BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – A blackout brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill Monday, halting subway trains, cutting phone service and shutting down traffic lights and ATM machines for the 50 million people who live across the Iberian Peninsula. Spanish power distributor Red Eléctrica said that restoring power to large parts of the…
Moscow has accused Ukraine of making a “direct threat” after Volodymyr Zelensky warned Kyiv wouldn’t offer any security guarantees during Russia’s Victory Day commemoration on May 9. Russian President Vladimir Putin unilaterally declared a three-day ceasefire on Monday (April 28) to mark the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union and allies’ victory in World War…
Several federal prosecutors — including the chief of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section — have submitted their resignations following a plea deal offered by the new U.S. attorney in Los Angeles to a sheriff’s deputy who had already been found guilty of using excessive force. Two sources confirmed to The Times that Assistant…
Singapore: Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s People’s Action Party (PAP) won the Singapore General Election Saturday by a landslide, securing 87 of the 97 parliamentary seats, local media reported. Mr Wong and the PAP had sought a new mandate from the general election in the midst of uncertainties to the global economy caused by the US…
LA PAZ, Bolivia — It was after their tiny plane crashed into the Bolivian jungle earlier this week that their ordeal really began. After smashing into the ground, the aircraft flipped over into a lagoon infested with anacondas and alligators, plunging the pilot and four passengers — including a 6-year-old boy — into a harrowing…
As a former Spitfire pilot who flew 60 missions over Nazi-occupied Europe during the Second World War, George Brewster is not one to be rattled easily. But he says experiencing the warmth and gratitude of the Dutch people who have come out to cheer him and other Canadian Second World War veterans this weekend has…