2023

Thirty-three people have been confirmed dead and 18 are still missing after Beijing’s heaviest rains on record, officials said Wednesday.

Russian forces downed two combat drones headed for Moscow, the city’s mayor said Wednesday, the latest in a surge of drone attacks targeting the capital.… Read More »🔴 Live: Russia shoots down two Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow, mayor

False claims have been circulating online since the military took over in Niger.

Ohio voters on Tuesday resoundingly rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to change the state’s constitution, setting up a fall… Read More »Ohio voters reject proposal that could have curbed abortion rights protection

A judge sentenced rapper Tory Lanez to 10 years in prison Tuesday for shooting and wounding hip-hop superstar Megan Thee Stallion.

Eight Amazon nations agreed to a list of unified policies and measures to bolster regional cooperation at a major rainforest summit in Brazil on Tuesday, but failed to… Read More »Amazon nations fail to agree on shared goal to end deforestation at summit in Brazil

Dairo Antonio Usuga, one of Colombia’s most notorious drug lords, was sentenced to 45 years in prison Tuesday by a US federal judge.

A police officer and a British national are among those killed since the strikes began, police say.

A cross-border investigation into West African criminal groups scamming internet users has resulted in more than 100 arrests and the seizure of over 2 million… Read More »More than 100 arrests in West African internet scam investigation, says Interpol

The tropical forests of the Congo Basin are home to nearly 1 million indigenous people. After thousands of years of survival, deforestation is perhaps their… Read More »‘Dependent on the forest’: The fight for indigenous peoples’ rights in the Congo Basin