Ukraine says it sank Russian submarine, hit airfield, oil depots
KYIV, UKRAINE — Ukraine’s military said Saturday it sank a submarine in Russian-controlled Sevastopol, attacked a southern Russian airfield and hit oil depots and fuel and lubricant storage facilities in Belgorod, Kursk and Rostov regions. “A Russian submarine went to…
Heat deaths of people without air conditioning underscore inequity
PHOENIX, ARIZONA — Mexican farm worker Avelino Vazquez Navarro didn’t have air conditioning in the motor home where he died last month in Washington state as temperatures surged into the triple digits. For the last dozen years, the 61-year-old spent…
Mexico City’s women water harvesters help make up for drought
MEXICO CITY — Gliding above her neighborhood in a cable car on a recent morning, Sonia Estefanía Palacios Díaz scanned a sea of blue and black water tanks, tubes and cables looking for rain harvesting systems. “There’s one!” she said,…
China’s proposal to create a cyber ID system faces criticism
Taipei, Taiwan — Concern is rising among China’s more than 1 billion internet users over a government proposal portrayed as a step to protect their personal information and fight against fraud. Many fear the plan would do the opposite. China’s…
Ukraine and Russia swap bodies of nearly 300 slain soldiers
Ukraine said Friday it received the bodies of 250 slain soldiers in one of the largest exchanges with Moscow since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Kyiv said it handed over the remains of 38 Russian soldiers…
US Justice Department sues TikTok, claiming it violated kids’ privacy
The U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued TikTok and its China-based parent company ByteDance on Friday over violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). TikTok is one of the world’s most popular social media…
Weak US jobs data pummels stock markets as a global sell-off whips back to Wall Street
New York — U.S. stocks are tumbling Friday on worries about whether the U.S. economy can hold up amid the countdown for a cut to interest rates by the Federal Reserve, as a sell-off for stocks whips all the way…
US job growth slows, unemployment rate increases
U.S. job growth in July slowed to an unexpected 114,000 jobs added in the wake of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve in 2022 and 2023. Job growth declined from the 179,000 jobs added in June, according to the…
Gaza: ‘Frightening increase’ in Hepatitis A cases
“People in Gaza are facing yet another peril: Hepatitis A is spreading including among children,” Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, wrote on social media. Since the start of the war last October, UNRWA…
UNICEF reports 32 children killed, many injured and detained in Bangladesh protests
Last month, students in Bangladesh staged massive protests against the Government, demanding an end to a “quota system” for government jobs amid rising unemployment. More than 200 people were killed in clashes with security forces, including bystanders, according to media…