By Paolo Laudani Heavy rains hit Mexico as Hurricane Polo tracks offshore, expected to make landfall on Sunday night Sept 24 – Heavy surf and rain lashed southwestern Mexico as “extremely powerful” Hurricane Polo crawls northwest offshore the mainland, the US National Hurricane Center said in a bulletin on Thursday. With maximum sustained winds near … Read more
Guyanese President Irfaan Ali urged Venezuela before the UN General Assembly on Thursday to respect the International Court of Justice’s forthcoming decision over the Essequibo region, an oil-rich territory that Caracas has claimed for decades. Guyana urges Venezuela at UN to respect ICJ’s ruling on Essequibo region The territory, where oil was discovered in 2015, … Read more
Chinese reporters pushed and shoved with US Secret Service agents outside the White House on September 24 as President Donald Trump prepared to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state visit. Chinese reporters clashed with Secret Service agents before Xi Jinping’s White House welcome as the Trump-Xi summit continued.. Photographer: Annabelle Gordon/CNP/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) Videos … Read more
By Gleb Garanich and Valentyn Ogirenko Russian strikes kill eight in Ukraine, damage maternity clinic KYIV, Sept 24 – Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and its northeast killed eight people on Thursday in attacks that included a maternity hospital and a farm, officials said. Moscow has stepped up its air war … Read more
Allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza are not only false but “the biggest lie of the century,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told world leaders Thursday in a defiant speech that asserted his nation’s right to wage war against Iran — and was not heard by scores of delegates who trooped out before he started speaking. … Read more
Washington, China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday said one lakh young Americans will be invited to visit China for exchanges and study over the next five years. Xi invites 1,00,000 young Americans for exchanges, study in China The announcement by Xi at the White House here came against the backdrop of a similar announcement made … Read more
The state autopsy of 18-year-old Nolan Wells has found that his cause and manner of death are “undetermined,” while a private investigation into his phone has raised new questions about what happened before and after his death. Nolan Wells, 18, went missing on July 4 after a boat trip to Horn Island. His body was … Read more
A prominent British anti-migrant activist was charged with criminal damage linked to the alleged slashing of a dinghy in the Channel earlier this week, UK police said Thursday. UK far-right activist charged over Channel incident It came as the interior ministry confirmed 781 people arrived in Britain on Wednesday after crossing the busy waterway from … Read more
Dr. Idris Evans, a 46-year-old doctor with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s (UPMC) children’s hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniawas killed in a stabbing attack at his home Thursday. His wife, who was also stabbed, is critically injured. Representational. (Unsplash) 32-year-old suspect, Elijah Hemingway, has been charged in Evan’s death. Hemingway allegedly broke into Dr. Evans’ … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly brought Twitch streamer Hasan Piker into his attack on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during his United Nations General Assembly speech on September 24. Netanyahu accused Mamdani of keeping company with people who support Hamas and pointed to Piker over his past comment about 9/11. Benjamin Netanyahu named … Read more