Libya floods: 10,000 people missing, thousands dead
CAIRO – Emergency workers uncovered hundreds of bodies in the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna on Tuesday, and it was feared the toll could spiral with 10,000 …
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Apple to reveal iPhone 15: Here’s what to know
Apple is expected to take the wraps off its next iPhone on Tuesday during what has become an annual late summer rite aimed at giving more people more reasons …
Alberta ministers set to address E. coli outbreak in Calgary
The province addressed a growing health concern in Calgary that’s already sent more than two dozen people, most of them children, to hospital. Health Minister Adriana LaGrange, along …
5 people arrested in Bosnia, suspects of 1995 genocide
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina – Bosnian police on Tuesday arrested five people suspected of participating in a July 1995 genocide in Srebrenica, a town where Bosnian Serb troops killed over 8,000 …
Mexican author Sandra Cisneros receives Holbrooke award in U.S.
NEW YORK – Author Sandra Cisneros is this year’s winner of the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, honouring writers who help foster “understanding between and among people.” …
Governments to break even on Ontario EV battery plants in 20 years: report
It will take about 20 years for the federal and provincial governments subsidizing two new electric vehicle battery plants in Ontario to break even, a new analysis has found. …
Police in Serbia find weapons along border with Hungary
BELGRADE, Serbia – Police in Serbia said they rounded up hundreds of migrants and found automatic weapons during a raid Tuesday along the border with Hungary, the location of …
Rhino kills zookeeper at Austrian zoo, injures another
BELIN – A rhino at a zoo in Austria attacked a married couple working as zookeepers Tuesday, killing the woman and seriously injuring the man, authorities said. The …
Latvia worried over migrant surge from Belarus
HELSINKI – Latvia is growing worried over the increasing number of migrants attempting to cross over into the Baltic nation through the border with Belarus and has called up …
Escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante shot at by U.S. homeowner: police
Residents of a suburban Philadelphia community locked themselves in their houses and at least one school district cancelled classes as authorities indicated they were closing in on an escaped …