Woman, children frescued in Brazil after 17-year kidnap ordeal
BSS :Police rescued a Brazilian woman and her two adult children, all.from 17 years of captivity by her husband, authorities said on Friday. They were...
International
Tunis summons US envoy over criticism of constitutional vote.
BSS :Tunisia’s foreign ministry summoned the US charge d’affaires on Friday to denounce “unacceptable” statements by American officials criticising this week’s constitutional referendum and the...
Sri Lanka police arrest man for stealing president’s flags
BSS/AFP :Police said Saturday they arrested a Sri Lankan trade union leader who allegedly took two official flags from the deposed president Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s palace...
US House passes assault rifle ban, likely doomed in Senate
BSS/AFP :The US House of Representatives, spurred by a series of horrific mass shootings, passed a bill on Friday that would ban assault weapons for...
Spain, Brazil report first monkey pox-related deaths outside Africa
BSS/AFP :Spain and Brazil reported their first monkey pox-related deaths on Friday, marking what are thought to be the first fatalities linked to the current...
Kremlin expresses solidarity with China over Taiwan
BSS/AFP :Russia, the largest component of the former Soviet Union expressed “solidarity” on Friday with China’s stance on Taiwan after Chinese President Xi Jinping warned...
Saudi prince stays in ‘world’s most expensive home’ during Paris trip
AFP :During his trip to France to meet President Emmanuel Macron, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is staying at a lavish chateau dubbed...
A Russian soldier’s sentence educed
BSS/AFP :A Ukrainian court on Friday reduced to 15 years a life sentence handed to a Russian soldier in May for pre-mediated murder in the...
Most Americans pessimistic about solving social issues: Report
BSS/Xinhua :Most Americans, who are concerned about such social issues as health care, gun violence and reproductive rights, have given up hope for any positive...
Peru extends state of emergency due to Covid-19 amid fourth wave
BSS/AFP :Peru extended a state of emergency on Thursday over the COVID-19 pandemic amid a fourth wave.The decision extends emergency conditions for another 28 days...
Zelensky visits port as Ukraine readies for grain exports
Agency :ODESA, Ukraine: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited a Black Sea port Friday as crews prepared terminals to export grain trapped by Russia’s five-month-old war.Work...
Eight dead in ‘devastating’ Kentucky flooding
BSS :Flash flooding caused by torrential rains has killed at least eight people in eastern Kentucky and left some residents stranded on rooftops and in...