A tractor trailer and a van crashed on a highway in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas on Sunday morning, killing 26 people, local authorities said. The two vehicles crashed about half an hour outside of the state capital Ciudad Victoria and then caught on fire, the Tamaulipas’ public security ministry said. Once authorities arrived…
Thailand’s opposition Move Forward and Pheu Thai parties won the most seats in Sunday’s election, paving the way for a challenge to a military status quo after nearly a decade of government led or backed by the army. Parliamentary seats are distributed based on 400 open constituency seats and 100 ‘party-list’ seats – or seats…
When Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hosts leaders of the Group of Seven richest nations in Hiroshima this week, restaurants in the city hope to put a local speciality on the map, with a choice of fillings to cater for foreign tastes. A gateway to tourism on the western side of Japan’s main island, Hiroshima’s…
Migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border have unexpectedly fallen, not risen, since Title 42 curbs expired and reinstating criminal penalties for illegal entry is likely the biggest reason, the Biden administration said on Sunday. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said border patrol agents have seen a 50% drop in the number of migrants crossing the border…
President Joe Biden and top Republican lawmakers will declare their positions face to face on raising the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt ceiling on Tuesday, with the looming prospect of an unprecedented default in three weeks if Congress does not act. Ahead of the 4 p.m. ET Oval Office session, there were no signs that either side would immediately…
Oil prices fell on Tuesday, retreating from strong gains in the previous two sessions, due to lackluster Chinese import data and worries about U.S. economic growth, banking sector turmoil and debt-ceiling talks in Washington that could pressure demand. Brent crude was down 74 cents, or 1%, at $76.27 a barrel by 12:57 p.m. EDT (16:57…
The world’ largest economies grouped in the G20 will hold their annual heads of state or government summit next year in Rio de Janeiro, state Governor Claudio Castro said. Brazil will take over the rotating presidency of the G20 from India on Dec. 1. “It’s official,” Castro announced in a Twitter post on Monday night….
A British-led group of European countries has asked for expressions of interest to supply Ukraine with missiles with a range of up to 300 km (190 miles) in what would be another step-up in military support for Kyiv against Russia’s invasion. The call for responses from companies who could provide such missiles was included in…
The death toll from flooding in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo crept higher on Tuesday as aid workers found more bodies among the muddy devastation and as wounded residents succumbed to their injuries in an underequipped local clinic. The floods, in a remote, mountainous area of South Kivu province, ripped through the riverside villages of…
Jurors on Tuesday will begin deliberating whether Donald Trump raped writer E. Jean Carroll more than two decades ago and then defamed her by claiming she made up the story. Lawyers for Carroll and the former U.S. president delivered closing arguments on Monday in Manhattan federal court after seven days of a civil trial. Trump, the front-runner…
