Over 7,000 nurses go on strike in New York City
Reuters :Thousands of nurses at two New York City hospitals went on strike on Monday after contract negotiations stalled over pay and staffing levels, a...
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Prince Harry says memoirs written to combat ‘spin and distortion’
AFP :Prince Harry said Sunday he decided to publish his memoirs to defend himself against years of tabloid spin, as British television aired his first...
Biden arrives in Mexico for North American leaders’ summit
AFP :US President Joe Biden arrived in Mexico on Sunday for talks on migration and drug trafficking as well as a North American leaders’ summit.Biden...
California storm leaves thousands without power, another ‘atmospheric river’ looms
Reuters :Utility crews in northern California worked to restore power to tens of thousands of homes on Friday following two days of fierce winds and...
29 killed in arrest of Mexico drug kingpins son
Agency :Ten soldiers and 19 suspected criminals were killed in an operation to arrest a son of jailed drug trafficker Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, Mexico’s...
Netherlands, Portugal require Covid tests for China arrivals
AFP :The Dutch and Portuguese governments on Friday joined a growing number of nations requiring air passengers arriving from China to show a negative Covid-19...
Floods ‘devastating’ parts of Western Australia
AFP :Record-breaking floods have had a “devastating impact” on isolated towns in the Australian outback, the country’s prime minister said Saturday.Helicopters have been winching people...
Gambia charges eight soldiers with treason over coup bid
AFP :The Gambian government on Friday charged eight soldiers with treason in connection with an alleged coup attempt last month, a government spokesperson said in...
Kenyan LGBTQ activist found dead in metal box
Al Jazeera :Kenyan police have discovered the body of prominent LGBTQ rights campaigner Edwin Chiloba stuffed inside a metal box in the west of the...
Strikes in east Ukraine despite Putin’s ceasefire order
AFP :Artillery exchanges pounded war-scarred cities in eastern Ukraine on Friday despite Russian leader Vladimir Putin unilaterally ordering his forces to stop attacking for 36...
US in crisis amid once-in-a-century political standoff
Reuters :The US House of Representatives plunged deeper into crisis Thursday as Republican favorite Kevin McCarthy failed again to win the speakership — entrenching a...
Myanmar military holds election talks with ethnic rebels
AFP :Myanmar’s junta is holding talks with three ethnic rebel groups on staging elections in areas they control, a rebel spokesman said on Friday, as...