Intense winds threaten homes as Typhoon Yagi makes landfall in northern Vietnam | AP News

Intense winds threaten homes as Typhoon Yagi makes landfall in northern Vietnam | AP News

Vietnam’s northern provinces closed airports and evacuated residents as Typhoon Yagi made landfall after killing two people and injuring nearly a hundred others in the Chinese province of Hainan. Vietnamese meteorological authorities described Yagi as “one of the most powerful typhoons in the region over the past decade.” Vietnam’s northern provinces closed airports and evacuated

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As Volkswagen weighs its first closure of a German auto plant, workers aren’t the only ones worried

As Volkswagen weighs its first closure of a German auto plant, workers aren’t the only ones worried

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Volkswagen is considering closing some factories in its home country for the first time in the German automaker’s 87-year history, saying it otherwise won’t meet the cost-cutting goals it needs to remain competitive. CEO Oliver Blume also told employees Wednesday that the company must end a three-decade-old job protection pledge that

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Libyan authorities order detention of militia leader over killing of UN-sanctioned human trafficker

Libyan authorities order detention of militia leader over killing of UN-sanctioned human trafficker

CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s chief prosecutor ordered the detention of a militia leader and one of his aides pending an investigation into the killing of one of the country’s most notorious human traffickers . Mohamed Bahroun, commander of the First Support Battalion and an influential militia leader, as well as one of his associates, handed

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim they shot down another US MQ-9 drone

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim they shot down another US MQ-9 drone

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed early Sunday they shot down another American-made MQ-9 drone flying over the country, marking potentially the latest downing of the multimillion-dollar surveillance aircraft. The U.S. responded with airstrikes over Houthi-controlled territory, the rebels said. The U.S. military told The Associated Press it was aware of

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Algeria’s 78-year-old president is expected to breeze to a second term in Saturday’s election

Algeria’s 78-year-old president is expected to breeze to a second term in Saturday’s election

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Polls closed in Algeria on Saturday, where voters were deciding whether to grant army-backed President Abdelmadjid Tebboune another term — five years after pro-democracy protests prompted the military to oust the previous president after two decades in power. Tebboune is expected to breeze to victory over two challengers. The real question

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Komemoracija povodom smrti Bore Đorđevića: Čačanin, Srbin pa tek onda roker

Komemoracija povodom smrti Bore Đorđevića: Čačanin, Srbin pa tek onda roker

Muzika | Izvor: Beta | 07.09.2024 | access_time 13:50 Komemoracija povodom smrti rok muzičara Borisava – Bore Đorđevića (1952-2024) održana je danas u Velikoj sali Kulturnog centra u Čačku. Pred mnogobrojnim Čačanima, porodicom, prijateljima, članovima rok grupe “Riblja čorba” i drugim muzičarima gradonačelnik Milun Todorović rekao je da je Bora Đorđević uvek govorio da je

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