New York, May 13 (CNN/GNA) — Melinda French Gates said Monday she would resign as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that she has…
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Reports: Heatwave in Mexico claims several lives
Mexico City, May 13, (dpa/GNA) – Parts of Mexico are currently experiencing a heatwave that has reportedly claimed dozens of lives. The state of Yucatán on the…
Man who received first pig kidney transplant dies
May 12 (BBC/GNA) – The first man to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died two months after the operation, the hospital…
Peru president’s brother held in corruption probe
May 11 (BBC/GNA) – The brother of Peru’s under-pressure president, Dina Boluarte, has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a corruption network. Prosecutors…
Trump lawyer questions Stormy Daniels’ account of sex with Trump
New York, May 9 (Reuters/GNA) – Donald Trump’s lawyer sought to show inconsistencies in porn star Stormy Daniels’ various tellings of a 2006 sexual encounter…
U.S. Army opens administrative investigation after soldier is detained in Russia
WASHINGTON, May 8, (Xinhua/GNA) — The U.S. Army has opened an administrative investigation to gather facts related to a U.S. soldier, recently detained in…
Death toll from floods in southern Brazil rises to 107
Buenos Aires, May 9, (dpa/GNA) – The death toll from the severe flooding in southern Brazil has risen to 107, according to civil defence officials in the…
Death toll rises to 66 after severe flooding in southern Brazil
Berlin, May 6, (dpa/GNA) - The death toll in flooding in southern Brazil after days of heavy rain has risen to at least 66, civil defence authorities…
Three surfers including Australian brothers confirmed dead in Mexico
Mexico City, May 6, (dpa/GNA) – Three surfers from Australia and the United States who went missing in Mexico have been found dead, authorities confirmed on Monday.…
Death toll rises to 66 after severe flooding in southern Brazil
Berlin, May 6, (dpa/GNA) – The death toll in flooding in southern Brazil after days of heavy rain has risen to at least 66, civil defence authorities…
At least 10 dead as storms hit southern Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, May 2, (dpa/GNA) – At least 10 people have died and more than 20 are missing in severe flooding in the southern Brazilian state…
US lawmakers in Arizona repeal 160-year-old abortion ban
Washington, May 2, (dpa/GNA) – Arizona lawmakers on Wednesday repealed the permanent reintroduction of a 160-year-old abortion ban in the US state. In April, the state supreme court…
Judge finds Trump in contempt for violating gag order as trial continues
April 30 (CNN/GNA) – Judge Juan Merchan ruled Tuesday that nine of Trump’s posts breached his gag order. In the ruling, the judge said the…
US Senate approves TikTok ownership law, Biden now to sign
Washington, Apr. 24, (dpa/GNA) – The US Senate on Tuesday approved a law aimed at forcing a change of ownership of popular video-sharing app TikTok. The Senate…
First seven jurors selected in Trump’s New York criminal trial
New York, Apr. 17, (dpa/GNA) – Seven jurors on Tuesday were selected in Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York, the first criminal trial against a…
UN Security Council fears open conflict between Venezuela and Guyana
New York, Apr. 16, (dpa/GNA) – The UN Security Council on Monday expressed its concern about the smouldering border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana. Council members called…
Trump’s historic New York hush money trial begins with jury selection
New York, Apr. 15, (dpa/GNA) – Donald Trump will become the first former president in US history to stand trial on criminal charges when jury selection begins…
OJ Simpson, NFL star acquitted in ‘trial of the century’, dies aged 76
April 11 (BBC/GNA) – OJ Simpson, the former American footballer who was controversially cleared of double murder, has died aged 76. Orenthal James Simpson…
Trump fails with motion to dismiss election fraud case in Georgia
Washington, Apr. 5, (dpa/GNA) – The judge in charge of the election fraud case against Donald Trump in the US state of Georgia has rejected a request…
Ecuador declares Mexico’s ambassador persona non grata
Mexico City, Apr. 4, (dpa/GNA) – Statements by the Mexican president on the assassination of a presidential candidate in Ecuador have triggered a diplomatic crisis between the…