International
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia. — The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Abiy Ahmed, the Ethiopian Prime Minister who helped end his country’s 20-year war with Eritrea. Announcing the prize in Oslo, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said Abiy’s “efforts deserve recognition and need encouragement.” The conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea over disputed border territory came at a huge financial […]
(CNN) — Hundreds of people living in northern Syria near the Turkish border are fleeing, herding their loved ones and running from an unknown fate as fires blaze behind them. These people are members of an ethnic minority known as the Kurdish people. Living in a region controlled by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), […]
BEIJING — A 25-year-old Houston Rockets fan in China threatened to burn the Chinese flag in protest of the ongoing dispute between Beijing and the NBA team, and told police to “come and arrest him.” He was behind bars hours later. Authorities in China’s northeastern Jilin province said the man, Howard Wang, was accused of publishing “insults […]
HILO, Hawaii — The discovery of 20 previously unknown moons around Saturn has helped the ring planet surpass all others in our solar system, according to the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center. It now has 82 known moons; Jupiter has 79. The moons are all similar in size, spanning about three miles across. But 17 of […]
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s leader has invoked rarely-used emergency powers to ban people from wearing face masks during public assemblies, a move likely to infuriate the thousands of mainly young people involved in the months-long protest movement. The ban will come into effect on October 5, Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced at a press conference Friday, following a […]
PARIS — Four people were killed in a knife attack at police headquarters in Paris on Thursday, a police union official said. The attacker, an administrative officer employed by the police, was shot dead. There is no indication of a motive yet. At least one officer was among those killed in the attack inside the building, […]
LONDON — As the U.K. heads toward separation with the European Union, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is promising to avoid checks at the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It’s been the one of the biggest sticking points with Brexit, since Northern Ireland is part of the U.K. and the current open border […]
(CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that he has never met with President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, as Zelensky finds himself in the middle of an American political firestorm. “I never met Rudy Giuliani — never. And never had any phone calls with him,” Zelensky said Tuesday at a news conference in […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia. — The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia is denying accusations that he ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “Today the investigations are being carried out,” said Mohammad bin Salman to CBS’s “60 Minutes”. Once charges are proven against someone, regardless of their rank it will be taken to court. No exceptions. […]
PUNE, India — The western Indian city of Pune was battered by 140 mm (5.5 inches) of rain in 48 hours this week, in what the Maharashtra state chief minister called an “unprecedented” level of monsoon rain. “Last night in Pune there was a lot of heavy rain that developed into an unprecedented storm,” […]