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ROME (AP) — The latest chapter in a seemingly endless saga over the management of Italy’s lucrative beach concessions has set Italian beaches on fire this summer. For almost two decades,…
Old footage from the Japanese government in 2016 simulating the potential effects of a powerful earthquake has been misrepresented online as showing the tremor that shook the country's…
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The legislature of Mexico City approved the most ambitious rent control law since the 1940s Thursday, limiting rent increases to the rate of inflation in the previous…
After losing its California operating license last year over safety concerns, the autonomous vehicle company Cruise will soon partner with Uber to offer driverless transportation through…
Days after a new academic year began at UNC-Chapel Hill, pro-Palestinian protesters returned to the area of campus that saw dozens arrested in the spring — ushering in what could be a…
In a widely expected decision Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal, which has often been accused of serving as a rubber stamp and repression tool for the regime, ruled that strongman Nicolás…
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday removed a controversial part of its recent verdict concerning minority Ahmadis, apparently yielding to criticism from religious groups…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made his first visit Thursday to the border area where his forces launched their surprise offensive into Russia, saying that…
The European Commission announced on Thursday that it was sending two firefighting aeroplanes to the island of Madeira to help Portugal battle wildfires that have destroyed about 5,500…
As you read this, the first examples of the 2025 Chevrolet Equinox are finding their way to buyers’ homes. And while the fourth generation of the brand’s best-selling SUV has certainly…
[Source] Tomiko Itooka, a 116-year-old woman from Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, is now recognized as the world’s oldest living person following the death of 117-year-old Maria Branyas…
Originally appeared on E! Online More details about the Sicily yacht tragedy have come to light. Days after a superyacht sank off the coast of Palermo, Italy, during a violent storm, the…
Approximately 133,000 people have left their homes so far due to the Ukrainian offensive in the Russian region of Kursk, the acting governor of the region, Alexei Smirnov, said during a…
Photos from the scene appeared to show the wreckage of the plane after it crashed in Thailand on Thursday, Aug. 22 A private jet thought to be carrying nine people has reportedly crashed…
LONDON (AP) — Italian authorities have launched an investigation after two easyJet flight attendants were injured when their flight from Corfu to London’s Gatwick Airport was buffeted by…
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's government will help rescue a major German shipyard that has solid orders for new cruise ships but has run into financial difficulty, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said…
The call was made at a recent panel discussion hosted by the Pakistan Accord Secretariat and attended by 70 participants representing 30 covered factories as well as the International…
Street protests erupted across Indonesia on Thursday as citizens vented their anger over a proposed election bill that many fear will bolster President Joko Widodo’s political dynasty. A…
German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Thursday that a deal to rescue the struggling Meyer Werft shipyard from its current financial crisis is "within reach."…
Chinese battery electric vehicle (BEV) startup Nio Inc has announced it is stepping up the expansion of its battery-swapping network in China, with an additional 900 automated stations to…
South Africans are paying tributes to their “favourite teacher", William Smith, who has died aged 85. The beloved maths and science teacher and innovator died on Wednesday morning after a…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A drone attack sparked a fire at a military facility in the Volgograd region of southern Russia on Thursday, regional officials and the country's Ministry of Defense…
Malaysia is not restarting an e-wallet subsidy scheme that concluded in February 2024, the country's finance ministry told AFP. It said graphics circulating on social media -- which…
“I don’t deserve to be here at all” is a protestation you would expect to hear from someone in prison. But, as she sits in her maroon overalls, Tetyana Potapenko is adamant that she is not…
