The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) released videos and photos on Tuesday of water cascading into the Times Square-42nd Street station in the heart of Manhattan at around 03:00 am (07:00 GMT). Photo from MTA on X (formerly Twitter) NEW YORK, United States - New York's best-known and...
A member of the Cuban Red Cross works on a flooded street in Batabano, Mayabeque province, Cuba on August 29, 2023, during the passage of tropical storm Idalia. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP) ST. PETERSBURG, United States -- Hurricane Idalia intensified late Tuesday as it hurtled towards northwest...
A view of a damaged office block of the Moscow International Business Center (Moskva City) following a reported drone attack in Moscow on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) MOSCOW, Russia -- A Russian airport near the border with Estonia came under drone attack, the local...
Miss World 2022 Karolina Bielawska from Poland (AFP) NEW DELHI (AFP) - Miss World beauty contest organisers say they are considering holding the pageant in the disputed territory of Indian-administered Kashmir as part of a month-long series of events across India. Control of the...
The desperately needed miracle everyone was praying for unfortunately didn’t come for Gilas Pilipinas. Jordan Clarkson leads the way but is still not enough for Gilas (Noel Pabalate/MB) The Nationals gave their all but simply couldn’t do anything against a hot-shooting Italy which...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin will not go to the funeral of Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died last week in a plane crash, the Kremlin said Tuesday. Prigozhin -- a Putin confidant turned "traitor" -- was killed last Wednesday two months after ordering...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - The Vatican sought Tuesday to defuse a row with Ukraine after Kyiv accused Pope Francis of spreading "imperial propaganda" in a video message to young Catholic Russians. The pope told the group gathered in a Catholic church in St Petersburg that "you are children of...
PARIS, France - Nearly 2,000 people have been convicted in France over nationwide riots sparked in late June by the fatal police shooting of a teenager during a traffic stop near Paris, Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti said on Tuesday. The minister had called for a "rapid, firm and...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - A forest blaze in Greece is "the largest wildfire ever recorded in the EU" and the bloc is mobilizing nearly half its firefighting air wing to tackle it, a European Commission spokesman said Tuesday. (Photo from AFP) Eleven planes and one helicopter from the EU fleet have...
SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Meta on Tuesday said it purged thousands of Facebook accounts that were part of a widespread online Chinese spam operation trying to covertly boost China and criticize the West. The campaign, which became known as "Spamouflage", was active across more than 50...
The Dominican Republic overcame a foul-plagued night from Karl-Anthony Towns and a strong second half showing from Angola to eke out a 75-67 victory and formally book a spot to the round of 16 in the 2023 FIBA World Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Karl-Anthony Towns (right)...
MANILA (AFP) -- South Sudan head coach Royal Ivey said his team "played with fire" after stunning China to claim their first-ever win at the Basketball World Cup on Monday, Aug. 28. South Sudan's players celebrate during the FIBA Basketball World Cup group B match between China and South Sudan at...
