Pakistan launches anti-polio vaccine drive targeting 44M children amid tight security
Pakistan has launched its second nationwide anti-polio campaign of the year Monday in an effort to inoculate 44 million children under the age of 5
2023-10-02 18:56
Iraqi Christian religious leaders demand an international investigation into deadly wedding fire
Christian religious leaders in Iraq are calling for an international investigation into a deadly wedding fire that killed more than 100 people last week
2023-10-02 18:52
Hungarian and U.S. scientists win medicine Nobel for COVID-19 vaccine work
By Niklas Pollard and Ludwig Burger STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Scientists Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman from Hungary and the United States
2023-10-02 18:25
They were ringing in the new year at their apartment when the gunfire started. Then this 11-year-old fell to the ground
Amethyst Sistine Silva is one of more than 1,300 children and teens killed by a gun so far in 2023, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
2023-10-02 18:16
5 missing people are located after a Spanish nightclub fire, leaving the death toll at 13
A Spanish government official says five people who were missing and feared dead in a nightclub fire in the city of Murcia have been located, leaving the death toll at 13
2023-10-02 18:00
Republican blockade of Ukraine aid and Slovakia's election play into Putin's hands
Republicans opposed to the US funding Ukraine's lifeline against Russia scored their first major success when House Speaker Kevin McCarthy didn't include a $6 billion request for aid in a stopgap bill that averted a government shutdown.
2023-10-02 17:47
Futures rise as US Congress averts govt shutdown
Wall Street index futures kicked off October on a positive note after the U.S. Congress averted a government
2023-10-02 17:45
Trump fraud trial begins in New York on Monday: What to know
Former President Donald Trump will be in attendance Monday in a New York courtroom for the start of the civil fraud trial against him, his eldest sons, their companies and Trump Organization executives.
2023-10-02 17:22
Johnny's becomes Smile-Up. Japanese music company hit with sex abuse scandal takes on a new name
The Japanese entertainment company that has acknowledged its founder sexually assaulted hundreds of boys over the span of five decades has taken a new name: Smile-Up
2023-10-02 17:15
Factbox-2023 Nobel prizes announced this week
By Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM The Nobel prizes, arguably the world's most prestigious awards, are to be announced this
2023-10-02 16:57
Mexico church roof collapses, killing at least nine people
A church roof collapsed during Sunday mass in a northern Mexican city killing at least nine people and injuring 40, authorities said, as rescuers worked into the night, desperately looking for another 30 people believed to be trapped under the rubble.
2023-10-02 16:56
Muslim employee working at Chipotle was subject to religious harassment over her hijab, federal suit says
Fast casual Mexican chain Chipotle is facing a lawsuit filed by a federal agency on behalf of a former employee who said she was subject "to a barrage of harassing conduct based on her religion by her supervisor" because she wore a hijab.
2023-10-02 16:52