Landslide and flash floods hit Indonesia’s Sumatra island, leaving 16 dead and 6 missing
Rescuers in Indonesia recovered 16 bodies under tons of mud and rocks or that were swept away in flash floods that hit mountainside villages on Sumatra Island, officials ...
DHL cargo plane crashes into a house in Lithuania, killing at least 1
A DHL cargo plane crashed into a house Monday morning near the Lithuanian capital, killing at least one person. Lithuanian’s public broadcaster LRT, quoting an emergency ...
Lebanon’s Shiite Muslims pay high price in war between Israel and Hezbollah
The Lebanese civilians most devastated by the Israel- Hezbollah war are Shiite Muslims, and many of them believe they are being unfairly punished because they share a religious ...
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly gain after Trump picks billionaire for Treasury post
Shares climbed in Asia on Monday, tracking last week’s gains on Wall Street, and analysts said investors were viewing ...
Overhauls of ‘heritage brands’ raise the question: How important are our products to our identities?
When Katja Vogt considers a Jaguar, she pictures a British-made car purring confidently along the Italian coastline — a vision of familiarity that conveys “that dreaming, longing ...
Foreign ministers meet in Italy for the last G7 of the Biden administration
Foreign ministers from the world’s leading industrialized nations are meeting Monday, with the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East entering decisive phases and a certain pressure to ...
Uruguay’s leftist opposition candidate Yamandú Orsi becomes country’s new president
Uruguay’s leftist opposition candidate, Yamandú Orsi, became the country’s new president in a tight runoff Sunday, ousting the conservative governing ...
Namibia may elect its first-ever female president in elections this week
Namibia’s Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah could become the country’s first female president if she wins the presidential election Wednesday. At least 1.4 ...
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Social media sites call for Australia to delay its ban on children younger than 16
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An advocate for major social media platforms told an Australian Senate committee Monday that laws ...
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South Korea holds memorial for forced laborers at Sado mines, a day after boycotting Japanese event
SADO, Japan (AP) — South Korea paid tribute to wartime Korean forced laborers at Japan’s Sado Island Gold Mines in a memorial ...
Klobuchar says Trump nominees have ‘got to get their background checks together’
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said Sunday that President-elect Trump’s picks for his next administration have “got to get their background checks together.” Earlier in an interview, Klobuchar told ...
Who is Yamandú Orsi, the next president of Uruguay?
Left-wing politician Yamandú Orsi is poised to become the next president of Uruguay after his main challenger in the runoff conceded defeat Sunday and even the outgoing ...