no idea he'd be working with the GHF inside Gaza. The U.S. and Israeli-backed GHF was...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, August 22, 2025 12:40pm |
Food crisis body declares first-ever famine in Gaza Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Aug. 16, 2025. Jehad Alshrafi/AP The Gaza Strip's largest city is now gripped by famine, according to the world's leading authority on food crises. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said Friday that famine was occurring in Gaza City and that this was likely to spread to the southern cities of Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah without a ceasefire and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid. Aid groups and food security experts have warned for months that Gaza was on the brink of famine, but the IPC report is the first official declaration that the situation has reached this level. Israel immediately...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, August 22, 2025 12:47pm |
New Israeli strikes around Gaza kill 25 as famine announcement raises pressure Mourners pray over the bodies of three Palestinians, killed along with others in Israeli strikes, during their funeral outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. Mariam Dagga / AP Palestinians sheltering in tents or seeking scarce food aid were among at least 25 people killed by Israeli strikes and shootings Saturday in Gaza, according to local hospitals, as the world confronted an exceptional announcement that famine is now gripping Gaza's largest city. The famine determination by the world's leading authority on food crises galvanized governments and aid groups to intensify pleas for Israel to halt its 22-month offensive on Gaza, prompted by Hamas'...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, August 23, 2025 8:03pm |
Postal services in India, Europe to suspend shipment of packages to U.S. over import tariffs Multiple postal services around Europe announced Saturday that they are suspending the shipment of many packages to the United States amid a lack of clarity over new import duties. Postal services in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Italy said they will stop shipping most merchandise to the U.S. effective immediately. France and Austria will follow Monday, and the United Kingdom Tuesday. India's government also said the country will temporarily suspend postal deliveries to the United States starting Monday, except letters, documents and gift items of up to $100 in value, the AFP reported. Under a decree signed by President Donald Trump last month, international goods...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, August 23, 2025 8:07pm |
North Korea test-fires 2 new antiair missiles North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, supervises the test-firing of two types of new anti-air missiles at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of two types of new antiair missiles, state media said Sunday, displaying his expanding military capabilities as the South Korean and U.S. militaries carry out joint drills. The North's official Korean Central News Agency said the test Saturday proved the missiles effective in countering aerial threats such as drones and cruise missiles, and that Kim assigned unspecified "important" tasks to defense scientists ahead of a major political conference expected early next...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, August 24, 2025 10:35pm |
Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. to stand trial in Mexico over alleged cartel ties, judge rules A judge in Mexico said boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. will stand trial over alleged cartel ties and arms trafficking but could await that trial outside of detention, the boxer's lawyer said. Chávez's lawyer, Rubén Fernando Benítez Alvarez, confirmed that the court imposed additional measures and granted three months of further investigation into the case. He described the claims against his client as "speculation" and "urban legends" following the court hearing on Saturday in the northern Mexican city of Hermosillo. If convicted, Chávez — who took part in the hearing virtually from a detention facility — could face a prison sentence of between four and eight...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, August 24, 2025 10:37pm |
Israeli forces kill 4 aid seekers near Gaza City, hospital and witnesses say Israeli forces killed four aid seekers traveling on Sunday through a military zone south of Gaza City — an area regularly used by Palestinians trying to reach a food distribution point, a hospital and witnesses said. The deaths add to the growing toll of Palestinians killed while seeking food, as parts of the Gaza Strip plunge into famine and Israel's military ramps up activity in northern Gaza ahead of a planned offensive to seize its largest city. A U.N.-backed initiative on Friday declared a famine in Gaza City and warned that it is likely to spread without a ceasefire or an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid. Israel has disputed the assessment, saying "there is no famine in Gaza."...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, August 24, 2025 10:40pm |
Ukraine marks Independence Day as JD Vance says "I think the Russians have made significant concessions" Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. Efrem Lukatsky / AP Ukraine on Sunday marked 34 years since its independence, as Russia accused the country of launching drone attacks that sparked a fire at a nuclear power plant in its western Kursk region overnight. The weekend's developments come as U.S. Vice President JD Vance said in an interview that he believes "the Russians have made significant concessions to President Trump for the first time in three and a half years of this conflict." "They've actually been willing to be flexible on...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, August 24, 2025 10:44pm |
France summons U.S. ambassador over letter about response to rising antisemitism, calling allegations "unacceptable" France has summoned the U.S. ambassador to Paris after the diplomat, Charles Kushner, wrote a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron alleging the country did not do enough to combat antisemitism. France's foreign ministry issued a statement Sunday announcing it had summoned Kushner to appear Monday at Quai d'Orsay, the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, and that his allegations "are unacceptable." "France firmly rejects these allegations," the statement obtained by CBS News said. "The rise in antisemitic acts in France since October 7, 2023, is a reality we deeply regret and against which the French authorities are fully mobilized, as such acts...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, August 25, 2025 10:18pm |
Israeli strike on Gaza's Nasser Hospital kills at least 20 people, including 5 journalists, health officials say Freelance Palestinian journalist Maryam Abu Daqa, who worked for The Associated Press throughout the war in Gaza until she was killed in an Israeli strike at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Aug. 25, 2025, is seen in an undated file photo. Israel struck one of the main hospitals in the Gaza Strip with a missile Monday and then fired another as journalists and rescue workers rushed to the scene, killing at least 20 people and wounding scores more, local health workers in Hamas-run Gaza said. At least five journalists were among those killed, health officials and their employers said. It was among the deadliest of several Israeli strikes...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, August 25, 2025 11:16pm |
Australia expels Iranian diplomats, accuses country of directing antisemitic arson attacks Member of Parliament Josh Burns walks past the damaged Adass Israel Synagogue, Dec. 10, 2024, in Melbourne, Australia. An arson attack on the synagogue forced congregants to flee as flames engulfed the building. ASANKA RATNAYAKE/GETTY Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused Iran of organizing two antisemitic attacks in Australia and said the country was cutting off diplomatic relations with Tehran in response on Tuesday. The Australian Security Intelligence Organization concluded the Iranian government had directed arson attacks on the Lewis Continental Kitchen, a kosher food company, in Sydney in October last year and on the Adass Israel Synagogue in...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, August 26, 2025 4:03pm |
Transport minister gets speeding ticket after posting video of himself driving 140 mph on highway in Turkey Abdulkadir Uraloglu posted a video of himself on X speeding on a highway near the capital Ankara. TURKEY TRANSPORT MINISTER ABDULKADIR URALOGLU VIA X Turkey's transport minister has been slapped with a speeding fine after posting a video of himself racing down a highway with the hashtag #TurkeyAccelerates. On Sunday evening, Abdulkadir Uraloglu posted a video of himself on X driving along a highway near the capital Ankara listening to folk songs and clips of speeches by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In several separate shots that inadvertently show the speedometer, he can be seen clocking up speeds between 118 and 140 miles per hour....more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, August 26, 2025 4:11pm |
Police say 2 officers "murdered in cold blood" in Australia, triggering intense manhunt Police wait near the scene of a shooting in the high country of Porepunkah in the state of Victoria, Australia, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. SIMON DALLINGER/AAP IMAGE VIA AP Two police officers were killed and another seriously wounded in a shooting Tuesday at a property in a rural part of Australia. The gunman remained at large as police scoured a vast remote area. The shooting occurred in midmorning when 10 armed police officers tried to execute a search warrant at a property in Porepunkah, a town of just over 1,000 people in Victoria state 200 miles northeast of Melbourne. The suspect killed a 59-year-old detective and a 35-year-old senior constable, Victoria's Chief Commissioner...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, August 27, 2025 4:54pm |
Israel claims strike on hospital that killed journalists was targeting a camera used by Hamas A funeral ceremony is held in the courtyard of Nasser Hospital, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, for Reuters photojournalist Hossam al-Masri, Al Jazeera cameraman Mohammed Salama, freelance journalist Maryam Abu Daqqa, who worked with several media outlets including the AP, and freelance journalist Moaz Abu Taha, all of whom were killed in an Israeli attack on the hospital on Aug. 25, 2025. Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu/Getty Israel's military issued a statement Tuesday saying its preliminary investigation into a strike the previous day that killed at least 20 people, including five journalists, at the Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip had targeted a camera that...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, August 27, 2025 6:20pm |
Denmark summons U.S. envoy over report people linked to Trump trying to foment dissent in Greenland A protester holds a placard saying "USA IS A BAD ALLY" during a demonstration against American pressure being exerted on Greenland and Denmark, on March 29, 2025 in front of the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen. Kristian Tuxen Ladegaard Berg/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Denmark's foreign minister had the top U.S. diplomat in the country summoned for talks after the main national public broadcaster reported Wednesday that at least three people with connections to President Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland. Greenland, a huge semi-autonomous Danish territory in the Arctic, is coveted by Mr. Trump, who has called repeatedly for the vast land...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, August 27, 2025 8:16pm |
Venezuela deploys warships, drones after U.S. sends guided-missile destroyers to region Venezuela's Minister of Interior Relations, Justice, and Peace, Diosdado Cabello speaks during a press conference in Caracas on August 25, 2025. Venezuela announced the deployment of 15,000 security personnel to the border with Colombia for anti-narcotics operations, at a time when the United States is accusing President Nicolas Maduro of leading a drug cartel. JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images Venezuela on Tuesday deployed warships and drones to patrol the country's coastline after the United States dispatched three destroyers to the region to pressure strongman President Nicolas Maduro. In a video on social media, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino announced a "significant"...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, August 27, 2025 8:38pm |
China rules out participating in denuclearization talks with U.S. and Russia, as suggested by Trump Spectators wave Chinese flags as military vehicles carrying DF-41 nuclear ballistic missiles roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China, in Beijing, Oct. 1, 2019. Mark Schiefelbein/AP China said Wednesday that it would not participate in denuclearization talks with the United States and Russia, after President Trump said he hoped to include Beijing in negotiations. Mr. Trump on Monday said the United States was trying to pursue denuclearization with both countries. "I think the denuclearization is a very - it's a big aim. But Russia's willing to do it and I think China is going to be willing to...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, August 27, 2025 8:55pm |
U.S. envoy Tom Barrack reportedly changes Lebanon plans amid backlash over "insulting remarks" to journalists U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack and Deputy Special Envoy to the Middle East Morgan Ortagus hold a news conference after their meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (not seen) at the Babdaa Palace in Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 26, 2025. Lebanese Presidency/Handout/Anadolu/Getty U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack canceled a planned visit to southern cities in Lebanon Wednesday, Lebanon's National News Agency said, amid a backlash over remarks he made the previous day that have been criticized by Lebanese journalists as dehumanizing. CBS News has sought confirmation from Barrack's...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, August 27, 2025 9:55pm |
India braces for export shock as Trump's 50% tariff on Indian goods takes effect Steep U.S. tariffs on a range of Indian products took effect Wednesday, threatening a serious blow to India's overseas trade in its largest export market. President Donald Trump had initially announced a 25% tariff on Indian goods. But earlier this month he signed an executive order imposing an additional 25% tariff due to India's purchases of Russian oil, bringing the combined tariffs imposed by the U.S. on its ally to 50%. The Indian government estimates the tariffs will impact $48.2 billion worth of exports. Officials have warned the new duties could make shipments to the U.S. commercially unviable, triggering job losses and slower economic growth. India–U.S. trade relations...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, August 27, 2025 10:01pm |
Minneapolis Catholic school shooting leaves 2 children dead, 17 people injured TOM BAKER/AFP via Getty Images Two young children were killed and 17 others were injured in a shooting during a Catholic Mass packed with young students in south Minneapolis Wednesday morning. The shooter is also dead. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said the shooting triggered a massive law enforcement response to Annunciation Catholic Church at West 54th Street between Harriet and Garfield avenues around 8:30 a.m. The church is connected to a school building. The shooter approached from the outside of the building and fired a rifle through the church windows towards children and worshippers. The shooter also used a shotgun and a pistol that they had legally purchased...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, August 28, 2025 12:59am |
Russian attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv kills more than a dozen people, including kids, officials say Firefighters work at the site of a burning building after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 28, 2025. Efrem Lukatsky / AP A massive Russian drone and missile attack hit Ukraine's capital early Thursday, including a rare strike in the center of the city, killing at least 15 people including four children, a city official said. It was the first major Russian combined attack on Kyiv in weeks, and it comes as U.S.-led peace efforts to end the three-year war struggle to gain traction. "Already 14 people are known to have been killed as a result of the Russian attack, including 3 children. A horrific and deliberate killing of civilians," President Volodymyr...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, August 28, 2025 3:19pm |
Mexico's president asks U.S. to share convicted cartel leader's $15 billion with her country's poorest people A newspaper seller arranges newspapers reporting the El Paso, Texas, U.S., arrest of Mexican drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, "El Chapo" Guzman's son, in Mexico City, Mexico July 26, 2024. GUSTAVO GRAF / REUTERS Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday said she would ask the United States to share the $15 billion it expects to extract from convicted Mexican drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada with her country's poor. Sinaloa drug cartel co-founder Zambada pleaded guilty in a New York court on Monday to murder and drug trafficking, particularly of fentanyl — a...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, August 28, 2025 3:30pm |
Senators in Mexico come to blows after heated debate over U.S. military intervention against drug cartels Senator Alejandro Moreno (L) of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) scuffles with Senator Gerardo Fernandez Norona of the National Regeneration Movement Party (Morena) during a session of the Permanent Commission of the Senate in Mexico City on August 27, 2025. STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images Mexican senators came to blows Wednesday after a heated debate over alleged opposition calls for the United States to intervene militarily against drug cartels. Lawmaker Alejandro Moreno, leader of the opposition PRI party, went to the podium as Wednesday's session ended and angrily confronted Senate president Gerardo Fernandez Norona, of the ruling Morena party, for...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, August 28, 2025 3:47pm |
Crews battling wildfire in English countryside face added risk of hidden WWII-era bombs exploding A firefighter helps combat a wildfire on heathland alongside the A171 road, Aug. 14, 2025, in Fylingdales, in the North York Moors National Park, northeast England. Ian Forsyth/Getty The already-risky work of fire crews battling a wildfire in England's North York Moors National Park has been made all the more dangerous by World War II-era bombs and tank shells hidden under the dense, dry vegetation. A local fire official said Wednesday that there had been nearly 20 explosions as the fire burns through brush to detonate the hidden weapons. "As the peat continues to burn down, it is finding the World War II ordnance and therefore exploding, and we have now...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, August 28, 2025 4:16pm |
Rubio urges Iran to talk, welcomes European nations' bid to get U.N. sanctions reimposed over nuclear program A Shahab-3 surface-to-surface missile is seen on display next to a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at a street exhibition set up by Iran's army and paramilitary Revolutionary Guard to celebrate "Defense Week" in Tehran, in a Sept. 26 2019, file photo. STR/AFP/Getty France, Britain and Germany on Thursday triggered a mechanism to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran for failing to comply with commitments over its nuclear program. The three countries notified the U.N. Security Council that they "believe Iran to be in significant non-performance of its commitments" under a 2015 nuclear deal and "hereby invoke the process...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, August 29, 2025 5:05pm |
F-16 jet crashes during air show rehearsal in Poland, killing pilot Smoke rises after a Polish Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed during rehearsal for the annual Radom Air Show, killing the pilot, in Radom, Poland, August 28, 2025, in this still image obtained from social media video. EPRA SKYLINE/Damian Banasik via Reuters An F-16 pilot was killed Thursday when his jet crashed during preparations for an air show in central Poland, a government spokesperson said. Spokesperson Adam Sz?apka confirmed the death in a social media post. Polish news agency PAP reported that the plane was part of the Polish Air Force. "Tragedy in Radom, during preparations for the air show, a F-16 jet crashed. Unfortunately,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, August 29, 2025 5:15pm |
U.K. bars Israeli officials from defense trade show in London, citing escalation of Gaza war An attendee uses a virtual reality headset as he sits in the Tempest fighter jet on the BAE Systems Plc stand at the Defense & Security Equipment International (DSEI) trade show at the ExCel Center in London, in a Sept. 11, 2019 file photo. Simon Dawson/Bloomberg/Getty The U.K. government has barred Israeli officials from attending a major weapons trade conference in London amid widespread criticism over the escalation of the war in Gaza. Britain's Ministry of Defense confirmed to CBS News that representatives of Israel's Defense Ministry had not been invited to the Defense Security and Equipment International (DSEI) conference, which is held in London every other year. "The...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, August 29, 2025 5:25pm |
Prominent Ukraine politician shot dead in street by gunman reportedly disguised as delivery driver The body of former Ukrainian parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy, who was killed this morning, lies on the ground in Lviv, Ukraine August 30, 2025. Roman Baluk / REUTERS A former Ukrainian speaker of parliament who was a leading figure in the country's pro-European protest movements in 2004 and 2014 was shot dead on Saturday in western Ukraine, officials said. Andriy Parubiy, 54, who also previously served as secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, was killed in the city of Lviv. Local media reports say he was shot multiple times by a gunman dressed as a courier on an e-bike, according to CBS...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, August 30, 2025 4:57pm |
Palestinian president's visa to the U.S. revoked ahead of key meetings at United Nations Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, speaks during the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 26, 2024, in New York City. Stephanie Keith / Getty Images The office of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged the U.S. government on Saturday to reverse its decision to revoke his visa, weeks before he is meant to appear at the United Nations' annual meeting and an international conference about creating a Palestinian state. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio rescinded the visas of Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month's high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, the State Department disclosed on Friday. Palestinian representatives assigned to the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, August 30, 2025 5:20pm |
Houthi rebel prime minister killed in Israeli airstrike, the group says Yemen's Houthi-led government's Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi. MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images The Iranian-backed Houthis said Saturday an Israeli airstrike killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in a Thursday strike in Sanaa along with a number of ministers, the rebels said in a statement. The Israeli military said Thursday that it "precisely struck a Houthi terrorist regime military target in the area of Sanaa in Yemen." Al-Rahawi, who served as prime minister to the Houthi-led government since August 2024, was targeted along with other members of his Houthi-controlled government during a...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, August 30, 2025 5:23pm |
Judge grapples with Trump's attempt to remove Lisa Cook as Fed governor A federal judge on Friday heard arguments over a bid by Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to remain in her post despite President Trump's efforts to remove her because of allegations she made false representations on mortgage agreements several years ago. The two-hour-long hearing before U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb marked the first in-person showdown between Justice Department lawyers and Cook's legal team in the wake of her lawsuit, filed Thursday, challenging Mr. Trump's attempt to oust her from the Fed's Board of Governors. Cook's lawyers have asked the district court to issue a temporary restraining order finding Mr. Trump's purported termination of her to be unlawful and declaring that...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, August 30, 2025 5:37pm |
Israel identifies 2nd hostage body recovered in Gaza People attend a rally demanding the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas and calling for an end of the war in the Gaza Strip, at a plaza known as the hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. Mahmoud Illean / AP Israel announced that the remains of a hostage recovered Friday in Gaza were those of Idan Shtivi. The IDF said Saturday the body of the 28-year-old, who was held hostage for 693 days in Gaza, was recovered in a joint operation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that Shtivi, a student of sustainability and government, was identified by the Institute of Forensic Medicine. Shtivi was kidnapped from the Nova music festival in the Hamas-led attack on Oct....more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, August 31, 2025 5:16pm |
Trump expresses some doubt over one-on-one meeting between Putin, Zelenskyy President Trump, in an interview with the Daily Caller, a conservative U.S. news site, that was published Saturday, said he believed three-way talks involving Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and himself would still happen. After his separate meetings with Putin and Zelenskyy this month, Mr. Trump said he was arranging face-to-face talks between the Russian and Ukrainian leaders and then he might meet with the two if necessary. But in the Daily Caller interview, Trump expressed less confidence he will be able to arrange those bilateral talks between Zelenskyy and Putin. "We got along. You saw it, we've had a good relationship over the years, very good,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, August 31, 2025 5:20pm |
Pope Leo XIV denounces "pandemic of arms" after Minnesota school shooting that killed 2 Pope Leo XIV at the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St.Peter's Square during his Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican. ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images Pope Leo XIV prayed publicly on Sunday for the victims of the shooting at a Catholic school in Minnesota and called for an end to the "pandemic of arms, large and small." The U.S.-born pope spoke in English as he denounced the attack and the "logic of weapons" fueling wars around the world, during his Sunday noon blessing from his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square in Rome. "Our prayers for the victims of the tragic shooting during a school Mass in the American state of Minnesota," Leo said. "We hold in...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, August 31, 2025 5:26pm |
Aid ship carrying Greta Thunberg, Susan Sarandon and other activists, set sail to Gaza Activists, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, are departing Barcelona for Gaza as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), a self-described "nonviolent humanitarian mission responding to the ongoing genocide and siege against the Palestinian people." Mario Wurzburger / Getty Images A flotilla carrying actress Susan Sarandon, activist Greta Thunberg and others departed from Barcelona for the Gaza Strip on Sunday with humanitarian aid on board. The Global Sumud Flotilla will try to break the Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory and bring humanitarian aid, food, water and medicine to Gaza as Israel steps up its offensive in Gaza City. "The story here is...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, August 31, 2025 5:38pm |
Judge bars U.S. from deporting group of unaccompanied children to Guatemala A federal judge overnight barred the Trump administration from deporting a group of unaccompanied migrant children to Guatemala after lawyers argued the effort would skirt legal protections Congress established for these minors. The plaintiffs in this case are 10 migrant children between the ages of 10 and 17 who entered the U.S. without authorization and without their parents or legal guardians. They're currently in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services, which is charged with housing unaccompanied migrant minors until they turn 18 or until they can be placed with a suitable sponsor in the U.S. Lawyers allege the Trump administration is trying to send hundreds of migrant...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, August 31, 2025 5:50pm |
| Europeans crafting "precise plans" for post-war Ukraine deployments, with Trump's backing, EU leader says President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen shakes hands with President Trump during a meeting at Trump Turnberry golf club, July 27, 2025, in Turnberry, Scotland. Andrew Harnik/Getty European countries are drawing up "precise plans" for international military deployments in Ukraine as part of security guarantees that could be implemented if a peace agreement is struck to end the war sparked by Russia's ongoing invasion. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, told the Financial Times in an interview published Sunday that there was a "clear road map" for possible post-war deployments, and that President Trump had agreed to ensure an unspecified "American presence" to help keep the peace. President Trump told Fox News on Aug. 19 that he will not deploy...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 01, 2025 4:35pm |
Russia accused of jamming GPS signal as EU chief's plane lands in Bulgaria European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov (second from left), and Boyko Borissov (right), leader of GERB party, walk during the EU official's visit to Bulgarian state arms company VMZ-Sopot, in Sopot, Bulgaria, Aug. 31, 2025. Bulgarian Government Press Office/Handout/REUTERS A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was hit by GPS jamming over Bulgaria in a suspected Russian operation, a spokesperson said Monday. The plane landed safely in Plovdiv airport and von der Leyen will continue her planned tour of the European Union's nations bordering Russia and Belarus, said the commission's spokesperson Arianna...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 01, 2025 4:43pm |
Powerful earthquake rocks Afghanistan, killing more than 800 and destroying villages, officials say Afghan men search for belongings amid the rubble of a collapsed house, after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan around midnight, in Dara Mazar, Kunar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 1, 2025. Stringer/REUTERS A strong earthquake in far eastern Afghanistan killed more than 800 people and left at least 2,500 wounded as it destroyed numerous villages, a spokesman for the country's Taliban government said Monday. Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told journalists in Kabul that the vast majority of the casualties were in Kunar province, but that 12 people were killed and 255 injured in neighboring Nangarhar. The quake struck several towns in...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 01, 2025 5:06pm |
Israel says it killed Hamas spokesperson in airstrike as offensive ramps up in Gaza City The armed branch of Hamas, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades spokesman, Abu Obeida, in January 2017. Ali Jadallah / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images A spokesperson for the terrorist group Hamas' armed wing was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza over the weekend, Israel's defense minister claims. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier said Israel had targeted Abu Obeida, the longtime spokesperson for Hamas' Qassam Brigades but did not know whether he had been killed. "I hope he is no longer with us, but I notice that there is no one on the Hamas side to clarify this matter," Netanyahu told ministers at a weekly cabinet meeting. Later, Israeli Defense Minister...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, September 01, 2025 5:16pm |
Disguised gunman who assassinated prominent Ukraine politician is linked to Russia, Kyiv says National police chief Ivan Vygivsky said a suspect was arrested in the broad daylight murder of a pro-Western Ukrainian politician. Ivan Vygivsky / Facebook Kyiv on Monday said Russia was linked to the weekend assassination of a pro-Western Ukrainian politician after the arrest of a suspect alleged to have carried out the shooting disguised as a courier. Andriy Parubiy, a former speaker of parliament and leading figure in Ukraine's pro-European protest movements of 2004 and 2014, was shot dead on Saturday in the western city of Lviv, near EU and NATO member Poland. Police said the suspect, whose arrest was announced early Monday,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 02, 2025 3:42pm |
Nestlé dismisses CEO due to an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate Nestle CEO Laurent Freixe speaks at a session during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2025. FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images Swiss food giant Nestlé said Monday it dismissed its CEO, Laurent Freixe, due to an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate. The maker of Nescafé drinks and Purina pet food said in a statement that the dismissal was effective immediately. An investigation found the undisclosed romantic relationship with a direct subordinate violated Nestlé's code of conduct. The direct subordinate was not identified. Freixe had been CEO for a year, according to the company. He first joined Nestlé in France in...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 02, 2025 4:43pm |
Maduro vows to declare a "republic in arms" if U.S. forces in the Caribbean attack Venezuela Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday said he "would constitutionally declare a republic in arms" if the South American country were attacked by forces that the United States government has deployed to the Caribbean. Maduro claimed eight U.S. military vessels "with 1,200 missiles" were targeting his country, calling them "the greatest threat that has been seen on our continent in the last 100 years," AFP reported. His comments during a news conference come as the U.S. government this week is set to boost its maritime force in the waters off Venezuela to combat threats from Latin American drug cartels. The U.S. has not signaled any planned land incursion by the thousands of...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 02, 2025 4:47pm |
Landslide in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region wipes out village, killing 1,000 people, rebel group says People gather at an area following a landslide that destroyed the Tersin village, in the Marra Mountains area of Sudan on Sept. 1, 2025. Sudan Liberation Movement / Army/ Handout via REUTERS At least 1,000 people were killed on Sunday when a landslide swallowed an entire village in war-torn Sudan's Darfur region after days of heavy rain, the rebels who hold the region said Tuesday. "Initial information indicates the death of all village residents, estimated to be more than one thousand individuals, with only one survivor," the Sudan Liberation Movement, which controls the area, said in a statement. It appealed to the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 02, 2025 5:05pm |
Putin and Kim Jong Un join Xi Jinping for parade to showcase China's power, and a growing anti-U.S. union Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk at the personal residence of the Chinese leader, Zhongnanhai, in Beijing, China, Sept. 2, 2025. Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Pool/REUTERS China will host its biggest military parade ever on Wednesday, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and Japan's formal surrender. The massive procession will go down Chang-an Avenue, the name of which means "Eternal Peace." Joining Chinese Prime Minister Xi Jinping for the "Victory Day" event — which will showcase some of China's newest and most advanced weapons — will be Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, September 02, 2025 5:28pm |
U.K. closes Cairo embassy as Egypt removes security barriers amid feud over pro-Palestinian protests Dutch police arrest activists after they chained the entrance of the Egyptian Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands, July 23, 2025, during a pro-Palestinian protest amid the war in Gaza. WAHAJ BANI MOUFLEH/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty The British Embassy in Cairo said Sunday that it had temporarily closed its main building after Egyptian authorities removed concrete security barriers from around the compound's exterior perimeter. The barriers had been there for decades as a security measure. "The main Embassy building is temporarily closed while we review the impact of works undertaken by the Egyptian authorities in the vicinity," a U.K. Foreign Office...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 03, 2025 3:31pm |
U.S. military strikes drug-carrying boat from Venezuela, Rubio says The U.S. military on Tuesday struck a drug-carrying boat hailing from Venezuela, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, as tensions spike between the Trump administration and the Venezuelan government. President Trump announced the strike during an unrelated Tuesday afternoon Oval Office event, saying the military had "shot out" the boat "moments ago." He said his team had been briefed on the strike by Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The president later said on Truth Social that 11 people were killed in the strike, which he said targeted members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuela-based organized crime group that the Trump administration has designated as a foreign terrorist organization. He posted a...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 03, 2025 3:58pm |
Maps show Hurricane Lorena's path and forecast in Pacific as it threatens Mexico Hurricane Loreno off Mexico, as seen by a satellite early on Sept. 3, 2025. NOAA One of two hurricanes churning over the Pacific Ocean early Wednesday could bring heavy rain and perhaps "life-threatening flash floods and mudslides" to Mexico's Baja California peninsula later in the week, though possibly as a tropical storm, forecasters said. Hurricane Lorena just hit hurricane strength, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said but "rapid strengthening" is likely through tonight. Then, the center said, "fast weakening is expected to start on Thursday, and Lorena could weaken back to a tropical storm by Friday." The center said that as of 4 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Lorena was...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, September 03, 2025 4:17pm |
Almost 300 reported killed in Gaza in 3 days since global experts accused Israel of genocide Relatives and loved ones of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks mourn over the deceased outside the Shifa Hospital, in Gaza City, Sept. 2, 2025. Khames Alrefi/Anadolu/Getty Israel's expanding military offensive has killed at least 287 people in Gaza in the three days since a group of world-leading genocide scholars declared that Israel is committing genocide in the besieged Palestinian enclave, according to health officials in the Hamas-run territory. The International Association of Genocide Scholars — which includes Holocaust experts — declared in an Aug. 31 resolution that Israel's actions in Gaza since the 22-month war began constitute genocide, war crimes and...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Controversy over TV writer Graham Linehan's arrest for anti-transgender posts sees police appeal for clarity Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan speaks to the media outside Westminster Magistrates' Court, London, where he has pleaded not guilty to harassing a transgender woman and damaging her phone, on Monday May 12, 2025. Lucy North/PA Images via Getty Images London's police chief has appealed for change, arguing that his officers are in an "impossible position" as they try to navigate the evolving landscape of online free speech while enforcing existing laws that bar threats and incitement to violence. The Metropolitan Police chief has called on Britain's government to "change or clarify" the relevant laws after the controversial arrest of Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Trump commits to pursuing Russia-Ukraine peace: They are "not ready yet," but "something is going to happen" President Trump told CBS News on Wednesday that he remains committed to pursuing a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, despite mounting uncertainty over the prospect of face-to-face talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Mr. Trump characterized his position as both realistic and optimistic, and said he is closely monitoring how both leaders are handling this crossroads in the negotiations. "I've been watching it, I've been seeing it, and I've been talking about it with President Putin and President Zelenskyy," Mr. Trump said in a phone interview....more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Lisbon funicular crash death toll climbs to 16 as Elevador da Gloria disaster leaves Portugal reeling https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/09/03/d91563f3-6b2b-4251-916d-e1efd7f68cb9/thumbnail/620x349/17d64db0f0c4ec492a316beeeb3f2973/gettyimages-2232922009.jpg Portugal was reeling Thursday morning in the wake of an unprecedented disaster in the heart of its capital city. Sixteen people were killed late Wednesday afternoon when one of Lisbon's trademark electric streetcars — the Elevador da Gloria funicular — careened off its tracks and slammed into a building. The funicular, a type of tram usually set on a permanent angle to run up and down a hill or mountain, has carried people about 270 yards up and down a hill in central Lisbon for more than a...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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