Canada forces arbitration in freight train labor dispute to avert economic crisis
TORONTO — Freight trains in Canada could be running again within days after the government forced the country’s two major railroads into arbitration with their labor union Thursday, a move aimed at averting potentially dire economic consequences across the country and in the U.S. if the trains are sidelined for a long period. The government’s More...
Biggest diamond in over a century found in Botswana: 2,492 carats
The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country’s president showed off the fist-sized stone to the world at a viewing ceremony Thursday. The Botswana More...
One Salvadoran a day goes missing under security crackdown, groups say
SAN SALVADOR — El Salvador, a small Central American nation whose government has spearheaded a brutal crackdown on criminal gangs, is seeing one person go missing each day, according to a group of non-governmental More...
Israel arrests four on suspicion of ‘terrorist incidents’ against Palestinians
Days after violence left one person dead and another injured in the occupied West Bank, Israeli authorities have arrested four people, including a minor, on suspicion of carrying out “terrorist incidents” More...
Pakistan arrests man accused of spreading disinformation that fueled right-wing riots in Britain
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Police in Pakistan have arrested a man accused of spreading false information online that fueled anti-immigrant riots in Britain. Violence erupted across Britain this month after the deaths More...
Taylor Swift speaks out on foiled terror plat that canceled Vienna shows
Taylor Swift said she was devastated to have to cancel her Vienna shows earlier this month after Austrian officials said a terror plot targeting her concert was foiled. The mega pop star was slated to perform More...
Four bodies recovered from sunken yacht off Italy’s coast
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Bodies found inside luxury yacht that sank off Sicily
PORTICELLO, Sicily — Divers found two bodies Wednesday inside a superyacht that sank in a sudden storm off Sicily, a source familiar with rescue operations told NBC News. It is unclear whose bodies were More...
Moscow comes under largest Ukrainian drone attack; Putin inspects troops in surprise trip to Chechnya
Russian authorities said Wednesday that Moscow came under the largest attack yet by Ukrainian drones since the start of fighting in 2022, and that it destroyed all of them. Russia destroyed 45 Ukrainian drones More...
Why protesters outside the DNC have far outnumbered those at the Republicans’ convention
CHICAGO — The protests outside the Democratic National Convention, entering its second day, have already far outnumbered the demonstrations in Milwaukee a month ago, when former President Donald Trump accepted More...
