The death toll from heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to 56, with 67 missing, 32,900 evacuated and at least 356,000 without electricity, local authorities said on Saturday. Heavy rains in the state for nearly a week have so far affected 281 municipalities,
Donald Trump's pledge to fight what he calls "anti-white feeling" in the US will likely embolden allies who seek to dismantle government and corporate programmes created to battle racism and boost diversity in American life. Some high-profile supporters of the former president, now the 2024 Republ
At least three synagogues and a museum in New York received bomb threats on Saturday, but none were deemed credible by the New York Police Department, a city official and police said. Manhattan Borough President Mark D Levine said on X the synagogue bomb threats were "a clear hate crime, and part
Heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul killed 39 people, with another 68 still missing, the state civil defence agency said Friday, as record-breaking floods devastated cities and forced thousands to leave their homes. It was the fourth such environmental disaster in a ye
Heavy rains battering Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed 31 people, local authorities said on Friday, and the death toll is expected to rise as dozens still have not been accounted for. More than 70 people were still missing and at least 17,000 were displaced in the state
Responding to pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses in the US over the war in Gaza, US President Joe Biden has said Americans have the right to demonstrate but not to unleash violence. "There is a right to protest, but not a right to cause chaos," Biden said in remarks at the White House
Mounting tensions on US campuses boiled over on Wednesday when pro-Israel supporters attacked an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA, hours after police arrested activists who occupied a building at Columbia University and cleared a tent city from its campus. Eyewitness videos from th
US President Joe Biden's administration faced renewed pressure on Wednesday from his fellow Democrats to influence Israel not to launch a full-scale invasion of Rafah, the city where almost half of the Gaza Strip's 2.3 million people have taken refuge. Fifty-seven of the 212 Democrats in the House
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will hold rallies in Wisconsin and Michigan on Wednesday, a day after the judge in his New York criminal trial fined him for violating a gag order and warned he could be jailed for further infractions. Trump's visit to the two battleground states will
The pro-Palestinian demonstration that paralyzed Columbia University ended in dramatic fashion, with police carrying riot shields bursting into a building that protesters took over the previous night and making dozens of arrests. On the other side of the country, clashes broke out early Wednesday
The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial fined the former US president $9,000 for contempt of court on Tuesday and said he would consider jailing him if he continued to violate a gag order. In a written order, Justice Juan Merchan said the fine may not be enough to serve as a
Hundreds of police officers have raided Columbia University in New York City to disperse pro-Palestinian protesters who earlier took over a building there. Dramatic footage showed police climbing a ladder to enter Hamilton Hall and remove students. Arrests were reported. The university had earlie
At least 25 people were killed and 13 others injured after a passenger bus plunged into ravine in northern Peru, local authorities said on Monday. The bus was heading to the town of Sorochuco on Sunday evening when it overturned and crashed down a slope into a river, Olga Bobadilla, provincial pro
