SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal agents on Wednesday seized $33 million worth of cocaine aboard a boat that was trying to smuggle the drug into the tiny Puerto Rican island of Vieques, according to officials. More than 3,600 pounds (1,670 kilograms) were confiscated in the pre-dawn hours after unidentified people aboard the boat
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel must keep open-ended control of Gaza’s border with Egypt, digging in on his stance on an issue that has threatened to derail cease-fire efforts. Netanyahu’s comments came as the United States is developing a new proposal for a cease-fire and hostage release, hoping
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A damning report on a deadly London high-rise fire concluded Wednesday that decades of failures by government, regulators and industry turned Grenfell Tower into a “death trap” where 72 people lost their lives. (Produced by Luke Garratt) A damning report on a deadly London high-rise fire concluded Wednesday that decades of failures by government, regulators
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba resigned Wednesday. The foreign minister’s resignation came as at least seven people were killed in an overnight strike on Lviv. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba resigned Wednesday. The foreign minister’s resignation came as at least seven people were killed in an overnight strike on Lviv. Published [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull]
A spate of resignations from Ukraine’s government came with one major surprise: the departure of Dmytro Kuleba , the career diplomat who courted Western support for his country’s defense as its tireless foreign minister. Ahead of a major overhaul of the government, six Cabinet ministers have resigned , sending handwritten notes to parliament that offered
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Bad Bunny’s sports representation firm was held in contempt Wednesday by a federal judge, who ordered it to withdraw from a new arbitration proceeding it filed against the Major League Baseball Players Association. U.S. District Judge Camille L. Vélez-Rivé also ordered Rimas Sports to pay the union’s legal fees
NEW YORK (AP) — Hard as it may be to believe, there aren’t a lot of Hollywood agents clamoring for their star clients to take the role of one of the polarizing political figures of the 21st century. Sebastian Stan, though, was committed to “The Apprentice.” More than anything, he believed in its director, the
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. is mulling a U.N. peacekeeping operation in Haiti as one way to secure funding and staffing for a Kenya-led mission deployed to quell gang violence in the Caribbean country , a top U.S. diplomat said Wednesday. Brian A. Nichols, U.S. assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs, spoke
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Two loggers have been killed by bow and arrow after allegedly encroaching the land of the uncontacted Mashco Piro Indigenous tribe deep in Peru’s Amazon, according to a rights group. The group, known as FENAMAD, defends the rights of Peru’s Indigenous peoples. It says tensions between loggers and Indigenous tribes are
