Strong solar storm hits Earth, could disrupt communications and produce northern lights in US Saturday, 11 May 2024, 06:19 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth could produce northern lights in the U.S. this weekend and potentially disrupt power and communications. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid Friday, 10 May 2024, 20:20 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and called on the Security Council to reconsider Palestine's request to become...
Ramón Fonseca, partner in firm at center of 'Panama Papers' scandal, dies Thursday, 9 May 2024, 15:51 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press Ramón Fonseca, a partner in the Mossack Fonseca law firm at the center of the “Panama Papers” scandal over the hiding of wealth in offshore entities, has died, a lawyer from his...
Europe Day marks 1 month till EU elections: Rise of hard right, wilting of Green Deal are possible Thursday, 9 May 2024, 14:48 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press The European Union marks its annual Europe Day on Thursday, but instead of the humdrum celebrations, all eyes are on the EU elections in a month's time, which portend a steep rise of the...
Eurovision explained, from ABBA to Zorra, as Israel-Hamas war overshadows song contest Thursday, 9 May 2024, 13:45 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press Scores of musicians, hundreds of journalists and thousands of music fans have gathered in the Swedish city of Malmo, where the Eurovision Song Contest is building towards Saturday's...
Eurovision Song Contest kicked off with pop and protests as the war in Gaza casts a shadow Thursday, 9 May 2024, 13:40 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press Competition in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest kicked off Tuesday in Sweden, with the war in Gaza casting a shadow over the sequin-spangled pop extravaganza. Performers...
European Medicines Agency pulls authorisation for AstraZeneca's COVID shot, at company's request Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 15:35 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that the European authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine be pulled, according to the EU medicines regulator. In an update on the European Medicines...
Stormy Daniels describes meeting Trump during occasionally graphic testimony in hush money trial Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 09:52 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press With Donald Trump sitting just feet away, Stormy Daniels testified Tuesday at the former president's hush money trial about a sexual encounter the porn actor says they had in 2006...
Israel seizes Gaza's vital Rafah crossing, but the US says it isn't the full invasion many fear Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 08:36 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-scale invasion of the...
From flooding in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather seems nearly everywhere Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 08:34 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press In sweltering Brazil, flooding killed dozens of people and paralyzed a city of about 4 million people. Voters and politicians in India, amid national elections, are fainting in heat that hit as high...