At Least 23 Dead, 30 Missing After Rohingya Boat Sinks
[BBC] The bodies of 23 Rohingyas who were fleeing Myanmar’s Rakhine state have been recovered after their boat sank. Thirty others are still missing, while…
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Tensions Rise As West African Nations Prepare To Send Troops To Restore Democracy In Niger
[AP] Tensions are escalating between Niger’s new military regime and the West African regional bloc that has ordered the deployment of troops to restore Niger’s flailing…
Hawaii Death Toll Hits 55, Recovery To Take Years
[Reuters] Maui’s wildfires have killed at least 55 people, a toll expected to rise, and unleashed destruction on the resort town of Lahaina that will…
Police Say Suspects Are Colombians In Fernando Villavicencio Assassination
[Reuters] One dead suspect and six others arrested in the assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio are Colombians, Ecuadorean police said on Thursday, and…
Man Who Threatened Biden Shot Dead In FBI Raid In Utah
[BBC] A man who posted violent threats against President Joe Biden and other officials online was shot dead during an FBI raid on Wednesday. Agents…
West African Leaders Are Meeting On Niger
[AP] West African heads of state began meeting Thursday on next steps after Niger’s military junta defied their deadline to reinstate the nation’s deposed president, but analysts…
Hawaii Wildfires Kill 36 As ‘Apocalypse’ Hits Maui Island Resort City
[Reuters] At least 36 people have died after wildfires, fanned by winds from a faraway hurricane, devastated much of the resort city Lahaina on Hawaii’s…
Presidential Candidate Fernando Villavicencio Gunned Down At Campaign Rally
[Al Jazeera] Outgoing Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso has declared a countrywide state of emergency for 60 days in response to the killing of presidential candidate…
Amazon Deal Lacks Concrete Measures, Say Climate Activists
[BBC] The eight countries that share the Amazon basin have fallen short of an agreed goal to end deforestation. Delegates from the countries are meeting…
Forty-one Dead In Migrant Shipwreck In Central Mediterranean
[Reuters] Forty-one migrants died in a shipwreck last week in the central Mediterranean, the Ansa news agency reported on Wednesday, citing accounts from survivors who…