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A man convicted of murder in Pennsylvania and wanted in Brazil remains at large after jail escape

Hundreds of law enforcement agents searched Friday for a man recently convicted of murder in Pennsylvania for the fatal stabbing of his ex-girlfriend, a day after he escaped from a county jail. Danelo Cavalcante, 34, is also wanted in his native Brazil in a separate slaying and is considered an extremely dangerous person, authorities said. The search dragged through a second day, with authorities using drones, helicopters and dogs. Searchers were focusing on railways, waterways and routes out of the area, Chester County’s district attorney, Deb Ryan, said at a news conference Friday. Ryan said

September 01, 2023
A man convicted of murder in Pennsylvania and wanted in Brazil remains at large after jail escape
World

France's public schools will enforce a dress code banning robes worn by some Muslims, president says

French students won’t get past the door if they show up for school wearing long robes, President Emmanuel Macron made clear Friday, saying authorities would be “intractable” in enforcing a new rule when classes resume next week. French Education Minister Gabriel Attal announced at a news conference four days ago that robes worn mainly by Muslims, known as abayas for girls and women and khamis for boys and men, would be banned with the start of the new school year on Monday. Macron addressed the dress code for the first publicly after visiting a professional school in

September 01, 2023
France's public schools will enforce a dress code banning robes worn by some Muslims, president says
World

Walgreens CEO exits less than 3 years after taking over drug store chain

The CEO of Walgreens Boots has stepped down after less than three years at the helm of the drug store chain that is undergoing a sizeable transformation, one that has come at a cost. Walgreens Boots Alliance confirmed Rosalind Brewer’s exit Friday. According to the Illinois company, the board of directors and Brewer “mutually agreed” to her resignation effective Thursday. Ginger Graham, who currently serves as Walgreen Boots Alliance’s lead independent director, has been named interim CEO. “I am grateful to have had the opportunity to lead Walgreens Boots Alliance and to work alongside such talented

September 01, 2023
Walgreens CEO exits less than 3 years after taking over drug store chain
World

A 98-year-old German man is charged as an accessory to murder at a Nazi concentration camp

A 98-year-old man has been charged in Germany with being an accessory to murder as a guard at the Nazis’ Sachsenhausen concentration camp between 1943 and 1945, prosecutors said Friday. The German citizen, a resident of Main-Kinzig county near Frankfurt, is accused of having “supported the cruel and malicious killing of thousands of prisoners as a member of the SS guard detail,” prosecutors in Giessen said in a statement. They did not release the suspect’s name. He is charged with more than 3,300 counts of being an accessory to murder between July 1943 and February 1945. The

September 01, 2023
A 98-year-old German man is charged as an accessory to murder at a Nazi concentration camp
World

Thailand's king reduces prison term of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to a single year

Thailand’s king on Friday reduced the prison term of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from eight years to one year following the divisive politician’s return from 15 years of self-imposed exile. The decision by King Maha Vajiralongkorn was published Friday in the Royal Gazette, making ii effective immediately. Thaksin was prime minister from 2001 to 2006, when he was ousted by a military coup. He fled Thailand in 2008 when he faced prison time on charges he described as politically motivated. He returned to Thailand last week and was immediately sent to prison, but was quickly transferred

September 01, 2023
Thailand's king reduces prison term of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to a single year
World

Sweden's Nobel reverses invitation policy. Russia, Belarus, Iran and far-right leader are welcome

The Nobel Foundation that administers the prestigious awards, has reversed its invitation policy and invited Russia, Belarus and Iran, as well as the leader of a far-right Swedish party, who had previously been banned. Vidar Helgesen, the executive director of the private foundation said in a statement that there was a global trend in which “dialogue between those with differing views is being reduced.” To counter that, he said, “we are now broadening our invitations to celebrate and understand the Nobel Prize and the importance of free science, free culture and free, peaceful societies.” The foundation said

September 01, 2023
Sweden's Nobel reverses invitation policy. Russia, Belarus, Iran and far-right leader are welcome
World

Russia reports more drone attacks as satellite photos indicate earlier barrage destroyed 2 aircraft

Russian officials said Friday that air defenses intercepted drones heading toward three of the country’s western regions, while satellite images indicated that a major drone barrage earlier in the week destroyed at least two Ilyushin Il-76 military transport planes at a Russian air base. Regional governors said defense systems stopped three drones in the Kursk, Belgorod and Moscow regions. Moscow airports briefly halted flights but no major damage or injuries were reported, according to Russian authorities. Drones aimed at targets inside Russia — and blamed by Moscow on Ukraine — have become almost a daily occurrence as the war has

September 01, 2023
Russia reports more drone attacks as satellite photos indicate earlier barrage destroyed 2 aircraft
World

Car bomb explosions and hostage-taking inside prisons underscore Ecuador's fragile security

Ecuador’s fragile security situation was underscored Thursday by a series of car bombings and the hostage-taking of more than 50 law enforcement officers inside various prisons, just weeks after the country was shaken by the assassination of a presidential candidate. Ecuador’s National Police reported no injuries resulting from the four explosions in Quito, the capital, and in a province that borders Peru, while Interior Minister Juan Zapata said none of the law enforcement officers taken hostage in six different prisons had been injured. Authorities said the brazen actions were the response of criminal groups to the

August 31, 2023
Car bomb explosions and hostage-taking inside prisons underscore Ecuador's fragile security
World

India shows an impressive 7.8% economic growth in April-June quarter

India’s economy registered impressive growth of 7.8% in the first quarter of the current financial year (April-June), attributed to good performance by the agriculture and financial sectors, according to official data released on Thursday. The World Bank says India is one of the fastest-growing economies of the world and is poised to continue on this path. India’s agriculture sector recorded growth of 3.5% in three months, up from 2.4% in the April-June quarter last year, according to the data released by the government-run National Statistical Office. The rise in financial, real estate and professional services was

August 31, 2023
India shows an impressive 7.8% economic growth in April-June quarter
World

Prosecutor asks Indiana State Police to investigate dog deaths in uncooled rear of truck

Prosecutors have asked Indiana State Police to investigate the recent deaths of at least eight dogs from heat-related injuries while being transported in the back of an uncooled box truck. The dead dogs were discovered July 27 in Lake Station while the truck traveled from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago to a training facility in Michigan. The animal rights group People for Ethical Treatment of Animals had called for a state police investigation, and the Lake County Prosecutor’s Office formally requested one Wednesday. The dogs that died were among 18 shepherds in the truck. The

August 31, 2023
Prosecutor asks Indiana State Police to investigate dog deaths in uncooled rear of truck
World

MS-13 gang member pleads guilty in 2016 slaying of two teenage girls on New York street

A member of the violent MS-13 street gang pleaded guilty Thursday for his part in the murders of four people, including two teenage girls who were attacked with a machete and baseball bats as they walked through their suburban Long Island neighborhood seven years ago. Enrique Portillo, 26, was among several gang members accused of ambushing best friends Nisa Mickens, 15, and Kayla Cuevas, 16, in retaliation for a dispute among high school students in 2016. The murders in Brentwood, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) east of New York City, shook parents and local officials

September 01, 2023
MS-13 gang member pleads guilty in 2016 slaying of two teenage girls on New York street
World

Mexico's broad opposition coalition announces Sen. Xóchitl Gálvez will run for presidency in 2024

Mexico’s broad opposition coalition announced Thursday it has chosen Senator Xóchitl Gálvez as its candidate in the June 2, 2024 presidential elections. The de-facto nomination — which will be formalized later when candidates are registered — suggests that Mexico’s next president will likely be a woman, as former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum leads most polls on the primary race for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party. Mexico has never had a woman president, though there have been several female candidates in the past. The opposition coalition — known as the Broad Front for Mexico

August 31, 2023
Mexico's broad opposition coalition announces Sen. Xóchitl Gálvez will run for presidency in 2024
World

Yale President Peter Salovey to step down next year with plans to return to full-time faculty

Yale University President Peter Salovey, who has led the Ivy League school for the past decade, announced Thursday that he will step down from his post next year and plans to return to Yale’s faculty. Salovey, 65, has been president since 2013 after having served just over four years as Yale’s provost, following stints as dean of both Yale College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences as well as chairperson of the Psychology Department. He also earned master’s degrees and a doctorate in psychology at Yale in the 1980s before joining the Yale

August 31, 2023
Yale President Peter Salovey to step down next year with plans to return to full-time faculty
World

US military calls for end of fighting in east Syria and warns it could lead to IS resurgence

The United States military called for an end to days of fighting between rival U.S.-backed groups in east Syria Thursday, warning it may help the resurgence of the Islamic State group. The fighting that broke out Monday — and left at least 40 people dead and dozens wounded in the eastern oil-rich province of Deir el-Zour — was the worst in years. East Syria is where hundreds of U.S. troops have been based since 2015 to help battle IS militants. The clashes pitted members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces against its former ally the Arab-led Deir

August 31, 2023
US military calls for end of fighting in east Syria and warns it could lead to IS resurgence
World

Zelenskyy says Ukraine has developed a long-range weapon, a day after a strike deep inside Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday his country has developed a weapon that hit a target 700 kilometers (400 miles) away, in an apparent reference to the previous day’s strike on an airport in western Russia. Zelenskyy said on his Telegram channel the weapon was produced by Ukraine’s Ministry of Strategic Industries but gave no other details. On Wednesday, a four-hour wave of drones that Moscow blamed on Ukraine hit an airport near Russia’s border with Estonia and Latvia, damaging four Il-76 military transport planes, according to local reports. The airport is in Russia’s Pskov region,

August 31, 2023
Zelenskyy says Ukraine has developed a long-range weapon, a day after a strike deep inside Russia
World

5 people shot in Illinois neighborhood and 2 are in critical condition

Five people have been shot in an Illinois neighborhood and two of them were in critical condition, police said. The wounded, as well as a sixth person who suffered a laceration, were taken to a hospital following the shooting, which happened about 9 p.m. Wednesday, the Peoria Police Department said in a news release, saying 29 rounds were fired. The wounded were men and juvenile males, police said. With the exception of those in critical condition, police described the injuries as non-life-threatening. “When we arrived here, obviously there was chaos,” Police Chief Eric Echevarria told WEEK-TV.

August 31, 2023
5 people shot in Illinois neighborhood and 2 are in critical condition
World

Germany-born pandas celebrate their 4th birthday ahead of expected trip to China

The first giant pandas born in Germany celebrated their fourth birthday Thursday as the Berlin Zoo prepares to send them to China, a journey that was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Pit and Paule, who also are known by the Chinese names Meng Xiang und Meng Yuan, have been a star attraction at the zoo since their birth in 2019. On Thursday, keepers presented them with an ice cake made with apples, carrots and beetroot, and a side serving of snow. While China for decades gifted friendly nations with its unofficial mascot as part of a policy

August 31, 2023
Germany-born pandas celebrate their 4th birthday ahead of expected trip to China
World

Iran accuses Israel of supplying potentially exploding parts for ballistic missile program

Iran accused Israel on Thursday of trying to sabotage its ballistic missile program through faulty foreign parts that could explode, damaging or destroying the weapons before they could be used. Israel did not immediately acknowledge the accusation, made in a report aired on Iranian state television. The report described the alleged Israeli operation as “one of the biggest attempts at sabotage” it had ever seen. It accused Israeli Mossad agents of supplying the faulty parts, which the state TV report described as low-price “connectors.” Footage aired by state TV showed the alleged parts, some of them

August 31, 2023
Iran accuses Israel of supplying potentially exploding parts for ballistic missile program
World

Report says close associates of India's Adani Group secretly purchased large numbers of shares

Two people closely linked to India’s Adani Group, one of the country’s largest conglomerates, secretly purchased millions of dollars of stocks in the group’s companies, possibly violating Indian law, according to a report Thursday by a network of investigative journalists. Market rules require that at least 25% of a company’s shares be available for public purchase. The report by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project said the two men used “opaque investment funds based in the island nation of Mauritius” to obscure their involvement in controlling up to nearly 14% of the public shares. The

August 31, 2023
Report says close associates of India's Adani Group secretly purchased large numbers of shares
World

Greece further reinforces firefighting forces in massive wildfire in northeast burning for 13th day

Greek authorities further reinforced firefighting forces in the country’s northeast Thursday, where a massive blaze in its thirteenth day has flared up once more, triggering authorities to issue alerts to residents in the area to be on standby for possible evacuation. More than 100 extra firefighters were deployed, bringing the total to 582, backed by a fleet of 10 planes and seven helicopters from nine European countries, the fire department said. The fire that started Aug. 19 has decimated homes and vast tracts of forest in the Alexandroupolis and Evros region, near Greece’s border with Turkey.

August 31, 2023
Greece further reinforces firefighting forces in massive wildfire in northeast burning for 13th day
World

UK defense secretary is resigning after 4 years in the job

U.K. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace formally submitted his resignation on Thursday amid speculation that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will name his successor later in the day. Wallace, who said last month he would resign before the next Cabinet reshuffle, ended four years in the post in which he oversaw the military response to the war in Ukraine. He used his resignation letter to press for increased funding for the military, long his primary issue. “I genuinely believe that over the next decade the world will get more insecure and more unstable,’’ Wallace wrote in his letter to

August 31, 2023
UK defense secretary is resigning after 4 years in the job
World

A fire kills 15 in a Philippine factory, where rains and a wrong address delayed firefighters

A fire killed 15 people Thursday in a small apparel factory in a Philippine residential area, where firefighters were delayed by flooding, traffic and a wrong address, a fire protection official. Most of the victims appeared to be factory workers and carpenters who were sleeping in rooms when the fire broke out Thursday morning. Some were found dead on an aisle outside the rooms and the factory owner and his child were among the dead, Chief Superintendent Nahum Tarroza of the Bureau of Fire Protection said. Three people survived with injuries by jumping off the second

August 31, 2023
A fire kills 15 in a Philippine factory, where rains and a wrong address delayed firefighters
World

Bee alert: 5 million bees fall off truck near Toronto and drivers are asked to close windows

Police west of Toronto on Wednesday warned drivers to keep their car windows closed after a truck spilled crates carrying five million bees onto a road. Halton Regional Police said they received a call around 6:15 a.m. reporting the bee crates had come loose from a truck and spilled onto Guelph Line, north of Dundas Street, in Burlington, Ontario, just west of Toronto. It was “quite the scene,” Const. Ryan Anderson said. “Crates were literally on the road and swarms of bees were flying around,” he said. “The initial beekeeper that was on scene was apparently stung

August 30, 2023
Bee alert: 5 million bees fall off truck near Toronto and drivers are asked to close windows
Environment|Travel

Heat forces Greek authorities to shut down Acropolis during afternoon hours for a second day

Greek authorities have closed down the Acropolis for much of the afternoon for a second day as the country swelters under unseasonably high temperatures

June 13, 2024
Heat forces Greek authorities to shut down Acropolis during afternoon hours for a second day
Arts|Lifestyle|Sports|Travel

Taiwan nighttime dragon boat racing puts a modern twist on an ancient tradition

Across the Chinese diaspora, racing in dragon boats has been a tradition reaching back thousands of years

June 10, 2024
Taiwan nighttime dragon boat racing puts a modern twist on an ancient tradition

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