By Marianna Parraga Aug 8 (Reuters) – An inferno at Cuba’s largest oil storage facility has killed at least one firefighter, injured many more, and threatens to further swell the fuel import bill for the impoverished island nation that relies on foreign oil for everything from transportation to its power grid. Cuban officials may need […]

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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Relatives of 10 miners trapped in a flooded coalmine in Mexico’s Coahuila state are growing increasingly desperate after efforts to free them dragged into another day. The miners were trapped on Wednesday last week when a wall in a tunnel collapsed and water from the adjacent chamber gushed into three […]

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Global warming and changing weather patterns are affecting the water supply for one of the world’s most important waterways, the Panama Canal, as well as access to drinking water for millions of Panamanians, reports journalist Grac Livingstone from Panama City. The Panama Canal is a great feat of 20th-Century engineering. Upon its completion in 1914, […]

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by Rebecca Beitsch and Harper Neidig The  Hill The FBI executed a search warrant on former President Trump’s home in Florida on Monday, the ex-president said, lashing out at law enforcement for what he called “political persecution.” “My beautiful home Mar A Lago in Palm Beach, Florida is currently under siege, raided and occupied by […]

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by Anna Verdon LAD Bible   An eight-year-old boy has been left with leg injuries after being attacked by three sharks while on holiday in The Bahamas. His horrified dad said the terrifying incident was like ‘a scene out of Jaws‘. British schoolboy, Finley Downer, was on holiday with his family when the attack took […]

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Today’s Headlines Fragile cease-fire between Israel, Gaza militants holding GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A fragile cease-fire deal to end nearly three days of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza held into Monday morning — a sign…Read More China extends threatening military exercises against Taiwan BEIJING (AP) — China said Monday it […]

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Diana Theodore, 72, was discovered at her house in the Caribbean, tied up beneath her bed in a pool of blood By Colin Maximin Daily Telegraph A British pensioner has been found dead under her bed at her home in the Caribbean, prompting police to launch a murder investigation. The body of Diana Theodore, 72, […]

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BRASILIA, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police on Saturday arrested five more men in an investigation into the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon rainforest in June. Police said in a statement that seven arrest warrants were issued for illegal fishing in the Vale do Javari […]

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By Sarah Wu   TAIPEI, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen told visiting St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves on Monday that she was moved by his determination to visit Taiwan, despite China’s recent military exercises around the self-ruled island. “Prime Minister Gonsalves has expressed in recent days that the […]

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By Marc Frank and Nelson Acosta   HAVANA, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Cuba appeared to make progress on Sunday bringing under control a fire at its main oil storage facility that has killed one firefighter, drawing on help from Mexico and Venezuela to fight the raging flames. A lightning strike on Friday ignited one of […]

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