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US hosts G20 finance talks with growth, Iran pressure on agenda

Finance leaders from the Group of 20 major economies open talks Monday at a US-hosted gathering, as the Trump administration seeks consensus on lifting global growth while ramping up economic pressure on Iran. The gathering of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors takes place Monday and Tuesday in the Blue Ridge Mountains city of […]

Grand Canyon flash flood leaves one dead, around 15 missing

At least one person was killed and around 15 others are missing after a flash flood at the Grand Canyon, one of the most popular tourist sites in the United States, the National Park Service said in a statement Sunday. The floods hit the Bright Angel Canyon and Phantom Ranch area on Saturday, forcing dozens […]

Iran retaliates after first US strikes in a month

Iran attacked US military targets in the Middle East on Monday in retaliation for the first American strikes on its territory in a month, in a fresh flare-up of the war that has engulfed the region. Tehran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said they had responded to Sunday’s American attack by striking two US air bases […]

At least five leaders skip annual Pacific Islands summit

At least five leaders will skip the Pacific Island region’s annual summit, officials said Monday, hours before the opening of talks overshadowed by Taiwan-China tensions. The gathering aims to grapple with challenges such as climate change, drug crime, and the Chinese test-firing of a ballistic missile in July that landed in the Pacific Ocean. China’s […]

Nepal buries dead as rescuers seek thousands missing

Nepal was burying on Monday some of the hundreds of bodies retrieved after a deadly, tsunami-like flood crashed through the Himalayan region, sweeping away villages and leaving thousands still missing. Distraught families have packed rescue stations and hospitals in search of their missing relatives, while others have faced the grim task of identifying bodies at […]

Google Maps renames Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ in US — but not Canada

Google redesignated Lake Ontario as “Lake America” on maps seen by US users Sunday after President Donald Trump announced he was renaming the body of water, with a Canadian official slamming the cross-border tensions as “absolutely backwards.”People in Canada will still see the body of water labeled Lake Ontario, the Indigenous-rooted name used since the […]

Iceland votes ‘No’ to resuming EU talks

Iceland voted ‘No’ to resuming membership negotiations with the European Union, referendum results showed Sunday, dealing a blow to Brussels which had been keen to welcome a new wealthy member. Almost 53 percent of Icelanders rejected the resumption of EU entry talks suspended 13 years ago, while some 47 percent voted in favour in Saturday’s referendum. […]

At least 8 die, more missing, as ferry capsizes off Northern Cyprus

A passenger ferry capsized and sank off Northern Cyprus Sunday, killing at least eight people and leaving more than a dozen missing, officials and media reports said, as police took the captain and seven crew members into custody. Several rescued passengers told local media a blast had gone off at the bow of the ferry […]

Niamey back to normal after soldiers’ mutiny

Life returned to normal in Niger’s capital Niamey on Sunday, after the military regime and its Russian paramilitary partners put down a mutiny by soldiers. Intense fighting took place overnight from Friday to Saturday, before the army and its Russian Africa Corps allies managed to take back control late in the day. Mutineers notably tried […]