HONG KONG (AP) — Two journalists who led a now-shuttered Hong Kong online news outlet will hear a verdict in their sedition case on Thursday, in a trial that’s seen as an indicator for press freedom in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. The trial of Stand News ‘ former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen and former acting editor-in-chief
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza earlier this year even as some staffers for the U.S. Agency for International Development expressed concerns that the effort would be difficult to pull off and undercut the effort to persuade Israel to open “more efficient”
ATLANTA (AP) — Two workers were killed and another seriously injured Tuesday in a tire explosion at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport. Delta said the explosion occurred while wheel components were being disassembled for maintenance at a wheel and brake shop. The parts were not attached to a plane at
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 20 people returning to the U.S. from Cuba have been infected with a virus transmitted by bugs in recent months, federal health officials said Tuesday. They all had Oropouche virus disease , also known as sloth fever. None have died, and there is no evidence that it’s spreading in
Vice President Kamala Harris is sitting down with CNN this week for her first interview since President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid. The Democratic presidential nominee will be joined by her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in an interview with CNN anchor Dana Bash in Savannah, Georgia. The interview will air Friday at
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday where he discussed recent Ukrainian military actions and his potential plans for the war going forward. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday where he discussed recent Ukrainian military actions and his potential plans for the war going forward. Published
Authorities in Brazil are putting down illegally constructed residential buildings in one of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, after police investigations showed drug trafficking group responsible for the constructions. Since 2021, Rio de Janeiro City Hall has demolished more than 4,000 such buildings, most in areas under the thumb of local gangs, inflicting losses of more
Born into the devastating Israel-Hamas war, 10-month-old Abdel-Rahman Abuel-Jedian started crawling early. Then one day, he froze — his left leg appeared to be paralyzed. The baby boy is the first confirmed case of polio inside Gaza in 25 years, according to the World Health Organization. Abdel-Rahman was an energetic baby, said the child’s mother
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday appointed a ruling socialist party boss to oversee the country’s police forces, empowering a hardline loyalist who has vowed to pursue government opponents as part of an ongoing crackdown that has alarmed human rights groups. Maduro named Diosdado Cabello Interior Minister as part of a
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt recovered three ancient artifacts that were smuggled out of the country and found in the Netherlands, where two of the items were for sale in an antiques shop, Egyptian officials said Tuesday. The items retrieved include a mummified head from the Hellenistic period, a ceramic funerary figurine dating to Egypt’s New
