BANGKOK (AP) — Floods and landslides in Myanmar triggered by last week’s Typhoon Yagi and seasonal monsoon rains have claimed at least 226 lives, with 77 people missing, state-run media reported Tuesday. The death toll, reported in the state-run Myanma Alinn, was almost seven times Friday’s initial total of 33, with strong prospects of it
LONDON (AP) — A 26-year-old man has been charged with killing three women in a crossbow attack near London in July, British police said. He is to appear in a London court on Tuesday. Kyle Clifford faces three murder charges over the deaths of 61-year-old Carol Hunt and her daughters Hannah Hunt, 28, and Louise
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel announced Tuesday that halting Hezbollah’s attacks in the north in order to allow its residents to return is now an official war goal, as the country considers a wider military operation that could ignite an all-out conflict. Israeli officials have repeatedly threatened to take heavier military action to halt the near-daily
AVIGNON, France (AP) — A man accused of drugging his then-wife and inviting dozens of men to rape her over nearly a decade is testifying in court on Tuesday in southern France, in a case that has shocked the country. Dominique Pélicot, now 71, faces 20 years in prison if convicted. While he previously confessed
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen is expected to unveil the members of her new team for the next five-year tenure at the head of the bloc on Tuesday. But it has been a tumultuous ride to get it ready for office — the search for the 26 members of her
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A speech by the Dutch king on Tuesday is to lay out the new government’s plans for the coming year as members of the hard right-led coalition bicker over its plans to drastically slash migration. The day, marked by pageantry as the royals are driven through The Hague in ornate
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A military training camp in Mali’s capital was attacked early Tuesday, the army said. Col. Marima Sagara, deputy director of the army’s communications service, said it received reports of an attack on the gendarme training school in Bamako but had no further information. An Associated Press reporter heard two explosions and
GENEVA (AP) — Independent U.N. human rights experts said in a new report Tuesday that their findings show Venezuela’s government has intensified the use of “harshest and most violent” tools of repression following the disputed July presidential election. The official results of the July 28 vote have been widely criticized as undemocratic, opaque and aimed
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Among the big highlight of Mexico’s Independence Day parade Monday for many was witnessing outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador participate in the celebration. (AP Video by Amaranta Marentes) Among the big highlight of Mexico’s Independence Day parade Monday for many was witnessing outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador participate in the celebration. (AP Video
