Birds fly past as a fire consumes an area next to the Trans-Pantanal highway in the Pantanal wetlands near Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, on Sept. 11, 2020. Andre Penner/AP hide caption toggle caption Andre Penner/AP Birds fly past as a fire consumes an area next to the Trans-Pantanal highwayContinue Reading
French filmmaker Julia Ducournau has become only the second female director to win the Palme d’Or, the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize, for her film “Titane.” In a shock moment, jury president Spike Lee announced the win in error early in the awards ceremony after a miscommunication. Gasps rang aroundContinue Reading
More than 93,000 people in Britain have tested positive for the coronavirus in a 24-hour period, health officials announced on Friday, as the fast-spreading Omicron variant puts pressure on a government that has resisted imposing tough restrictions before Christmas. The government said that 93,045 cases were recorded in the previousContinue Reading
People walk past the Richard Rodgers Theatre after cancellations of the Hamilton broadway shows due to breakthrough COVID-19 cases during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 16, 2021. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Visitors to New York City on FridayContinue Reading
Still, economic crises can be treacherous for politicians. Just ask the Argentines, who, amid a devastating currency collapse and debt crisis in late 2001, went through five presidents in two weeks. Turkey is not there yet, and, for a number of reasons, including its more manageable foreign debt, will probablyContinue Reading
Videos posted to social media show muddy waters flooding streets and homes in the city of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, and other towns in the province. Rescue operations are underway, and officials continue to search for several missing people, said Sarkawt Tahseen of Erbil’s civilContinue Reading
A child, with parent in tow, arrives to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11 years old at London Middle School in Wheeling, Ill., last month. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption toggle caption Nam Y. Huh/AP A child, with parent in tow, arrives to receive the PfizerContinue Reading
Port-au-Prince — Haiti’s interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who has run the country following the assassination of president Jovenel Moise, will step down and a new government will be formed with Ariel Henry as prime minister, an official said Monday. Elections Minister Mathias Pierre confirmed the news, which was first reportedContinue Reading
He pumped a fist into the air, standing in a Mao suit at a lectern stamped with a hammer and sickle, as 70,000 spectators in Tiananmen Square clapped and cheered. “Long live the great, glorious, correct Chinese Communist Party!” cried Xi Jinping, China’s president and general secretary of the party,Continue Reading
A worker picks up trash in front of a new logo and the name ‘Meta’ on the sign in front of Facebook headquarters on October 28, 2021 in Menlo Park, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Meta has said that around 50,000 Facebook users have been targeted by private surveillanceContinue Reading