Representatives and negotiators from nearly 200 countries have reached a historic agreement to pay reparations to poor countries said to be victimized by climate change, though proponents say more is needed to scale back fossil fuels. The deal, gaveled around dawn in the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh, established a fund for…
Indonesia’s main island of Java was rocked by an earthquake Monday that killed at least 46 people and damaged dozens of buildings. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the magnitude 5.6 earthquake was centered in the Cianjur region in West Java province at a depth of 10 kilometers, or 6.2 miles. National Disaster Mitigation Agency…
MANCHESTER, England – A video played in a British courtroom Nov. 14 showed a hospital’s neonatal unit where nurse Lucy Letby allegedly murdered a newborn baby before attempting to murder his twin brother. The video shows the position of two incubators where the twins were placed next to each other after being born premature. Letby,…
Ten inmates were killed Friday during a riot at a prison in Ecuador’s capital that authorities said took place as a result of the government’s decision to relocate three crime bosses to a high-security facility. The unrest at the prison in Quito is the latest challenge to the country’s corrections system, the Service for Attention…
Nineteen people in northeastern Afghanistan were lashed for adultery, theft and running away from home, a Supreme Court official said Sunday. The announcement underscored the Taliban’s intention of sticking to their strict interpretation of Islamic law, or Sharia. It appeared to be the first official confirmation that lashings and floggings are being meted out in…
Greek police say that they have arrested a 35-year-old German citizen who has four outstanding arrest warrants on him for fraud and cybercrime, three from Germany and one international. The Thessaloniki police’s organized crime and human trafficking division announced Saturday they had found over 1,000 photos and videos of child pornography in the suspect’s cellphone…
North Korea has unveiled the daughter of leader Kim Jong Un. State media KCNA said Saturday that Kim had observed the launch of a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile with his wife Ri Sol Ju and their “beloved daughter” on Friday. The main Rodong Sinmun newspaper released photos of Kim watching a soaring missile with…
A doctor in the U.K. testifying in the trial of alleged killer nurse Lucy Letby recounted how one baby’s condition deteriorated after being treated by the criminally charged nurse. “It’s nothing I’ve seen before or since,” Dr David Harkness, a consultant pediatrician who was a registrar at the time Letby was working at Countess of…
Taiwanese officials had a rare face-to-face run-in with Chinese President Xi Jinping while attending an Asian economic forum last week. Morris Chang, Taiwan’s envoy to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, said he had a “pleasant” interaction with the Chinese leader. Chang, the founder of Taiwanese chip giant TSMC, opened up about the Friday meeting…
Moscow and Tehran have reached a deal to make drones on Russian soil to bolster its war effort in Ukraine following months of relentless bombings on civilian locations, a report by the Washington Post said Saturday. Fox News could not immediately reach the Pentagon for comment, but according to the report, U.S. intelligence officials recently…