New York City declares health emergency amid measles outbreak in Brooklyn
New York City on Tuesday declared a public health emergency amid a measles outbreak in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn. Mayor Bill de Blasio said that the city would require unvaccinated individuals living in certain areas in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to receive the measles vaccine in response to one of the largest measles outbreaks in […]
Antonio Candreva: Football star pays girl's school lunch fees after tuna-and-crackers meal
An Italian football star has offered to pay the lunch fees of a schoolgirl in Verona, whose story of being handed a substitute school lunch of tuna and crackers after her parents fell behind on payments has gone viral in Italy. The story was first reported earlier this week in L’Arena, a local news outlet […]
Romanian ex-president Iliescu faces crimes against humanity charges
Romania’s former President Ion Iliescu has been charged with crimes against humanity over his role in the revolution that brought down the country’s communist regime. The 89 year old former two time president was charged on Monday. 862 were killed in the aftermath of the 1989 revolution that brought down communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu. Prosecutors […]
16 Saudis barred from U.S. for role in Khashoggi's murder
The State Department on Monday publicly barred 16 individuals from entering the U.S. for their roles in the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “In cases where the Secretary of State has credible information that officials of foreign governments have been involved in significant corruption or gross violations of human rights,” the statement read, […]
Massive police search on Romania's Black Sea coast after 130 kg of cocaine washes ashore
More than 130 kilograms of cocaine have washed on Romanian shores, prompting a massive police search operation that included helicopters and more than 300 officers on Romania’s coast along the Black Sea on Sunday, police said. The search is unprecedented, the spokesman of the Constanta police, Georgian Dragan, told AFP. He added that it also […]
Istanbul Airport – planned to be world's biggest – officially opens
Turkish Airlines completed a huge exercise to transfer operations to Istanbul’s brand new airport over the weekend. The move to the vast new transport hub – simply called Istanbul Airport – began early on Friday. If later planned phases of construction are completed as planned, airport executives claim it will become the world’s largest airport […]
Cho Yang-ho, embattled CEO of Korean Air, dies at 70
Cho Yang-ho, the chairman and chief executive of Korean Air, whose legal troubles — and colorful daughters — kept him and the airline in an unwanted spotlight, died Sunday, the airline said. Cho, who was under indictment in South Korea on suspicion of embezzlement and of having steered lucrative contracts to companies run by his […]
British mother held in Dubai for old Facebook posts insulting ex-husband’s new wife
A British single mother faces up to two years in jail and a fine of £50,000 (€58,000) in Dubai after being detained over comments she made on social media in 2016 insulting her husband’s new wife. Laleh Sharavesh, 55, described Samah Al Hammadi on Facebook as a “horse” after being shocked to hear that the […]
25 years after genocide, Rwanda has a new light, says leader
Twenty-five years after the start of its genocide, in which some 800,000 people were killed, Rwanda is rebuilding with hope and shines with a new light, said President Paul Kagame. Speaking at commemoration services Sunday, Kagame said that Rwandans would never turn against each other again. “Our bodies and minds bear amputations and scars, but […]
Belgium apologises for abduction of thousands of mixed-race children during colonial-era
Belgium apologised on Thursday for the abduction of thousands of children born to mixed-race couples during its colonial-era rule between 1959 and 1962 of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda. The apology was the first time Belgium has officially acknowledged responsibility for the forced removals. Belgium took away thousands of mixed-race children, known […]
Croatia's former PM Sanader jailed for corruption – Supreme Court
Former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader has been jailed for a corruption conviction after the Supreme Court increased his sentence above the level that requires him to go to prison. Sanader was taken from his home to prison late on Thursday. In 2017, a lower court sentenced Sanader to four-and-a-half years, below the five year […]
Cuba cuts newspaper size due to paper scarcity as shortages bite
Cuba says a paper shortage is forcing it to cut back on pages and circulation at several state-run newspapers including the Communist Party daily Granma, highlighting the severity of the country’s cash crunch as scarcity of basic goods increases. The Communist government said on Thursday that it was halving the edition size of some weeklies […]
Rescue ship with 64 migrants onboard stuck at Sea after being denied entry
A humanitarian ship carrying 64 migrants is stuck in the Mediterranean Sea after both Malta and Italy refused them entry, setting the scene for another standoff between EU member states. The migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya on Wednesday by the German NGO, Sea-Eye. The aid group said it was looking for another […]
German court closes case of former death-camp guard
A German court has closed the trial against a 95-year-old former guard at a Nazi death camp, almost certainly ending one of the last such Holocaust prosecutions. The defendant, a German who cannot be named for legal reasons, is now considered permanently unfit to stand trial due to health problems, the court in the western […]
