GENEVA, Switzerland -- The World Health Organization said Friday it was helping a growing number of farmers turn away from tobacco to help strengthen food security, particularly in Africa. Ahead of World No Tobacco Day on Wednesday, the WHO said it had teamed up with other United Nations agencies to...
SEOUL, South Korea -- A man who opened an emergency exit on an Asiana Airlines flight in mid-air felt "suffocated" and wanted to get off quickly, South Korean police said on Saturday. The plane was carrying nearly 200 passengers as it approached the runway on Friday at Daegu International Airport,...
Sudanese men carry bottles of water back to their home in Khartoum on May 25, 2023, Fighting eased in Sudan, the second full day of a ceasefire that has allowed beleaguered civilians to venture out, even as they await safe aid corridors and escape routes. (AFP) KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Fighting in Sudan...
This screen grab from a UGC video taken and posted by Michael Goode on Facebook on May 25, 2023 shows a fire in central Sydney. (Michael GOODE / Facebook page of Michael Goode / AFP) SYDNEY, Australia -- Two 13-year-olds have turned themselves over to police after a blaze gutted a seven-storey...
Police officers stand guard near the scene of a standoff where a suspect, believed to be a farmer in his 30s, was holed up inside a building in the Ebe area of Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, late on May 25, 2023. (STR / JIJI Press / AFP) TOKYO, Japan --Â Japanese police on Friday detained a man who...
Police officers work near to a car, seen at the gates of Downing Street, on Whitehall in central London on May 25, 2023, after crashing into the front gates of Downing Street, the official residence of Britain's Prime Minister. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) LONDON, United Kingdom -- A man sparked a major...
Fulgence Kayishema (top row R) is seen on a wanted poster on the wall at the Genocide Fugitive Tracking Unit office, in Gishushu, in Kigali on May 25, 2023.(Mariam KONE / AFP) THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Fulgence Kayishema, one of four remaining fugitives sought for their role in the 1994 Rwanda...
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Belarusian counterpart Viktor Khrenin shake hands after signing an agreement on the deployment of Russia's nuclear-capable weapons in Belarus, in Minsk on May 25, 2023. (Vadim Savitsky / Russian Defence Ministry / AFP) MOSCOW, Russia -- Belarusian...
WASHINGTON, United States - President Joe Biden declared Thursday the United States would avoid a disastrous credit default even as lawmakers went on a 10-day break without a deal on raising the nation's borrowing limit to keep paying the bills. There are seven days until June 1 -- the earliest...
Elmer Stewart Rhodes, III. Rhodes, founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, was dealt an 18 year prison sentence on May 25, 2023, for seditious conspiracy in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol, the toughest penalty given yet over the January 6 assault. (Collin County Sheriff's Office / AFP)...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine on Thursday said it would open more embassies in Africa and stage a summit with leaders from the continent, where Russia is also carrying out a diplomatic offensive. "We have recently adopted our first African strategy and intensified our political dialogue with many...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Net migration in the UK hit a record 606,000 in 2022, official figures showed on Thursday, heaping pressure on the government, which has pledged to cut dependency on foreign labour. Responding to the figures, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak described legal immigration...
