Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday blamed the US in part for a surge in cartel violence in the northern state of Sinaloa that has left at least 30 people dead in the past week.Two warring factions of the Sinaloa cartel have clashed in the state capital of Culiacan in what appe
‘CICADA VOTERS’: A Fairfax County elections official said about one-third of local voters came to the polls on election day in 2020, while the rest voted by mail or early
The Democratic and Republican national conventions are just a memory, the first and perhaps only debate between US Vice President Kamala Harris and former US president Donald Trump is in the bag and election offices are beginning to send out absentee ballots.Now come the voters.Yesterday was the sta
Peruvian authorities on Thursday scrambled to roll out a plan to fight fires raging out of control across the nation, razing crops, damaging archeological treasures and leaving several regions in a state of disaster.Firefighters said battling the blazes has grown increasingly difficult.“We’re tired,
China yesterday said that it would “gradually resume” importing seafood from Japan after imposing a blanket ban in August last year over the release of water from the disabled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.“China will begin to adjust the relevant measures based on scientific evidence and graduall
An elaborate attack by an al-Qaeda affiliate in Mali’s capital this week killed about 70 people, diplomatic and security sources said on Thursday, while the government offered no figures on casualties.Militants on Tuesday attacked an elite police training academy and the main airport, demonstrating
NEW ZEALANDDeath linked to ‘suicide kit’Coroner Alexandra Cunninghame has linked a fifth death to a “suicide kit” allegedly sold online by a former Canadian chef, findings released yesterday showed. Cunninghame found that a 25-year-old killed herself in an Auckland hotel in April 2022 after receivin
Carabineros in Santiago on Thursday carry dogs during the Day of the Glories of the Army parade, part of the celebrations for the anniversary of Chile’s independence.
The US has no immediate plans to withdraw a mid-range missile system deployed in the Philippines, despite Chinese demands, and is testing the feasibility of its use in a regional conflict, sources with knowledge of the matter said.The Typhon system, which can be equipped with cruise missiles capable
DARFUR CRISIS: The UN’s top humanitarian official urged the Security Council to demand that the warring government and paramilitary groups not target civilians
Relentless violence has devastated Sudan, and large-scale fighting has escalated in and around the only capital in Sudan’s western Darfur region not held by paramilitary forces, the UN’s top humanitarian official said on Wednesday.UN Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emerge
TRUMP TARGETED: The Kamala Harris campaign called the e-mails ‘unwelcome and unacceptable malicious activity’ that were regarded as spam or phishing attempts
Iranian hackers sought to interest US President Joe Biden’s campaign in information stolen from former US president Donald Trump’s campaign, sending unsolicited e-mails to people associated with the then-Democratic candidate in an effort to interfere in November’s election, the FBI and other federal
Colombia on Wednesday suspended peace talks with the National Liberation Army (ELN) after blaming the rebel group for an attack that killed two soldiers and injured more than 20.“Today the dialogue process is suspended,” the government’s peace delegation said in a statement. “Its viability is severe
Japan’s Nintendo yesterday said that it has filed a lawsuit accusing the developer of a video game jokingly dubbed “Pokemon with guns” of patent infringement.Nintendo and The Pokemon Co are suing Pocketpair, the Japan-based studio behind the Palworld game that became a viral hit when its prototype w
US lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a Republican government funding plan, with former US president Donald Trump calling for a forced shutdown unless some demands are met.With government funding set to expire at the end of this month, the bill was voted down in a 220-202 vote in the US House of Repres
FIJIGeorge Speight pardonedFormer coup leader George Speight was yesterday granted a presidential pardon and freed after spending 24 years in jail on treason charges. The Corrections Service said that the businessman-turned-putschist was formally granted a pardon along with six others. He was grante
The full moon shines above skyscrapers in Shanghai on Wednesday.
VIOLENT TREND: Since taking power, Malian Interim President Colonel Assimi Goita has struggled to prevent terrorist attacks, and their number is increasing
Malian troops subdued the Muslim militants who attacked a military training camp and the airport in Mali’s capital on Tuesday after gunbattles that killed some soldiers, authorities said. An al-Qaeda-linked group claimed the attack. The militants tried to infiltrate the Faladie military police schoo
A key employee who labeled a doomed experimental submersible unsafe prior to its last, fatal voyage on Tuesday testified that the tragedy could have been prevented if a US federal safety agency had investigated his complaint. Former OceanGate operations director David Lochridge said he felt let down
The pitch is a classic: A young celebrity with no climbing experience spends a year in hard training and scales Mount Everest, succeeding against some — if not all — odds. French YouTuber Ines Benazzouz, known as Inoxtag, brought the story to life with a two-hour-plus documentary about his year prep
REQUEST REJECTED: US Magistrate Judge Robyn Tarnofsky said she was concerned about ‘power imbalance’ and the risk of witness tampering
Superstar rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to racketeering and sex trafficking charges, and was ordered to remain in custody pending a trial. Combs, 54, was arrested by US federal agents in New York on Monday evening and accused in a just-unsealed three-count criminal indic
Meta on Tuesday announced the creation of “Teen Accounts,” designed to better protect underage users from the dangers associated with Instagram. Many experts and authorities accuse the hugely popular photo-sharing app of damaging the mental health of its youngest users through addiction to the app,