Two key American athlete groups sent a letter to the country’s drug czar calling for a “truly independent” investigation of the case that led to 23 Chinese swimmers not being sanctioned despite testing positive for a banned heart medication.The USA Swimming Athletes’ Advisory Council and the Team USA Athletes’ Commission…

Celebrities will ascend the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6 for the annual Met Gala.The event, which started in 1948, raises money for the Met’s Costume Institute.This year’s theme is ‘Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,’ accompanied by the dress code, ‘The Garden of Time.’True love’s kiss or…

The International Monetary Fund on Monday approved the immediate release of the final $1.1 billion tranche of a $3 billion bailout to Pakistan, the global lender said in a statement.Pakistan needs the money to overcome one of the worst economic crises in its history that had raised fears it could…

One of the military horses that broke away from their trainers and galloped through the streets of London last week is expected to make a full recovery while another remains under observation, the British Army said Monday.LONDON POLICE CAPTURE 2 HORSES ROAMING CITY STREETS, WITH MORE BELIEVED TO BE ON…

At least 45 people have been killed following flash flooding and a landslide in Kenya.While the disaster was initially blamed on a dam collapse, officials now cite a clogged railway tunnel as the cause of the offending floods.Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki has ordered the inspection of all dams and water…

A suspected missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels damaged a ship in the Red Sea on Monday, authorities said, the latest assault in their campaign against international shipping in the crucial maritime route.The attack happened off the coast of Mokha, Yemen, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center…

A retired Roman Catholic bishop who was famous for trying to mediate between drug cartels in Mexico was apparently kidnapped, but was later located and taken to a hospital, the Mexican Council of Bishops said Monday.The church leadership in Mexico said in a statement earlier that Msgr. Salvador Rangel, a…

An army helicopter carrying supplies to troops crashed in a rural area in northern Colombia on Monday, killing nine soldiers on board, the country’s armed forces said.In a statement, the Colombian military said the helicopter was taking the supplies to the municipality of Santa Rosa del Sur, an area that…

Luxury jewelry maker Cartier isn’t known for giving stuff away, but in the case of one Mexican man, they pretty much did.Rogelio Villarreal was paging through Cartier’s web page in a moment of idleness when he came upon on offer that seemed too good to be true. “I broke out…

Former President Jose Mujica of Uruguay announced Monday that he has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer.”This is obviously very complicated and doubly so in my case,” Mujica said of the diagnosis.Mujica, a leftist who held Uruguay’s highest office from 2010 to 2015, is noted for his transformational leadership that rendered…