WASHINGTON, United States -- A woman missing for more than a week was found alive, having been stuck in the mud in a state park for at least several days, US police in Massachusetts said Tuesday. Emma Tetewsky, 31, was found in a swamp-like area in Borderland State Park after hikers heard her cries...
WASHINGTON, United States -- President Joe Biden called again Tuesday for stricter gun control measures while denouncing a wave of shootings that overshadowed Independence Day. Five people were killed and four wounded in a shooting in Philadelphia Monday night, police said. Another shooting...
PARIS, France -- French President Emmanuel Macron met with hundreds of French officials on Tuesday to begin exploring the "deeper reasons" for the country's plunge into riots after a police officer killed a teenager at a traffic stop. The meeting at the Elysee palace in Paris with more than 300...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Moscow said Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian territory would "not be possible" without US and NATO help, escalating its rhetoric after reporting it had downed five drones near the capital on Tuesday. Ukraine meanwhile accused Russia of planning "dangerous provocations" at the...
HONG KONG, China - Hong Kong's leader called on eight overseas activists to turn themselves in on Tuesday, a day after police put out bounties on them for violating the city's national security law. Police offered rewards of HK$1 million ($128,000) each on Monday for information leading to the...
BEIJING, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Tuesday for efforts to safeguard "regional peace" and said Beijing would "oppose protectionism" as he addressed a virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, state media said. Xi "called for efforts to safeguard regional peace and...
MOSCOW, Russia - President Vladimir Putin told Iranian, Chinese and other leaders on Tuesday that Russia would continue to counter sanctions imposed by Western countries over Moscow's large-scale military operation in Ukraine. "Russia is confidently resisting and will continue to resist external...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia said Tuesday it had downed five Ukrainian drones in the Moscow region, calling it a "terrorist act" that briefly disrupted air traffic at an international airport in the capital. Ukrainian authorities meanwhile announced that Russian shelling on a residential area in the...
BEIJING, China - Chinese authorities have warned of extreme weather and "multiple natural disasters" in the coming month, as heavy rain damaged infrastructure and forced thousands to be evacuated. An alert was in place on Tuesday for rain-triggered disasters in large swathes of central and...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden will head to Europe in a week for a three-nation trip, including a NATO summit, focused on reinforcing the international coalition backing Ukraine as it pursues a counterofensive against Russia. Biden is set to depart on July 9 for Britain, and...
WASHINGTON, United States -- At least two people were killed and 28 wounded in a mass shooting at a street party early Sunday in the US city of Baltimore, police said. Oficials said more than one assailant opened fire at the celebration in Baltimore, a port city about an hour's drive north of...
PARIS, France -- The grandmother of the French teenager killed by police sparking riots called for calm Sunday as the home of the mayor of a Paris suburb was attacked with a burning car in a new eruption of violence. The government of President Emmanuel Macron has been battling five nights of...
