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Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon drives a car on his way to the National Hospital in Oslo last Monday.
30 Aug, 2026 0

Norway’s crown prince becomes King Haakon VIII after his father’s death

The Associated Press: Norway has a new king, whose tasks will include stabilising the Scandinavian country’s monarchy and boosting the royal family’s popularity after his wife’s past contacts with…
A relative consoles Jenisha (center) as she cries while waiting for the news of her father missing after flash flooding in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Friday. - AP photo
28 Aug, 2026 0

Hundreds still missing on Nepal-China border as flash flood death toll passes 500

AP – Rescue teams continued to work on Friday through mud and debris in areas devastated by a flash flood on the Himalayan border between Nepal and China. Hundreds of people remain missing as the…
President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday.
28 Aug, 2026 0

Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’

WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump said he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada. The Republican president signed…
Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic speaks to soldiers near the Bosnian town of Cazin, September 4, 1994.
28 Aug, 2026 0

Ex-Bosnian warlord who oversaw atrocities dies as a prisoner at 84

BELGRADE (AP): Ratko Mladic, the bullish Bosnian Serb general whose forces besieged the Bosnian capital for several years in the 1990s and carried out the worst massacre in Europe since World War II,…
A man carries a buckets of water where families displaced by gang violence are living in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
28 Aug, 2026 0

Haitians demand answers from police after gangs kill 47, kidnap more than 50

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Haiti’s National Police faced mounting criticism Thursday over why authorities failed to prevent a recent gang attack in which 47 people were killed and more than 50 kidnapped.…
Haitian deportees landing in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti on Thursday, August 27, 2026.
28 Aug, 2026 0

America-born children among Haitians deported from United States

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Several children, including a one-year-old child born in the United States, were among the latest batch of Haitians deported from the United States on Thursday to the…
Tropical Storm Dolly
28 Aug, 2026 0

Leeward Islands residents urged to monitor progress of Tropical Storm Dolly

MIAMI, CMC – Residents in the Leeward Islands were on Friday told that they should monitor the progress of Tropical Storm Dolly, which is expected to pass near the islands this weekend. The…
President Donald Trump waves after arriving off Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
28 Aug, 2026 0

Trump says US will take control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s oil reserves

President Donald Trump on Friday said the United States has entered into an agreement with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of the South American country’s oil reserves. Trump, in a…
Rescuers use an earthmover to carry a victim of the flash flooding to safety along the Trishuli River in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Wednesday. - AP photo
27 Aug, 2026 0

Nepal’s catastrophic floods kill more than 350, with over 1,300 missing

DEVIGHAT, Nepal (AP) – Rescue teams searched on Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a catastrophic and deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high…