Morgues overwhelmed in Libya as rescuers search for thousands missing after flood
Libya is racing to bury its dead as bodies pile up in the streets of Derna, the northern coastal city devastated by flooding after a torrential downpour smashed through two dams, washing homes into the sea.
1970-01-01 08:00
Stock market today: Asian shares slide after tech, rising oil prices drag Wall St lower
Shares have declined in Asia after falling on Wall Street ahead of a highly anticipated report on U.S. inflation due later in the day
1970-01-01 08:00
Kim Jong Un's train travel has a storied history. His father and grandfather did the same thing
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un's train journey to Russia has a storified history
1970-01-01 08:00
Massive Hurricane Lee puts Bermuda under tropical storm warning, southeast US beaches at risk of rip currents
Hurricane Lee has prompted a tropical storm warning over Bermuda and is expected to weaken over the next couple of days, though the system could remain "large and dangerous" through the week, forecasters said.
1970-01-01 08:00
A Crimean shipyard is on fire after a Ukrainian attack with 2 ships damaged and 24 people injured
The Sevastopol Shipyard in Russian-annexed Crimea is on fire after a Ukrainian attack with 24 people being injured and two ships that were being repaired there sustaining damage
1970-01-01 08:00
A fire that burned in a 9-story apartment building in Vietnam's capital has killed about 12 people
A fire in a nine-story apartment building in Vietnam’s capital killed about 12 people and injured more than 50
1970-01-01 08:00
Bill Richardson is mourned in New Mexico after globe-trotting career, lies in state at Capitol
Friends and admirers of former Gov. Bill Richardson are mourning the hard-charging politician whose career spanned the globe, from mountain villages of northern New Mexico as a youthful congressman, to the United Nations and a litany of countries on unofficial diplomatic missions that often helped free imprisoned Americans
1970-01-01 08:00
Reward for fugitive homicide suspect who fled a DC hospital has increased to $30,000 as week-long manhunt continues
Investigators in Washington, DC, are offering $30,000 for information leading to the capture of homicide suspect Christopher Haynes, whose escape from police custody while being treated at a hospital has sparked a sprawling week-long manhunt.
1970-01-01 08:00
Kim Jong Un arrives at cosmodrome in Russia's far east for meeting with Putin
Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti reported early Wednesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin have arrived at the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia’s far eastern Amur region for a meeting that underscores how the two leaders’ interests are aligning in the face of their separate, intensifying confrontations with the United States
1970-01-01 08:00
Hudson River swimmer deals with fatigue, choppy water, rocks and pollution across 315 miles
The Hudson River is 315 miles from its source in the Adirondack Mountains to New York City
1970-01-01 08:00
Mosquitoes, long the enemy, are now bred to help prevent the spread of dengue fever
Preventing dengue fever has long meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites
1970-01-01 08:00
Peter Navarro judge to consider mistrial request Wednesday because jurors may have interacted with protesters during deliberations
The federal judge who oversaw Peter Navarro's criminal contempt of Congress conviction last week will revisit the integrity of the jury deliberations in a rare post-trial hearing Wednesday morning.
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