CNN —Ugandan lawmakers have approved a law which imposes a punishment of up to 10 years in prison for identifying as LGBTQ+, among other things. The new legislation constitutes a further crackdown on LGBTQ+ people in a country where same sex relations are a...
CNN —Ecuador’s public prosecutor has opened a terrorism investigation after at least five journalists received envelopes containing explosive devices. “This is an absolutely clear message of silencing journalists who have been strong in their way of being o...
CNN —A strong earthquake struck northeast Afghanistan on Tuesday, with tremors felt in cities in Pakistan and India. The 6.5-magnitude earthquake, 40 kilometers southeast of the town of Jurm, was 187.6 km deep, the United States Geological Survey reported....
CNN —British counter terrorism police are investigating an attack on a man who was set on fire while he was walking home from a mosque in Birmingham, central England, on Monday. One man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in custo...
“Who was the first Palestinian king? Was there ever a Palestinian currency? There is no such thing with a Palestinian,” Smotrich said at a speech in Paris. US National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby on Monday objected to the comments, saying they wou...
CNN —Saudi Arabia released US-Saudi dual national Saad Ibrahim Almadi from prison, more than a year after he was arrested for tweets critical of the kingdom, Almadi’s son, Ibrahim, told CNN. Almadi was released at 2 a.m. local time on Tuesday and is current...
CNN —Taiwan confirmed Tuesday that President Tsai Ing-wen will transit the United States en route to Central America at the end of the month, but there was no word on whether a highly anticipated meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will take place....
Hong Kong CNN —Xi Jinping began a second day of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, but Western allies remained skeptical of any breakthrough over the war in Ukraine and Washington warned the Chinese leader’s visit provides “diplomatic c...
“I’m sorry we’ve let you all down, and we will fix this,” he vowed, citing a “turnaround” plan to address systemic issues within the force. The killing sparked a national conversation about the stark issues with policing. One day after Couzens was sentenced...
CNN —Two no-confidence votes against French President Emmanuel Macron’s government have failed in the country’s parliament, clearing the way for his hugely unpopular pension reforms to be implemented and sparking new protests in Paris. The government trigge...
CNN —US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the US has formally determined that armed forces on all sides of the conflict in northern Ethiopia have committed war crimes. “After the department’s careful review of the law and the facts, I’ve de...
Ottawa CNN —Police in Halifax, Nova Scotia say three people were stabbed in an incident at a high school Monday morning. In a statement, Halifax Regional Police say three people were injured and all were taken to a hospital for treatment. The extent of thei...
Nairobi, Kenya CNN —Kenyan opposition leader and former prime minister Raila Odinga has called for weekly nationwide protests against the high cost of living, in a brief address to demonstrators flanking his motorcade in Nairobi Monday. Police then blocked...
Sign up hereA group of archeologists in the United Arab Emirates said Monday that they've found what they believe to be the oldest pearling town in the Persian Gulf on Sinniyah Island, just east of the Umm al-Quwain emirate. The 12-hectare (30-acre) town fu...
Our limited newsletter series guides you on how to minimize your personal role in the climate crisis — and reduce your eco-anxiety. “The climate time-bomb is ticking,” said António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, in a statement to mark th...
It impacted my personal relationships when I left Iraq,” Salah told CNN, adding that he felt like he was in a prison of his own mind. The invasion of Iraq evolved into an eight-year occupation with American military bases, checkpoints and soldiers dotted al...
Silicon Valley Bank’s customers were frantically pulling their money from the California-based lender before US regulators intervened to take control. It was the biggest banking collapse in America since Washington Mutual in 2008. Wednesday, March 15 — Afte...
In contrast, the Stoxx Europe 600 Banks index, which tracks 42 big EU and UK banks, fell 1.6%. In Asia, HSBC and Standard Chartered slumped in Hong Kong trading. Shares in UBS (UBS), which agreed Sunday to buy Credit Suisse (CS) for $3.25 billion, fell 8.8%...
New York CNN —It’s difficult to overstate the influence that Silicon Valley Bank had over the startup world and the ripple effect its collapse this month had on the global tech sector and banking system. There’s no doubt that the failure of Silicon Valley B...
Jerusalem CNN —The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a change Monday to a key part of its controversial plans to overhaul the country’s judicial system, marking its first climbdown in the face of massive public protests and i...