COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Three inmates were killed and more than 20 were injured in two separate prison clashes in Sri Lanka on Thursday and Friday, a government minister said. In a third detention facility, officials used tear gas to control inmate protests on Friday. Public Security Minister Anan
Aug 7 (Reuters) – Levi Strauss on Friday disclosed a recent cybersecurity incident in which an unauthorized third party gained access to the company’s systems through a social engineering attack targeting three employees. The apparel maker joins a growing list of major firms worldwide that are facin
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s Health Ministry said Friday that 14 people were wounded, three of them critically, but that there were no fatalities in the explosion of a minivan taxi a day earlier in a Damascus suburb. The Health Ministry had said Thursday night that two people were killed in the bl
By Joan Faus, Jaime Lopez and Zakia Abdennebi BARCELONA/CEUTA/RABAT, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Police and forensic scientists have drafted in extra staff to try to identify the bodies of 80 migrants found after last week’s mass rush into Spain’s Ceuta enclave, as desperate families wait for news of missing
By Jarrett Renshaw and Ernest Scheyder WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will convene executives from some of the world’s largest mining companies at the State Department on Friday as his administration intensifies efforts to secure domestic and allied supplies of critical mi
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Astronomers have taken the rare opportunity to observe the explosive death of an enormous star from start to finish, gaining a new understanding of how this kind of violent event can transpire in more ways than previously known. The observations began in
KOCHI, India (AP) — As the sun set over Kochi’s historic Jew Town neighborhood, Keith Hallegua donned a gray kippah and began a solitary walk to the synagogue at the end of his cobbled street. It was Shavuot, the Jewish holiday commemorating God giving the Torah to Moses. Hallegua reached the 458-ye
Aug 7 (Reuters) – ByteDance is training an AI model that could approach the size of Anthropic’s most cutting-edge Mythos system, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. (Reporting by Ananya Palyekar in Benga
ADDU CITY, Maldives (AP) — A group of young people in the Maldives recently paddled kayaks to protest land reclamation work that was cutting through protected mangrove wetlands in a UNESCO biosphere reserve, even spray-painting “ECOCIDE” on a reclaimed patch. The nonprofit Project ThimaaVeshi, which
Aug 6 (Reuters) – Stade Francais said on Thursday that it had been the victim of a cyberattack that affected part of its information system. French media reported that attackers had published identity documents belonging to 18 players as proof of the breach and demanded a ransom, threatening to rele
Thousands of Jewish Canadians Seek Shelter in US, Israel as Hate Crimes Rise By The Media Line Staff For a growing number of Jewish Canadians, the question is no longer how to respond to rising antisemitism at home, but where to build a future. Organizations helping families relocate say interest ha
CAIRO (AP) — Attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels Thursday in central and eastern Yemen killed at least 30 government troops and wounded at least 50 others, Yemeni government officials said. A Houthi leader said Saudi-backed troops were targeted in the attacks and that “hundreds” were either kil
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A man accused of killing a Scottish aid worker in Athens and hiding her body in a suitcase has been jailed pending his trial for murder. The 26-year-old Afghan suspect appeared Thursday before an investigative magistrate at a central Athens courthouse, escorted by police office
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A fire destroyed 60 hectares (148 acres) of land in the Mount Bromo area in a national park in Java, Indonesia’s most populous island, since Monday, officials said on Thursday. The burning area, equivalent to more than 80 soccer fields, is located within the Bromo Tengger S
Senator Rand Paul recently revealed an interesting, albeit jarring, fact about Congressional oversight of the intelligence community in D.C. Senator Paul explained that only eight members of Congress, four from the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee (HPSIC) and four from the Senate Select
Aug 6 (Reuters) – China’s state iron ore buyer has directed some steel mills to halt negotiations with Rio Tinto for shipments from September, two sources said, escalating pressure on the world’s top iron ore producer during annual supply talks. China Mineral Resources Group (CMRG) has increasingly
By Silvio Castellanos SAN AGUSTIN DEL POZO, Spain, Aug 6 (Reuters) – In a tiny Spanish farming village, retired shepherd Joaquin Tapioles is preparing to watch next week’s first-in-a-century total solar eclipse from the observatory he built after being inspired by the mysteries of the skies as a boy
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — The idea was unique for sub-Saharan Africa: Use cable cars to lift thousands of commuters above the daily gridlock in one of Africa’s fast-growing cities. But the system ran for only a few weeks, and now the car-less cables hang unused above Madagascar ‘s capital in w
TOKYO (AP) — Hiroshima on Thursday marked the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with its mayor criticizing major powers for waging wars and urging them to stop justifying the possession of nuclear weapons as a method of deterrence. “Downplaying the inhumanity
PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns and veteran forward Dillon Brooks agreed to a $73 million, three-year extension on Wednesday that will keep him with the team through 2030, according to two people familiar with the deal. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the d
Father of Slain Hostage Ariel Bibas Marks What Would Have Been His 7th Birthday By The Media Line Staff Ariel Bibas, who was abducted by Hamas at age 4 and murdered in captivity along with his mother and younger brother, would have celebrated his seventh birthday on Wednesday, as his father marked t
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge has been cleared to begin light workout activity, and the New York Yankees captain said he will return this season from the broken rib that’s sidelined him since May 31. “Oh, I’ll be back this season. I don’t know why I wouldn’t be,” the three-time AL MVP said Wednesday a
DETROIT (AP) — Asked about his choice for Congress minutes after casting his ballot in Detroit, Michael Fuqua struggled to come up with a name. “Dillinger. I think it was Daniel,” Fuqua replied Tuesday afternoon outside Henry Ford High School on the city’s northwest side. But Fuqua was much clearer
The Trump administration said Wednesday it will shut down a Kentucky organ donation group accused of continuing plans for organ retrieval from some patients who unexpectedly showed signs of life. While those surgeries were canceled, the cases made headlines several years ago, prompting a spike in pe
CHICAGO (AP) — The Trump administration has awarded a $150 million contract to give legal representation to migrant children traveling alone to the U.S. to a small Texas law firm with ties to the administration but little experience in immigration law, prompting legal aid groups who’ve long represen
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday he no longer has confidence in FIFA President Gianni Infantino, adding to growing pressure on the soccer leader after his abandoned plan to sell stakes in the World Cup sparked a global backlash. Carney said Infantino committed a “fat
Three people have been charged with threatening a judge, a witness and local officials connected to the investigation into the death of Nolan Xavier Wells, an 18-year-old found dead after a July Fourth boat trip with friends to an island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. None of the three appear to know
NEW YORK (AP) — Parasitic illness cases in 15 states have been linked to iceberg lettuce, U.S. health officials said Wednesday. Cyclospora cases have been reported in at least 47 states this year, and investigators have continued to probe how many could be linked to a common contaminated source. The
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Firefighters have taken advantage of cooler weather to begin getting a handle on wildfires that have displaced tens of thousands of people around Washington state’s second-largest city, but hotter, drier and breezier days lie ahead. Officials reported Wednesday that firefighter
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The home of the Kansas City Chiefs will once again be known simply as Arrowhead Stadium. The team announced Wednesday that one of the NFL’s iconic venues had shed its official name — GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium — after the Government Employees Health Association agreed to
