News/World (Page 183)

World China plans to send a new pair of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo, renewing its longstanding gesture of friendship toward the United States after a recalling nearly all the iconic bears on loan to U.S. zoos as relations soured between the two nations. Friendship gesture comes afterContinue Reading

World The collapse of an illegally operated open-pit gold mine in central Venezuela killed at least 14 people and injured several more, state authorities said Wednesday, as some other officials reported an undetermined number of people could be trapped. Miner who survived collapse describes terrifying conditions at the sceneThe AssociatedContinue Reading

World A 16-year-old Oklahoma high school student who died a day after an altercation in a school restroom that may have been prompted by bullying over gender identity did not die as a result of injuries sustained in the fight, police said Wednesday. Nex Benedict’s family says teen had beenContinue Reading

World WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should face espionage charges in the United States because he put innocent lives at risk and went beyond journalism in his bid to solicit, steal and indiscriminately publish classified U.S. government documents, lawyers for the American government argued Wednesday. Decision on extradition weeks away asContinue Reading

World The rapid rise of fast-fashion e-commerce retailers such as Shein and Temu is upending the global air cargo industry, as they increasingly vie for limited air-cargo space to woo consumers with rapid delivery times, industry sources say. E-commerce has biggest impact on air cargo, not Red Sea crisis, saysContinue Reading

World A former FBI informant charged with making up a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company had contacts with Russian intelligence-affiliated officials, prosecutors said Tuesday. Alexander Smirnov claims have been central in House Republican push to investigate president, his sonThe AssociatedContinue Reading

World Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, the prime minister of Democratic Republic of Congo, resigned on Tuesday, triggering the dissolution of his government, the presidency said in a statement. France ‘very concerned’ about clashes between DRC’s army and M23 Tutsi-led rebelsThomson Reuters · Posted: Feb 20, 2024 2:20 PM EST | Last Updated:Continue Reading

World·Updated Lyudmila Navalnaya, the mother of dead Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, demanded on Tuesday that President Vladimir Putin hand over her son’s body so she could bury him. Alexei Navalny’s widow says she’ll continue his fight; Russia initiates new criminal case against his brotherThomson Reuters · Posted: Feb 20, 2024 10:11 AMContinue Reading

World·Updated A judge investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse issued a final report on Monday that indicts his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s National Police, Léon Charles, among others. Martine Moïse accused of complicity and criminal association in judge’sContinue Reading