Ecuador's government on Friday raised the number of dead from a landslide in the Andean city of Alausi to 23, while rescue teams continued to look for missing people, reports Reuters. The incident took place on Sunday night in a part of the city, which is located in the province of Chimborazo. The
Police in Canada recovered two more bodies, including that of a missing infant, near the US-Canada border on Friday, bringing the total to eight victims from two families who died this week trying to enter the US from Canada by boat across the St Lawrence River, reports Reuters. "Two a
Former President Donald Trump will not be handcuffed when he surrenders next week in New York to face criminal charges, under the terms of a deal agreed between his defence attorneys and Manhattan prosecutors, defence lawyer Joe Tacopina said on Friday. Tacopina said in an interview that he expect
Donald Trump will try to turn his indictment to his advantage by stoking anger among core supporters over what they see as the weaponisation of the justice system, though it may also push more Republicans tired of the drama around him to look for another presidential candidate. Trump has been indi
Former President Donald Trump was indicted in New York City on Thursday on criminal charges arising from alleged hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to avoid a scandal ahead of the 2016 US election. Daniels has said she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006, the year after he
The events underlying Donald Trump's indictment in New York - hush money payments to a porn star who claimed to have had a sexual encounter with him - took place nearly seven years ago. But any potential trial is still at minimum more than a year away, legal experts said, raising the pos
The governor of Kentucky said on Thursday fatalities were expected after two US Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed during a routine training mission over the state late on Wednesday. The status of the crew members was not immediately known, the US Army's Fort Campbell said in a statem
Two military helicopters crashed Wednesday night in southwestern Kentucky during a routine training mission, the US Army's Fort Campbell said in a statement. The status of the crew members was unknown, it added, reports AP. The two HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters, part of the 101st Airborne Division,
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday he will not lead the opposition to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, but will collaborate with his political party, the conservative Liberal Party. Bolsonaro spoke to a CNN Brasil journalist at an airport in Florida before b
Chile detected the first case of bird flu in a human, the country's health ministry reported on Wednesday. The case was detected in a 53-year-old man who presented severe influenza symptoms, according to a statement issued by the ministry, but they noted the patient was in stable condition.
Lawmakers demanded details from top US bank regulators on the unexpected failures of regional lenders Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank during testimony on Tuesday. Regulatory officials for the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Treasury Department are testifyin
At least 39 migrants died after a fire broke out late on Monday at a migrant facility in the Mexican northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, the government's National Migration Institute (INM) said on Tuesday. In a statement, the INM said there were 68 adult men from Central and South America stayi
A heavily armed 28-year-old fatally shot three children and three adult staffers on Monday at a private Christian school the suspect once attended in Tennessee's capital city before police killed the assailant, authorities said. The motive was not immediately known, but the suspect had drawn detai
