Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated at campaign event
An opposition candidate in Ecuador's upcoming presidential election, Fernando Villavicencio, was assassinated at a campaign event Wednesday, Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso confirmed on X, formerly Twitter.
2023-08-10 09:28
World Bank halts new Uganda loans over anti-LGBTQ+ law
Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act contradicts the World Bank Group's values, the global financier says.
2023-08-09 21:53
Why has Ireland got so much surplus cash?
The Republic of Ireland is predicted to have a €65.2bn (£56.3bn) budget surplus by 2027.
2023-08-08 13:45
York Fire burning in California and Nevada is now 93% contained
The massive York Fire that ignited in the Mojave National Preserve is almost fully contained after more than a week of expansion in California and Nevada, according to fire officials.
2023-08-07 07:47
Husband of missing Georgia mom Imani Roberson arrested and charged with her murder
The husband of a Georgia mother of four who had been missing for more than two weeks was charged with her murder after her body was recovered Friday, authorities said.
2023-08-07 04:55
The anti-abortion movement is fractured over what it wants from its first post-Roe GOP presidential nominee
Bernie Hayes has spent most Mondays since the overturning of Roe v. Wade meeting with friends outside of an Iowa Planned Parenthood trying to stop abortions one at a time. He huddles monthly with other like-minded activists plotting more wholesale paths to halting the procedure.
2023-08-07 04:20
New York authorities poised to announce identity of Gilgo Beach murder victim, source says
Suffolk County, New York, authorities are expected to identify a Gilgo Beach murder victim that has gone nameless in the over decade-long case, according to a source familiar with the investigation.
2023-08-04 22:22
School's heartbreak over deaths of best friends in Monaghan car crash
Teenage friends Kiea McCann and Dlava Mohamed died on way to their school dance in County Monaghan.
2023-08-02 19:48
Niger power blackouts blamed on coup sanctions
Nigeria reportedly cuts electricity supplies to increase pressure on the military junta.
2023-08-02 19:46
Niger coup: Evacuated French and European nationals arrive in Paris
It comes amid growing anti-French sentiment, with France's embassy recently coming under attack.
2023-08-02 09:54
What we know about an American woman and her daughter who were kidnapped in Haiti 6 days ago
Six days since American nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter were kidnapped from the community ministry where she works in Haiti, information about their capture and whereabouts remains unclear as the aid group works with authorities and partners in the United States and Haiti to secure their freedom, it said.
2023-08-02 06:29
Donald Trump indictment: Ex-president charged for efforts to overturn 2020 election
A special prosecutor accuses the former US president of "prolific lies about election fraud".
2023-08-02 05:45