Aug 28 Monsoon rains wreak havoc across Pakistan, killing 63 people By Muhammad Farooq, Associated Press Heavy rains hit parts of Pakistan including the financial capital Karachi for a fifth straight night bringing more flooding to towns and villages and leaving at least 36 people dead, officials said Friday. Rescuers evacuated people from flooded neighborhoods. Continue reading
Aug 28 Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he's resigning for health reasons By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, says he will resign because a chronic illness has resurfaced. Concerns about Abe’s health began this summer and grew this month when he visited a Tokyo hospital two weeks in a row for unspecified… Continue reading
Aug 27 Watch 2:50 News Wrap: New Zealand mosque gunman sentenced to life in prison In our news wrap Thursday, a white supremacist who killed 51 people at two New Zealand mosques was sentenced to life in prison without parole. The mass shootings happened in March 2019. Also, the death toll from two days of… Continue watching
Aug 27 South Africa police accused of abuse after teen is killed By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press South African police have clashed with protesters demonstrating against the alleged killing of a 16-year-old boy by local policemen in Eldorado Park, an area of Soweto near Johannesburg. Continue reading
Aug 27 Watch 6:05 Pandemic makes learning even harder for Uganda's refugee children By Isabel Nakirya A new report out from UNICEF, the United Nations children’s agency, says that at the global height of the pandemic, nearly half a billion children could not access remote learning during lockdowns. Distance education is even harder for hundreds of… Continue watching
Aug 27 Tensions grow as Bosnian authorities crack down on migrants By Sabina Niksic, Associated Press Tensions are growing in northwestern Bosnia as local authorities crackdown on thousands of Europe-bound migrants stranded there, including through a series of measures described by human rights activists as "discriminatory and reckless."… Continue reading
Aug 27 Death toll from heavy Afghanistan flooding surpasses 150 By Rahmat Gul, Tameem Akhgar, Associated Press Heavy rains, compounded by mudslides, often threaten remote areas of Afghanistan, where infrastructure is poor. Summer often brings heavy rainfall and flooding to the country's north and east. Continue reading
Aug 27 How nations are going back to school -- or not By Associated Press Governments around the world are taking different strategies toward the new school year, depending on how many infections they're seeing, the state of their health care systems and political considerations. Continue reading
Aug 27 New Zealand mosque shooter sentenced to life without parole By Nick Perry, Associated Press The white supremacist who slaughtered 51 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the first time the maximum available sentence has been imposed in the country. Continue reading
Aug 27 Despite virus surge, Europe reopens schools By Angela Charlton, Associated Press Despite a spike in coronavirus infections, authorities in Europe are determined to send children back to school. They want to narrow learning gaps between haves and have-nots that deepened during virus lockdowns – and to get their parents back to… Continue reading