BEIJING, China - The death toll from an explosion at a chemical plant in China has risen to nine, with one person injured and another still missing, state media reported Wednesday. The blast took place on Monday morning at an area in a factory used to produce hydrogen peroxide in Liaocheng, a city...
KIGALI, Rwanda - At least 109 people have died in flooding in northern and western Rwanda, the state-run Rwanda Broadcasting Agency (RBA) said Wednesday, quoting figures from local authorities. "The rain that fell last night caused disaster in the Northern and Western Provinces," RBA said on its...
MOSCOW, Russia - The Kremlin said on Wednesday it shot down two drones launched by Ukraine and accused Kyiv of attempting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Two unmanned vehicles were aimed at the Kremlin... the devices were put out of action," the Kremlin said in a statement, calling the...
BELGRADE, Serbia - Eight students and a security guard were killed during a school shooting in the Serbian capital Belgrade on Wednesday, the interior ministry said, as police arrested a teenage student suspected of carrying out the attack. The incident rocked the Balkan nation, where there has not...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The fighting in Sudan has caused more than 330,000 people to flee their homes within the country, with over 100,000 others escaping over the borders, the United Nations said Tuesday. UNHCR, the UN's refugee agency, is estimating...
SYDNEY, Australia - Australia announced a sweeping crackdown on vaping Tuesday, accusing tobacco companies of hooking the next "generation of nicotine addicts" by deliberately targeting teenagers. Billed as the country's largest anti-smoking reforms in a...
KHARTOUM, Sudan - Warring generals in Sudan have agreed "in principle" to a seven-day ceasefire, the government of neighbouring South Sudan said Tuesday, after regional envoys denounced repeated violations of previous truces. Diplomatic efforts have intensified to end more than...
NEW YORK, United States - A woman told a New York civil trial on Tuesday that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her on a flight in the United States in the late 1970s. Jessica Leeds recounted the alleged attack while testifying in the writer E. Jean Carroll's rape and defamation lawsuit...
A student ate the banana artwork duct-taped on a wall at the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea. According to a report from CNN, the museum spokesperson said the student explained that he ate it because he was hungry. "It happened suddenly, so no special action was taken. The artist was...
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shakes hands with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol. (Courtesy of the Cabinet Public Relations Office) TOKYO, Japan – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday he plans to visit South Korea next week for talks with President Yoon Suk Yeol,...
WASHINGTON, United States - More than 20,000 Russian troops have died and another 80,000 were wounded in five months of fighting in eastern Ukraine, particularly in Bakhmut, a White House official said Monday. "We estimate that Russia has suffered more than 100,000 casualties, including over...
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE, Undefined - Pope Francis described on Sunday an "acute and strong" pneumonia that led to his hospitalisation last month, but the 86-year-old pontiff said he was determined to keep travelling. "I felt a strong pain at the end of the (March 29) audience,"...
