News/World (Page 197)

Newly unredacted documents from New Mexico’s lawsuit against Meta underscore the company’s “historical reluctance” to keep children safe on its platforms, the complaint says. New Mexico’s Attorney General Raúl Torrez sued Facebook and Instagram owner Meta in December, saying the company failed to protect young users from exposure to childContinue Reading

World A prosecutor investigating a dramatic attack broadcast live on a public TV channel last week was shot to death Wednesday in Guayaquil. Authorities have declared a state of emergency in the country, which has been rocked by a series of attacks in the wake of a notorious gang leader’sContinue Reading

World Officials in Pakistan called the missile attack a “blatant breach” of its sovereignty and reported that a six-year-old girl and an 11-month-old boy had been killed. Iran says its missiles targeted separatist militant group Jaish al-Adl, which seeks an independent Baluchistan in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan.  Iran said missiles onlyContinue Reading

World With Donald Trump looking on and making comments to his lawyers, writer E. Jean Carroll testified Wednesday that the former president shattered her reputation and continues to inspire hatred against her from strangers because she claimed he sexually abused her decades ago. Judge threatens to remove Trump from courtroomContinue Reading

World Catherine, Princess of Wales, has undergone successful planned abdominal surgery and will be in hospital for up to two weeks, Kensington Palace said Wednesday. Buckingham Palace also said shortly after that King Charles will be treated next week for an enlarged prostate. Kensington Palace said Catherine’s surgery was plannedThomsonContinue Reading

World A Kenyan judge on Wednesday ordered cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 30 associates to undergo mental health evaluations before being charged with the murder of 191 children whose bodies have been exhumed since last April from the Shakahola forest. Dozens of Paul Mackenzie’s associates also expected to be chargedContinue Reading

Donald Trump’s dual reality of campaign victories and courtroom battles in 2024 has officially begun, given his win on Monday in the Iowa caucus. Jury selection begins Tuesday in a federal court in Manhattan, where the presumed front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination for this year’s U.S. presidential election willContinue Reading

World An empty Malta-flagged bulk carrier was hit by a missile while heading north through the Red Sea, about 140 kilometres northwest of the Yemeni port of Saleef, a security firm and two Greek Shipping Ministry sources said on Tuesday. Attacks by Houthis on ships in the area have affectedContinue Reading

World Iran fired missiles late Monday at what it claimed were Israeli “spy headquarters” near the U.S. Consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, and at targets linked to the extremist group Islamic State in northern Syria. Civilians were killed in attack condemned by U.S., France but not yetContinue Reading