Hong Kong’s pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily will print its last edition on Thursday, the paper said, after a stormy year in which it was raided by police and its tycoon owner… Read More »Hong Kong pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily to close

More than 40 countries urged China on Tuesday to allow the UN human rights chief immediate access to Xinjiang region to look into reports that… Read More »Canada leads international call urging China to allow UN access in Xinjiang region

The Great Barrier Reef should be added to a list of “in danger” World Heritage Sites, a United Nations committee recommended on Tuesday, prompting an… Read More »UN says Great Barrier Reef should be added to ‘in danger’ list, angering Australia

It almost seemed like a joke and far-fetched conspiracy to many — the idea that COVID-19 could have accidentally escaped, or even been intentionally released,… Read More »What are the odds of a COVID-19 lab leak? Re-examining the virus origins theory

Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will become the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics after being selected by New Zealand for the women’s event at… Read More »New Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard to become first transgender athlete to compete at Olympics

A driver slammed into spectators Saturday evening at the start of a Pride parade in South Florida, killing one man and seriously injuring another, authorities… Read More »1 dead, another in hospital after driver crashes into Florida Pride parade

By Staff The Associated Press Posted June 19, 2021 7:17 pm An angry Florida man pulled a gun on a drive-thru worker because they forget… Read More »Police say Florida man pulled gun on chief’s daughter who forgot cream cheese on his bagel

Four people were killed and four badly injured on Saturday when a small plane crashed in Russia’s Kemerovo region in southwestern Siberia, the local emergency… Read More »At least 4 Russian parachutists killed after plane crash in Siberia: reports

Extreme temperatures like the ones blistering the American West this week aren’t just annoying, they’re deadly. The record-breaking temperatures this week are a weather emergency,… Read More »Vulnerable communities face health risk as heat wave scorches western U.S.: experts

The Supreme Court, though increasingly conservative in makeup, rejected the latest major Republican-led effort to kill the national health care law known as “Obamacare” on… Read More »‘Here to stay’: Obamacare survives big challenge at U.S. Supreme Court