Chilean journalist Eva Vergara, who in her four decades at The Associated Press covered stories including the first protests against the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and revealed key information about abuses by members of the Catholic Church , died Tuesday. She was 68. Vergara died as a result of a recently diagnosed cancer, said
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The world’s leaders gathered in New York for the beginning of their annual meeting at the U.N. General Assembly. Let’s just say the vibe was pretty grim. Leader after leader spoke of the wars in Ukraine, Gaza, and Sudan, climate problems, exclusion from U.N. decision making, poor nations struggling to feed
Lebanese health authorities on Tuesday raised the death toll from two days of Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah militants to 558. Israel’s military says it will do “whatever is necessary” to push Hezbollah away from Lebanon’s border with Israel. Lebanese health authorities on Tuesday raised the death toll from two days of Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Israel was “practicing ethnic cleansing” against Palestinians. He said that Netanyahu, like Hitler, must be stopped by “an alliance of humanity.” Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Israel was “practicing ethnic cleansing” against Palestinians. He said that Netanyahu, like Hitler, must be stopped by “an alliance of humanity.” Published
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the United Nation Security Council on Tuesday, saying the rules of the United Nations charter will work to help the war with Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the United Nation Security Council on Tuesday, saying the rules of the United Nations charter will work to help the war with
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran’s new president signaled to world leaders Tuesday that he wants to open a “constructive” chapter in his country’s international relations — but he made clear that everyone else, including the United States, needs to do their part. In his first speech at the U.N. General Assembly’s annual gathering of world
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — There was a time, not so very long ago, when this city earned the nickname “Bombingham,” renowned for senseless violence and its strength in confronting the racial hatred that fueled it. But days after Birmingham endured its third mass shooting of 2024, officials and residents who know what it means to
HONOLULU (AP) — About 2,000 workers went on strike Tuesday at Hawaii’s largest resort, joining thousands of others striking at other hotels in other U.S. cities. Unionized workers at Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort — the largest Hilton in the world — began an open-ended strike at 5 a.m. They are calling for conditions
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday said it sanctioned two Mexican businesses — an ice cream chain and a local pharmacy — for allegedly using proceeds of fentanyl trafficking to finance their operations tied to the Sinaloa cartel. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control — the U.S. agency that combats illicit
CAIRO (AP) — Mothers and children in the Sudanese region of South Darfur are experiencing one of the “worst” health emergencies in the world, humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday, one of the consequences of the violence that has engulfed the country since April 2023. Doctors Without Borders, also known as MSF, said in
