Jan 15 68 dead, 4 missing after plane crashes in gorge near Nepal resort town By Upendra Man Singh, Sheikh Saaliq, Anish Bhattarai, Associated Press A plane making a 27-minute flight to a Nepal tourist town crashed into a gorge Sunday while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 68 of the 72 people aboard. Continue reading
Jan 15 South Korea's president travels to UAE, seeks expansion of strategic partnership By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol received an honor guard welcome Sunday on a trip to the United Arab Emirates as he hopes to expand his country's military sales here. Continue reading
Jan 15 Somalia launches military offensive against al-Shabab extremist group By Omar Faruk, Associated Press On Thursday, Somalia’s government announced a “people’s uprising” as it seeks to pressure al-Shabab from all angles, including financial ones. Continue reading
Jan 15 WHO appeals to China to release more detailed data on COVID-19 surge By Joe McDonald, Associated Press The World Health Organization has appealed to China to keep releasing information about its wave of COVID-19 infections after the government announced nearly 60,000 deaths since early December following weeks of complaints it was failing to tell the world what was happening. Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch 2:43 News Wrap: More rain forecast in already-flooded California In our news wrap Saturday, more classified documents have turned up at Biden’s Delaware home, another weekend of severe storms could bring 6 to 8 inches of rain to parts of California already underwater, a barrage of Russian missiles targeted… Continue watching
Jan 14 Brazil reckons with artistic treasures damaged in anti-democratic Jan. 8 riot By Mario Lobao, David Biller, Associated Press The horde of rioters who invaded government buildings on Jan. 8 in an attack on Brazil's democracy left behind a trail of destruction whose full scope is only now coming into full view. Continue reading
Jan 14 UK to supply tanks as Russian missiles hit cities across Ukraine By Sylvia Hui, Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday promised to provide tanks and artillery systems to Ukraine, amid renewed missile attacks by Moscow targeting multiple Ukrainian cities for the first time in nearly two weeks. Continue reading
Jan 14 Greta Thunberg joins climate activists protesting coal mine expansion in Germany By Philipp Jenne, Associated Press Thousands of people demonstrated in persistent rain on Saturday to protest the clearance and demolition of a village in western Germany that is due to make way for the expansion of a coal mine. Continue reading
Jan 14 Iran hangs former deputy defense minister, drawing international condemnation By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Iran said Saturday it executed a former high-ranking defense ministry official and dual Iranian-British national, despite international warnings not to carry out the death sentence. Continue reading
Jan 14 China reports almost 60,000 COVID-related deaths in hospitals since December By Joe McDonald, Associated Press China on Saturday reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December following complaints it was failing to release data, and said the “emergency peak" of its latest surge appears to have passed. Continue reading