KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Congo has increased to 782, with 181 deaths, the Congolese Ministry of Health said in a statement on social platform X on Sunday evening. However, the number of cases in Congo is believed to be higher because the outbreak was...
BUTLER, Mo. (AP) — A plane carrying a pilot and 11 passengers on a skydiving outing in Missouri crashed in a field and was engulfed in flames Sunday, killing all aboard, authorities said. The crash happened shortly after the plane took off from a local airport around 11:30 a.m., and some of the...
The Philippines has sought World Bank backing for a $1-billion program aimed at tackling the country ’ s plastic waste problem, starting with Metro Manila. In a June 10 document, the World Bank said that the proposed Clean Philippines Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA) is designed to improve...
LONDON (AP) — Armed British forces boarded and detained a sanctioned tanker Sunday that is suspected of being part of the Russian "shadow fleet," shipping oil in violation of international sanctions over Moscow 's war on Ukraine, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday. Royal Marine...
A Ukrainian drone attack killed one person in Russia 's southwestern Oryol region, local officials said Sunday, while a separate strike hit an oil facility as part of Kyiv 's campaign of strikes on military and energy targets deep inside Russia. Oryol regional Gov. Andrei Klychkov said...
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said it launched strikes on Beirut on Sunday targeting Hezbollah infrastructure, despite ongoing efforts to negotiate an end to the U.S.-Iran war. Smoke could be seen rising over the Lebanese capital. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
VANCOUVER, B.C. (AP) — Nestory Irankunda and Connor Metcalfe scored and Australia spoiled Turkey 's return to the World Cup for the first time in 24 years with a 2-0 victory on Saturday night, June 13. Goalkeeper Patrick Beach made eight saves for the Socceroos in their group opener as FIFA...
PARIS (AP) — From the outset, China wasn 't included when major powers gathered in 1975 at a chateau outside Paris to fix the slumping global economy, the first of what have become annual summits by the G7 club of wealthy nations to forward their interests. No surprise there. Imagining...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron will meet over dinner at the glittering Palace of Versailles near Paris after the G7 summit of leading industrialized nations next week in France, their governments announced Saturday. Trump, who is trying to make...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States and Iran once again appear close to a deal to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Saturday that a deal aimed at ending the war in the Middle East is closer than ever before and expected to be finalized within...
DUBLIN (AP) — Canada 's Prime Minister Mark Carney continued his efforts to pivot away from the United States and align with Europe, meeting with the leader of Ireland on Saturday ahead of the upcoming G7 summit and saying middle power countries shouldn 't compete for favor with...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Key mediator Pakistan on Saturday said a deal to end the Iran war was closer than ever and U.S. President Donald Trump asserted it would be "signed tomorrow," while Iran made some of its most optimistic statements yet but indicated a bit more time was needed. Trump said the...
