The governor of Sinaloa and nine other current and former Mexican officials were charged with drug trafficking and weapons offenses in a U.S. indictment unsealed Wednesday in New York, accused of aiding in the massive importation of illicit narcotics into the United States. Some officials were members of Mexico’s progressive ruling party, Morena, posing a…
The U.S. and Israel unleashed a major attack on Iran on Saturday in what President Trump said was designed to wipe out the regime’s military capabilities and eliminate the threat of the country creating a nuclear weapon. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed the strikes, Mr. Trump said late Saturday afternoon. A map…
An Israeli airstrike killed three journalists in Gaza on Wednesday, the territory’s civil defense agency said. One of those killed, Abed Shaat, had worked for years as a cameraman for CBS News and other outlets. Officials identified the other two journalists killed as Mohammed Salah Qashta and Anas Ghneim, the Agence France-Presse news agency reported….
Getty Images Stock image of a residential street in Suriname’s capital, Paramaribo Nine people including five children have been stabbed to death on the outskirts of Suriname’s capital, Paramaribo, police have said. Another adult and child were taken to hospital after sustaining serious injuries in the attack, city police said in a statement. Officers were…
Dominion Energy’s wind turbines located 27 miles off of Virginia Beach in the Atlantic Ocean on July 17, 2023. Kendall Warner | Virginian Pilot | Getty Images The Trump administration on Monday halted Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, the largest project of its kind in the U.S., as well as four other projects off the East…
Belarusian authorities have released Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova from prison, Pavel Sapelka, human rights advocate with the Viasna rights group, confirmed to the AP. Their release comes as authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko seeks to improve relations with Washington. The U.S. earlier on Saturday announced lifting sanctions on…
A Pizza Hut store is seen on November 01, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Pizza Hut’s third-quarter revenue fell short of analysts’ expectations for same-store sales. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Yum Brands on Tuesday announced it will explore strategic options for Pizza Hut. “The Pizza Hut team has been working hard to address business and…
A shipwreck off Tunisia that claimed the lives of at least 40 African migrants has once again exposed the lethal risks of irregular sea crossings on routes to Europe, the UN migration agency said on Thursday. The tragedy came amid concerns that worsening conditions for refugees and asylum-seekers in North Africa are pushing more families…
Worased Boontipchayakun | Istock | Getty Images A group of prominent figures, including artificial intelligence and technology experts, has called for an end to efforts to create ‘superintelligence’ — a form of AI that would surpass humans on essentially all cognitive tasks. Over 850 people, including tech leaders like Virgin Group founder Richard Branson and…
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza was still holding Thursday despite strains over missing hostages’ remains — including two U.S. nationals — and sporadic violence in the Palestinian enclave since the U.S. peace agreement came into effect almost a week ago. Mike Waltz, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, said Thursday that…
