SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two powerful unions on the French Caribbean island of Martinique have joined protests against high living costs that recently have prompted France to send anti-riot police . Traffic was paralyzed Tuesday after a transportation union ordered tractor-trailers to block main roads and public bus drivers to suspend service, according
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will send Ukraine an undisclosed number of medium-range cluster bombs and an array of rockets, artillery and armored vehicles in a military aid package totaling about $375 million, U.S. officials said Tuesday. Officials expect an announcement on Wednesday, as global leaders meet at the U.N. General Assembly, and Ukrainian President
BEIRUT (AP) — After almost a year of trading fire, Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah are now engaged in ferocious confrontations that threaten to turn into a full-blown war . Israel faces a much more formidable foe in Hezbollah than it faced in Hamas in the Gaza Strip . Many consider the Iran-backed
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel “will continue to hit Hezbollah” as the Israeli military traded fire with the Lebanese militant group again and the death toll from a massive Israeli bombardment climbed to nearly 560 people Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel “will continue to hit
PARIS (AP) — Maria Grazia Chiuri’s Dior collection took a sporty turn, blending athletic prowess with an urban menace on Tuesday. The Paris show’s stripped-down designs evoked a ’60s sci-fi aesthetic, reminiscent of Star Trek, but with an edge—daring, asymmetrical shapes paired with knee-high boots that flirted with danger. As a live archer launched arrows
MIAMI (AP) — Former federal agent Was Tabor says his phone has been lighting up with calls from police departments around the U.S. for advice on how to combat the growing threat from the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. Tabor was in charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s office in the Venezuelan capital of
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AP) — Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo said Tuesday at the U.N. General Assembly that his country would send 150 military police officers to help Haiti fight violent gangs. The announcement comes as a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police officers in Haiti struggles with a lack of personnel and funding, prompting the
ROME (AP) — Workers in Italy’s automotive sector will go on strike on Oct. 18, the main metalworkers unions said Tuesday, in protest of declining output from Stellantis, the biggest carmaker in the country. The unions also called for a national demonstration in Rome on the same day. Stellantis, which was created in 2021 from
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned world leaders Tuesday that impunity, inequality and uncertainty are creating an “unsustainable world” where a growing number of countries believe they should have a “get out of jail free” card. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned world leaders Tuesday that impunity, inequality and uncertainty are creating an “unsustainable world” where a
Emergency services and locals have started the cleanup process in a southern suburb of Beirut on Tuesday where an Israeli airstrike hit a building. Streets were blocked off as rubble was being removed. Emergency services and locals have started the cleanup process in a southern suburb of Beirut on Tuesday where an Israeli airstrike hit
