GENEVA, Sudan - Some 200,000 people have now fled Sudan to escape fighting that erupted in mid-April, the UN said Friday, also warning a factory producing life-saving treatments for malnourished children had burned down. "As violence in Sudan continues for a fourth week, nearly 200,000 refugees and...
ENTWISTLE, Canada- A lull in high temperatures brought some relief on Wednesday from wildfires in Alberta in western Canada as reinforcements arrived to help battle the blazes. In total, 76 forest and brush fires remained active in the province compared to 110 a few days ago, authorities said....
KANO, Nigeria - Fifteen children drowned and 25 others were missing after their overloaded boat capsized on a river in northwest Nigeria, a local official said Wednesday. The children were on their way from Dundeji village in Sokoto State to collect firewood in the bush on Tuesday on the...
WASHINGTON , United States- For the first time since formally entering the 2024 presidential race, Joe Biden headed Wednesday on a fundraising trip for a contest that could once again top all campaign spending records. After taking the Republicans to task on the debt ceiling standoff in a...
KHARTOUM, Sudan- The war between Sudan's generals is having increasingly severe consequences for civilians, with a doubling over the past week of the number uprooted from their homes, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Hundreds have been killed so far. New worries emerged as separate...
OTTAWA, Canada - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday slammed Meta after executives said it would block news for Canadian Facebook and Instagram users in response to a proposed law that would require digital giants to pay for local journalism content. In February, Google announced it...
CHASIV YAR, Ukraine - AFP's Ukraine video coordinator Arman Soldin was killed on Tuesday by rocket fire near Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine, AFP journalists who witnessed the incident said. The attack happened at around 4:30 pm (1330 GMT) on the outskirts of...
NEW YORK, United States - A New York jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing and defaming an American former magazine columnist and ordered the ex-president to pay her $5 million in damages. The nine jurors rejected E. Jean Carroll's accusation of...
YANGON, Myanmar- A convoy of diplomats travelling in Myanmar came under fire from an unknown armed group, a military official and a diplomat said Monday. Myanmar has been in turmoil since a military coup deposed Aung San Suu Kyi's administration in February 2021. On...
KHARTOUM, Sudan - Air strikes again shook Sudan's capital Monday while the latest truce talks in Jeddah yielded no progress and a Saudi diplomat said both sides consider themselves "capable of winning the battle". Sudan was thrown into deadly chaos when fighting broke...
RIO E JANEIRO, Brazil- Artificial intelligence could replace 80 percent of human jobs in the coming years -- but that's a good thing, says US-Brazilian researcher Ben Goertzel, a leading AI guru. Mathematician, cognitive scientist and famed robot-creator Goertzel, 56, is founder and chief...
LONDON, United Kingdom - K ing Charles III thanked the British people for "the greatest possible coronation gift" on Monday as three days of celebrations for the historic event drew to a close with a massive volunteering drive. "To know that we have your support and encouragement, and to witness...
