[ad_1] ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh was chosen Tuesday to host the 2030 World Expo following its bid that focused on shaping a prosperous and sustainable future, beating out Rome and the South Korean port city of Busan for an event expected to draw millions of visitors. …
Read More »Honduran opposition party leader flees arrest after being stopped in airport before traveling to US
[ad_1] TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The president of Honduras’ main opposition party fled an international airport Tuesday breaking through a parking gate with his pickup truck after immigration agents stopped him for carrying two passports before he boarded a flight to the United States, authorities said. David Chávez Madison, president …
Read More »Corruption case reopened against Argentina’s Vice President Fernández, adding to her legal woes
[ad_1] BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A federal appeals court in Argentina reopened a money laundering investigation into Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on Tuesday, increasing her legal woes just weeks before she leaves office and loses her immunity from arrest. Fernández, 70, who served as president from 2007 …
Read More »4 news photographers shot, wounded in southern Mexico
[ad_1] Unidentified assailants on Tuesday wounded four news photographers in the violence-wracked southern Mexican city of Chilpancingo, authorities said. Prosecutors in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero said all four had been taken to a hospital, but did not say whether their wounds were serious. All of the journalists appeared …
Read More »UK Cabinet minister warned government was ‘f—ing up’ on COVID, leaked messages show: report
[ad_1] A governmental inquiry into the United Kingdom’s COVID-19 response has revealed a series of text messages in which a top Cabinet minister reportedly warned that his colleagues were “f—ing up” the program. Michael Gove, who served as chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster during the pandemic, reportedly told then-Prime …
Read More »DOD says US Navy, Israeli-owned ship not intended target of Houthi missiles
[ad_1] The Pentagon said Tuesday that the USS Mason and Central Park, an Israeli-owned tanker, were not the intended target of Houthi missiles that fired from Yemen over the weekend. The missiles came after five armed assailants attempted to seize the MV Central Park, an Israeli-owned tanker operated by Zodiac …
Read More »Finland to close entire border with Russia over concerns of ‘organized’ migrant crossings
[ad_1] Finland will close its remaining border crossing with Russia after accusing Moscow of flooding its borders with migrants over the Nordic nation’s decision to join NATO earlier this year. Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo told reporters on Tuesday that his government will close its last open border crossing with …
Read More »French teen’s fatal stabbing billed as ‘anti-white’ crime prompts protests, calls for crackdown on ‘far right’
[ad_1] The fatal stabbing of a French teenager at a village dance billed by some politicians as an “anti-White” crime prompted mass protests across the countryside over the weekend. As a result, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on Tuesday called for a crackdown on three far-right groups he blames for …
Read More »Israeli hostage briefly escaped Hamas before locals handed him to terrorists
[ad_1] One of the recently released Hamas hostages had previously escaped imprisonment and survived for days in the rubble of Gaza before locals recaptured him, according to a report. “He tried getting to the border. But he didn’t have the capacity to understand where he was or where he needed …
Read More »US looks to ramp up aid into Egypt, Gaza, includes warning for Israel
[ad_1] The United States will accelerate its humanitarian assistance into Gaza, including food, fuel and medical supplies, with the first of three relief flights beginning this week, Fox News has learned. The U.S. military will be sending a series of items, which also include supplies to help Palestinians survive the …
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