Indonesia denies its fires are causing blankets of haze in neighboring Malaysia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia denied Friday that forest and peat fires on Sumatra and Borneo islands were causing the haze in Malaysia, after...
It’s the final day of a massive health care strike over pay and staff...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A massive health care strike over wages and staffing shortages entered its final day on Friday without a deal between...
Battery technology in the crashed Venice bus made it less prone to catastrophic fires,...
MILAN (AP) — Italy’s transport minister is questioning the spread of electric vehicle technology following the fiery crash of a fully electric shuttle bus...
Sunak plans to raise the legal smoking age in England each year until it...
LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday proposed raising the legal age that people in England can buy cigarettes by one...
First Nations premier to lead a Canadian province after historic election win in Manitoba
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — The Canadian province of Manitoba has elected the first First Nations premier of a province in Canada.Manitobans elected an NDP...
UK police open a corporate manslaughter investigation into a hospital where a nurse killed...
LONDON (AP) — British police have opened an investigation into corporate manslaughter at a northern England hospital after a neonatal nurse was convicted of...
SoftBank’s Son says AI will surpass human intelligence in a decade, urges Japanese firms...
TOKYO (AP) — Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son on Wednesday said he believes artificial intelligence will surpass human intelligence within a decade, urging Japanese companies...
Sirens blare across Russia as it holds nationwide emergency drills
MOSCOW (AP) — Sirens wailed across Russia and TV stations interrupted regular programming to broadcast warnings Wednesday as part of sweeping drills intended to...
Western countries want a UN team created to monitor rights violations and abuses in...
GENEVA (AP) — Four Western countries floated a proposal Wednesday for the United Nations’ top human rights body to appoint a team of experts...
Thousands of US health care workers go on strike in multiple states over wages...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Picketing began Wednesday morning at Kaiser Permanente hospitals as some 75,000 health care workers go on strike in Virginia, California...
