LUJAN, Argentina (AP) — Thirty lions and tigers that were kept alive — barely — for years in cramped concrete cages at a shuttered Argentine zoo began entering jumbo-size transport crates Friday as they embarked on ambitious journeys to wildlife sanctuaries halfway across the world in South Africa and the United States. The cats are…
NIZI, Congo (AP) — Every day, community health worker Gédéon Banga Ngbape and his team fan out across communities in eastern Congo looking for people who may have crossed paths with the country’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history. The workers investigate dozens of alerts, search for those exposed to suspected or confirmed cases and try…
Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. (Reuters) Iran has not decided to resume talks with the United States, and messages being exchanged via Qatar and Pakistan do not amount to negotiations, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in an interview published on Saturday. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would soon declare the…
By David Latona and Maria Alejandra Cardona CEUTA, Spain, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Spain has beefed up police and military presence in its North African enclave of Ceuta amid social media messages encouraging migrants to attempt another mass border breach on Saturday, two weeks after tens of thousands rushed into the city. Soldiers in combat…
The initial quake was followed by two strong aftershocks in the same area, of magnitude 5.6 and 5.9. A strong 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Flores island in eastern Indonesia early Saturday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicentre of the quake was located off the north coast of the island, about 68 kilometres (42 miles)…
LONDON (AP) — Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to consider the death of the summertime state of mind. The season itself is in no danger; climate change, mainly caused by the burning of oil, gas and coal, is warming the weather year-round. Viewed this way, summer-like weather is ascendant. It’s setting records across…
LONDON (AP) — Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to consider the death of the summertime state of mind. What seems as dead as the grass in England this year is the summertime ideal — lazy days, warm nights and escape, however temporary, from classes or parents or work or rules. During the Summer…
At a church on the outskirts of Liverpool, older residents amble in for community lunch. In Sunderland, mothers swap stories as they are guided through play exercises with their babies at a local hub. On the St Matthew’s estate in Leicester, children spill out of school and onto a new football pitch. These scenes are…
Right-wing political leader Nigel Farage has won the Clacton by-election after telling supporters he would skip the UK tradition of joining all the candidates on stage when the final result was announced. In July, the 62-year-old former commodities trader announced he would stand down as an MP and recontest his parliamentary seat while under investigation…
TOKYO (AP) — Record-breaking rainfall that pounded cities east of Tokyo overnight flooded roads and dozens of homes, stranded thousands of people, caused power outages and left at least four people dead and one missing. The Japan Meteorological Agency downgraded its most severe warning for heavy rain in more than a dozen municipalities in Chiba…