May 1 (UPI) — Six people were confirmed dead and dozens were injured in south-central Illinois on Monday after a massive dust storm blew across Interstate 55, cutting visibility and causing as many as 90 vehicles to crash. A 30-mile stretch of the highway was shut down in both directions after the multiple-vehicle pileup was…
Sobering photos show hundreds of migrants camped out in the streets of El Paso overnight Monday, as the Texas city’s emergency order went into effect in anticipation of the end of Title 42. The asylum seekers are seen in the images on makeshift beds constructed out of cardboard and sheets, holding their belongings close, as…
Santiago Peña of the Colorado party is elected, defeating Efraín Alegre who wanted to switch diplomatic recognition to China Paraguay’s ruling party candidate, Santiago Peña, 44, has scored a big win in the presidential election, tightening the conservative Colorado party’s political grip and defusing fears that diplomatic ties with Taiwan might have been cut. Peña,…
NAIROBI, May 1 (Reuters) – The bodies of several children exhumed in eastern Kenya showed signs of starvation and in some cases asphyxiation, a government pathologist said on Monday, as investigators began the first autopsies on over 100 people linked to a doomsday cult. On Monday investigators said they had completed 10 autopsies, comprising nine…
Protesters clashed with security forces across France on Monday as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets for Labour Day to vent their anger against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform. Unions had been hoping for a vast turnout across France for the May 1 protests to further rattle Macron, who has been greeted…
JP Morgan Chase has taken over the troubled US bank First Republic in a deal brokered by regulators. The Wall Street giant said it would pay $10.6bn (£8.5bn) to the Federal Insurance Deposit Corp (FIDC), after officials shut down the smaller bank. First Republic had been under pressure since last month, when the collapse of…
Greetings from Tyler, Iran seized an oil tanker, fully loaded and bound for Texas. That’s when a helicopter dropped a bunch of commandos and steered the ship back toward Iran. They claim that there was a collision with another ship. Meanwhile, things are getting crazy in Iran. Somebody walked up and shot an important Iranian…
A long-range Chinese combat drone capable of carrying a large weapons payload has circled Taiwan, the island’s defence ministry said Friday. ADVERTISING Democratic Taiwan lives under constant threat of an attack by Beijing, which views the island as part of its territory. Taiwan’s defence ministry said it detected 38 Chinese aircraft, including a TB-001 drone…
After months of negotiations and two years after draft rules were proposed, EU lawmakers have reached an agreement and passed a draft of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, which would be the first set of comprehensive laws related to AI regulation. The next stage is called the trilogue, when EU lawmakers and member states will…
BUENOS AIRES, April 26 (Reuters) – Argentina will start to pay for Chinese imports in yuan rather than dollars, the government announced Wednesday, a measure that aims to relieve the country’s dwindling dollar reserves. In April, it aims to pay around $1 billion of Chinese imports in yuan instead of dollars and thereafter around $790…