Sep 08 Watch 3:13 News Wrap: Three Israelis fatally shot at bridge crossing between West Bank and Jordan In our news wrap Sunday, a Jordanian gunman killed three Israelis at a West Bank border crossing, the mother of the teen suspect in last week’s Georgia school shooting said she called the school to warn of an “emergency,” Ukraine… Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch 5:28 ‘Enormous’ profits from avocado exports drive deforestation, water shortages in Mexico By Stephanie Sy, Claire Mufson Demand in the United States for one popular food is driving deforestation in Mexico. Daniel Wilkinson, senior policy adviser at Climate Rights International, joins Stephanie Sy to discuss the environmental and human costs of skyrocketing avocado sales and what can… Continue watching
Sep 08 Algerian President Tebboune declared winner of presidential election for second term By Associated Press In a result that surprised few observers internationally or in Algeria, the country's independent election authority on Sunday announced that Tebboune had won 94 percent of the vote, far outpacing his challengers Islamist Abdelali Hassani Cherif, who received only 3… Continue reading
Sep 08 Venezuelan opposition candidate González flees country for political asylum in Spain By Jorge Rueda, Joshua Goodman, Joseph Wilson, Associated Press Former Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo González fled into exile in Spain on Sunday after being granted asylum there, delivering a major blow to millions who placed their hopes in his opposition campaign to end two decades of single-party rule. Continue reading
Sep 08 Typhoon Yagi kills 14 in Vietnam as officials warn of heavy rain and flooding By Aniruddha Ghosal, Associated Press At least 14 people have died and 176 others injured in Vietnam after Typhoon Yagi slammed the country's north, state media said Sunday, as officials warned of heavy downpours despite its waning power. Continue reading
Sep 08 Gunman kills 3 Israelis in attack at border crossing between West Bank and Jordan By Mahmoud Illean, Natalie Melzer, Associated Press Three Israelis were shot and killed Sunday at the border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, Israeli officials said, in what appeared to be an attack linked to the 11-month-old war in Gaza. Continue reading
Sep 07 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus wins U.S. Open final for her third Grand Slam title By Howard Fendrich, Associated Press Aryna Sabalenka got past Jessica Pegula 7-5, 7-5 in a rollicking U.S. Open women’s final Saturday to win her first championship at Flushing Meadows and third Grand Slam title of her career. Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch 2:56 News Wrap: UN calls for full inquiry after U.S. citizen killed in West Bank protest In our news wrap Saturday, the UN called for an investigation into the death of a Turkish American protester in the West Bank, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy met with European leaders in Italy, Harris and Trump campaigned in swing states, the CDC… Continue watching
Sep 07 Israeli strikes kill more than a dozen people in Gaza as polio vaccinations continue By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Jack Jeffery, Associated Press Israeli air raids in the Gaza Strip killed more than a dozen people overnight into Saturday, hospital and local authorities said, as health workers wrapped up the second phase of an urgent polio vaccination campaign designed to prevent a large-scale outbreak. Continue reading
Sep 07 Typhoon Yagi makes landfall in Vietnam, leaving at least 4 dead and scores injured By Zen Soo, Aniruddha Ghosal, Associated Press Yagi, described by Vietnamese meteorological officials as “one of the most powerful typhoons in the region over the past decade,” made its way to the Southeast Asian country after it left three people dead and nearly a hundred others injured… Continue reading