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Israeli forces and Hamas held another round of prisoner exchanges Tuesday as both sides entered the fifth day of a cease-fire. Ten Israeli hostages – including nine women and a 17-year-old girl – as well as two Thai nationals were handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza and transported back…
LONDON (AP) — The first commercial airliner to cross the Atlantic on a purely high-fat, low-emissions fuel flew Tuesday from London to New York in a step toward achieving what supporters called “jet zero.”The Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 flight was powered without using fossil fuels, relying on so-called sustainable aviation…
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.Members of…
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 of the…
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 to 2015,…
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 to work for…
France will ban smoking on all beaches, in public parks, forests and some other public areas as part of a national anti-tobacco plan presented by the health minister on Tuesday.UK PROPOSES GRADUAL INCREASE IN LEGAL SMOKING AGE TO PHASE OUT YOUTH SMOKINGTobacco products cause 75,000 avoidable deaths a year in…
Sierra Leone’s government has arrested 13 of its own military officials in connection with attacks that allegedly amounted to a failed coup attempt.The suspects tried to “overthrow the elected government of Sierra Leone,” Information Minister Chernor Bah said of the attacks, which took place in the West African nation’s generally…
close Video A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck near the eastern Caribbean island of Barbados on Tuesday. No immediate damage was reported. ICELAND VOLCANIC ERUPTION WATCH: OFFICIAL SAYS AUTHORITIES COULD GET AS LITTLE AS ‘30 MINUTES NOTICE’The quake occurred some 30 miles south-southwest of the capital of Bridgetown at a depth…
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 Russia due…




