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An Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills 3 sons and 4 grandchildren of Hamas’ top leader

Published On: April 11, 2024 10:16 AM NPT By: Associated Press

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli aircraft killed three sons of Hamas’ top political leader in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, striking high-stakes targets at a time when Israel is holding delicate cease-fire negotiations with the militant group. Hamas said four of the leader’s grandchildren were also killed.

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Is action on climate change a human right? A European court will rule for the first time

Published On: April 9, 2024 01:32 PM NPT By: Associated Press

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Europe’s highest human rights court will rule Tuesday on a group of landmark climate change cases aimed at forcing countries to meet international obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Elon Musk will be investigated over fake news and obstruction in Brazil after a Supreme Court order

Published On: April 8, 2024 01:51 PM NPT By: Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice included Elon Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news and opened a separate investigation late Sunday into the executive for alleged obstruction.

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Farmers in India are hit hard by extreme weather. Some say expanding natural farming is the answer

Published On: April 8, 2024 09:15 AM NPT By: Associated Press

GUNTUR, India (AP) — There’s a pungent odor on Ratna Raju’s farm that he says is protecting his crops from the unpredictable and extreme weather that’s become more frequent with human-caused climate change.

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Mexico’s president says his country is breaking diplomatic ties with Ecuador after embassy raid

Published On: April 6, 2024 02:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Mexico is breaking off diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest a former Ecuadorian vice president who has sought political asylum there after being indicted on corruption.

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New mass graves in Rwanda reveal cracks in reconciliation efforts, 30 years after the genocide

Published On: April 5, 2024 11:35 AM NPT By: Associated Press

HUYE, Rwanda (AP) — The diggers’ hoes scrape the brown soil, looking for — and often finding — human bone fragments. The women then wipe the bone pieces with their hands as others watch in solemn silence.

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Jay-Z’s Made In America festival canceled for the second year in a row

Published On: April 4, 2024 01:23 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Jay-Z’s annual Made in America festival, held in Philadelphia over Labor Day weekend, has been canceled for the second year in a row.

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Fierce earthquake rattles Taiwan, killing 9 and injuring more than 1,000

Published On: April 4, 2024 08:32 AM NPT By: Associated Press

HUALIEN, Taiwan, April 4: The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan Wednesday morning, killing nine people, stranding dozens at quarries and a national park, and sending some residents scrambling out the windows of damaged buildings.

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Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in nearly 25 years damages buildings, leaving 4 dead

Published On: April 3, 2024 10:51 AM NPT By: Associated Press

TAIPEI, Taiwan, April 3: Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in a quarter century rocked the island during the morning rush hour Wednesday, damaging buildings and highways and causing the deaths of four people.

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Gunmen in Ecuador kill 9, injure 10 others in attack in coastal city of Guayaquil as violence surges

Published On: April 1, 2024 12:52 PM NPT By: Associated Press

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Gunmen attacked a group of people in Ecuador ’s coastal city of Guayaquil killing nine and injuring 10 others, police said Sunday, the latest in a string of violent incidents in the South American country.

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Romania and Bulgaria partially join Europe’s Schengen travel zone, but checks at land borders remain

Published On: March 31, 2024 02:17 PM NPT By: Associated Press

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Romania and Bulgaria partially joined Europe’s ID-check-free travel zone on Sunday, marking a new step in the two countries’ integration with the European Union.

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Chance Perdomo, star of ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ and ‘Gen V,’ dies in motorcycle crash at 27

Published On: March 31, 2024 11:03 AM NPT By: Associated Press

Actor Chance Perdomo, who rose to fame as a star of “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” and “Gen V,” has died at age 27 following a motorcycle crash.

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Syria reports Israeli airstrikes near the city of Aleppo. A war monitor says 44 people are dead

Published On: March 30, 2024 01:46 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian army says Israeli airstrikes on Friday near the northern city of Aleppo killed or wounded “a number of” people and caused damage. A war monitor said the strikes killed 44, most of them Syrian troops.

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A growing number of Americans end up in Russian jails. The prospects for their release are unclear

Published On: March 30, 2024 07:45 AM NPT By: Associated Press

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A journalist on a reporting trip in a Ural Mountains city. A corporate security executive traveling to Moscow for a wedding. A dual national returning to her hometown in Tatarstan to visit her family.

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China wins WTO dispute with Australia over steel products

Published On: March 27, 2024 01:55 PM NPT By: Associated Press

SYDNEY (AP) — China has won a nearly three-year-long dispute with Australia at the World Trade Organization over tariffs on steel products that began during a low point of bilateral relations between the countries, and Australia’s trade minister said Wednesday his government accepted the ruling.

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Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapses after ship struck it, sending vehicles into water

Published On: March 26, 2024 01:51 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BALTIMORE, March 26: A portion of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after a large boat collided with it early Tuesday morning, and multiple vehicles fell into the water. Authorities were trying to rescue at least seven people.

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UN demand for Gaza cease-fire provokes strongest clash between US and Israel since war began

Published On: March 26, 2024 08:10 AM NPT By: Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS, Marc 26: The United Nations Security Council on Monday issued its first demand for a cease-fire in Gaza, with the U.S. angering Israel by abstaining from the vote. Israel responded by canceling a visit to Washington by a high-level delegation in the strongest public clash between the allies since the war began.

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4 men charged in Moscow attack, showing signs of beatings at hearing as court says 2 accept guilt

Published On: March 25, 2024 11:05 AM NPT By: Associated Press

MOSCOW (AP) — Four men accused of staging the Russia concert hall attack that killed more than 130 people appeared before a Moscow court Sunday showing signs of severe beatings as they faced formal terrorism charges. One appeared to be barely conscious during the hearing.

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Putin says gunmen who raided Moscow concert hall tried to escape to Ukraine. Kyiv denies involvement

Published On: March 24, 2024 09:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press

MOSCOW (AP) — The suburban Moscow music hall where gunmen opened fire on concertgoers was a blackened, smoldering ruin Saturday as the death toll in the attack surpassed 130 and Russian authorities arrested four suspects. President Vladimir Putin claimed they were captured while fleeing to Ukraine.

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The death toll rises to 115 in an attack on a Moscow concert hall

Published On: March 23, 2024 04:02 PM NPT By: Associated Press

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials say the death toll has risen to 115 in an attack by assailants who burst into a concert hall and sprayed the crowd with gunfire.

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