Category Archives: World News

• UN threatens to cut off food aid to Yemen amid ongoing evidence Houthis are stealing it

  admin June 18, 2019

  The head of the UN food agency on Monday accused Yemen’s Houthi rebels of diverting food from the war-torn country’s hungriest people and threatened to suspend food aid later this week unless they immediately implement registration and monitoring agreements. Read more »

• Violence between herders, farmers leaves at least 161 dead in Congo past week

  admin June 17, 2019

  At least 161 people have been killed in a northeastern province of Congo in the past week, local officials said on Monday, in an apparent resurgence of ethnic clashes between farming and herding communities. Read more »

• U.S. businesses beg Trump not to escalate tariffs on China

  admin June 17, 2019

  U.S. businesses are imploring President Donald Trump not to expand his tariffs to $300 billion US in goods from China that have so far been spared in his trade war with Beijing. Read more »

• Hong Kong police clear streets as protesters move to park

  admin June 17, 2019

  Protesters in Hong Kong left the streets on Monday, averting possible clashes after haggling for hours with police by moving to areas near the government headquarters. Read more »

• Power mostly restored after tens of millions hit by blackout in Argentina, Uruguay

  admin June 17, 2019

  Power returned to much of Argentina and two neighbouring countries following a massive blackout that left tens of millions in the dark on Sunday, but Argentine President Mauricio Macri said the cause of the “unprecedented” outage was still unclear. Read more »

• U.K. Conservative front-runner Boris Johnson skips debate with party rivals

  admin June 16, 2019

  Candidates seeking to beat Boris Johnson and become Britain’s next prime minister accused the Brexit-backing front-runner of trying to avoid scrutiny after he refused to take part in a televised debate alongside his five rivals on Sunday. Read more »

• Boeing made ‘mistake’ in handling warning system in 737 Max jets before 2 deadly crashes: CEO

  admin June 16, 2019

  The chief executive of Boeing said the company made a “mistake” in handling a problematic cockpit warning system in its 737 Max jets before two crashes killed 346 people and he promised transparency as the aircraft maker works to get the grounded planes back in flight. Read more »

• Venezuelans cross into Peru despite border tightening

  admin June 16, 2019

  Thousands of Venezuelans crossed into Peru despite a crackdown on migrants without passports or visas meant to stem the flood of immigration from their crisis-stricken nation, as many lacking those documents filed asylum requests instead. Read more »

• Baby Archie in Harry’s arms: New photo released for Father’s Day

  admin June 16, 2019

  Six-week-old royal baby Archie can be seen in a newly released Father’s Day photo, in the arms of his dad, Prince Harry. Read more »

• ‘Massive’ power outage hits Argentina and Uruguay

  admin June 16, 2019

  A massive power failure has been reported in Argentina, Uruguay and other parts of South America. Read more »