News/World (Page 135)

World Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy touted his country’s nearly two-week-long incursion into Russia’s Kursk region as a success on Monday, saying that the operation on the other side of the border was seeing opposing soldiers captured who could be exchanged for Kyiv’s own troops. Ukraine burst across border into Russia’s KurskContinue Reading

World Several Swift fans and watchdog groups said many of the images posted by Trump appeared to be deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence. U.S. ex-president posted several Swift-related images that appear to be AI-generatedThomson Reuters · Posted: Aug 19, 2024 5:19 PM EDT | Last Updated: August 19 Former U.S.Continue Reading

World Santos was indicted on felony charges that he stole from political donors, used campaign contributions to pay for personal expenses, lied to Congress about his wealth and collected unemployment benefits while actually working. New York Republican was expelled from Congress following ethics investigationThe Associated Press · Posted: Aug 19,Continue Reading

World Torrential rain flooded parts of Connecticut and New York’s Long Island, washing out roads, trapping people in cars and a restaurant, and sweeping two people into a river. Two women died in the storms. Bodies recovered Monday after women disappeared during stormThe Associated Press · Posted: Aug 19, 2024 3:19 PMContinue Reading

World Civilians in Ukraine’s eastern strategic logistics hub of Pokrovsk have just a week or two to evacuate as Russian troops press toward the city, an official said on Monday, with families with children in the city told leave immediately. About 53,000 people, including almost 4,000 children, are in easternContinue Reading

World One man died and six people were missing after a luxury yacht was struck by an unexpectedly violent storm and sank off the Sicilian capital Palermo, the Italian Coast Guard said on Monday. Boat left Sicilian port of Milazzo on Aug. 14 and was last tracked Sunday evening nearContinue Reading

World U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called the latest diplomatic push by Washington to achieve a ceasefire deal in Gaza “probably the best, maybe the last opportunity” and urged all parties to get the agreement over the finish line. U.S. Secretary of State in Israel to pushContinue Reading

There’s an old joke about politics in Kamala Harris’s home state, where election campaigns, for various reasons, rarely ever include large political rallies. “A California political rally is three people standing around a television set,” says Dan Schnur, a political communications professor at the University of Southern California, sharing the classic gag.Continue Reading

World One of Russia’s most active volcanoes has erupted, spewing plumes of ash five kilometres into the sky over the far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula and briefly triggering a “code red” warning for aircraft. Volcano erupted after powerful magnitude 7 earthquake struck off far eastern Kamchatka PeninsulaThe Associated Press · Posted: AugContinue Reading