LONDON, United Kingdom– A British nurse was found guilty Friday of murdering seven newborn babies and trying to kill six others at the hospital neonatal unit where she worked, becoming the UK's most prolific child killer. Lucy Letby, 33, had been on trial since October last year,...
YANGON, Myanmar– Myanmar authorities have arrested a Swiss citizen for writing and directing a film that allegedly harmed the "morality and dignity" of the Buddhist religion, the country's military said on Friday. Didier Nusbaumer, 52, was arrested on August 8 over the film "which could...
CAMP DAVID, United States– US President Joe Biden and the leaders of Japan and South Korea said Friday they saw a "new chapter" of close three-way security cooperation as the Asian allies joined a first-of-a-kind summit that has already rattled China. Going tieless at the bucolic Camp...
HOUSTON, United States–A Texas woman was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly making racially charged death threats against the Black federal judge presiding over former US president Donald Trump's conspiracy case for trying to overturn the 2020 election, court documents showed. On...
OTTAWA, Canada - Residents of one of the largest cities in Canada's far north were ordered Wednesday to flee amid warnings that raging wildfires could reach it by the weekend. TOPSHOT - This handout photo shows the town of Fort Smith, Canada during the wildfires, on August 13, 2023. Hundreds of...
LAHAINA, United States- Embattled officials in Hawaii who have been criticized for the lack of warnings as a deadly wildfire ripped through a town insisted Wednesday that sounding emergency sirens would not have saved lives. This handout image courtesy of the US Army shows damaged buildings and...
NEW DEHLI, India- The World Health Organization holds its first summit on traditional medicine on Thursday, with warnings that treatments rooted in natural products can be effective alternative healthcare only if scientifically proven. Traditional medicines are a "first port of call for millions of...
WASHINGTON, United State - A US federal appeals court on Wednesday imposed restrictions on a widely used abortion pill, but the ruling will remain on hold as the Supreme Court decides whether to hear the case. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals...
MADRID, Spain - Around 250 firefighters on Wednesday battled a wildfire raging "out of control" on Spain's holiday island of Tenerife that forced road closures and the evacuation of five villages, officials said. The fire, which broke out on Tuesday night, was raging through a forested area with...
OTTAWA, Canada -- China -- a major source of outbound tourists -- has left Canada off a list of countries now approved for travel by tour groups, its embassy in Ottawa said Wednesday, due to anti-Beijing rattling by Ottawa. Last week Beijing lifted a Covid-era ban on group tours to dozens of...
JERUSALEM, Aug. 14-- An international team of astronomers has discovered a hot Jupiter with an extreme temperature difference between its two sides, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy. "Hot Jupiter" is a term used by astronomers to describe a category of...
HANOI, Aug. 15 -- Vietnamese capital city Hanoi has reported 3,180 dengue fever cases so far this year, surging 5.7 times year-on-year, local newspaper Vietnam News reported on Tuesday. The city could become the country's hotspot for dengue fever due to its high population density and rapid...
