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Black smoke rises over Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahieh. Israel has pummeled Lebanon in near-daily strikes since September. EPA

Israel and Hezbollah reach ceasefire deal

TEL AVIV – A ceasefire has been agreed to end 13 months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, US President Joe Biden...
Kayakers row passed a street sign on a flooded road in California. GETTY IMAGES

Storms threaten US holiday travels

WASHINGTON – This week has the potential to bring a wave of messy weather across the United States as travelers hit the roads and...
Cardinals and bishops attended the beatification ceremony of Carlo Acutis in 2020. GETTY IMAGES

‘God’s influencer’ to be made first millennial saint in April 2025

VATICAN – A London-born teenager nicknamed “God’s influencer” for his online skills will be made a saint in April 2025. Carlo Acutis, who died of...
YamandĂș OrsI places his right hand on his heart in a gesture to thank his supporters as early results come in on election night. REUTERS

Former history teacher wins Uruguay presidential election

MONTEVIDEO – A left-wing former history teacher, YamandĂș Orsi, has won the presidential election in Uruguay. Orsi beat Álvaro Delgado, the candidate for the governing...
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro faces investigation for allegedly inciting a failed coup after losing the 2022 election. GETTY IMAGES

Brazil police accuses ex-president of coup

SAO PAOLO – Ex-Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and some of his closest allies have been formally accused of allegedly plotting a coup, after he...
A climate protester wearing a gas mask and protective clothing holds a model of planet earth. The mask reads in captial letters: NO MORE COAL OIL GAS FUELLING CLIMATE CHANGE. GETTY IMAGES

Climate deal too little too late, poorer nations say

BAKU – Richer countries have promised to raise their funding to help poorer countries fight climate change to a record $300 billion a year,...
Servicemen of the 24th Mechanized Brigade fire a 2S5 self-propelled 152mm howitzer towards Russian positions near Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine. EPA

Ukraine will lose war to Russia if US cuts funding – Zelensky

KYIV – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky told Fox News that Ukraine would lose the war if Washington, its main military backer, pulled funding. The Ukrainian...
From left to right: Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant and Mohammed Deif. EPA / REUTERS / SUPPLIED

Biden: ICC war crimes arrest warrant ‘outrageous’

WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden has called an International Criminal Court (ICC) war crimes arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister “outrageous”. The ICC...
Mohammed Afif, the head of Hezbollah's media office. REUTERS

Hezbollah media chief killed in Israeli strike in Beirut

BEIRUT – Hezbollah’s media chief Mohammed Afif has been killed in an Israeli strike in central Beirut, the Lebanese militant group has confirmed. A strike...
A shirtless man wearing a brown hat and holding his flip flops in one hand wades across waist-deep water while people watch from the other side of an inundated road in El Progreso, Honduras. Many roads and bridges became impassable after days of rain. REUTERS

Honduran villages cut off by torrential rain

TEGUCIGALPA – Torrential rain caused by Tropical Storm Sara has cut off more than 1,700 communities in Honduras. The storm caused widespread flooding across the...