Cuba unable to identify remains of 14 firefighters after fuel plant blaze
The remains of 14 firefighters who died combatting a major blaze at a Cuban fuel depot last week are too badly burned to be identified, a specialist said Wednesday.
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Five riders to watch at the Vuelta a Espana
The Vuelta a Espana starts on Friday with three-time defending champion Primoz Roglic in the spotlight.
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UN's Guterres, Turkey's Erdogan to meet Zelensky in Ukraine
UN chief Antonio Guterres will meet the leaders of Ukraine and Turkey in Lviv on Thursday, following a deal reached last month that allowed the resumption of grain exports after Russia's invasion blocked essential global supplies.
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Asian markets drop as Fed minutes cause fresh rate hike woe
Markets dropped in Asia on Thursday following a sell-off in New York spurred by minutes from the Federal Reserve indicating officials intended to keep lifting interest rates to tackle decades-high inflation.
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Hanae Mori: grande dame of Japanese fashion
Japanese designer Hanae Mori, who cracked the Parisian haute couture world and was dubbed "Madame Butterfly" for her signature motif, has died in Tokyo aged 96, her office told AFP.
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Malaysia's Najib starts final bid to overturn 1MDB jail sentence
Malaysia’s top court on Thursday began hearing ex-leader Najib Razak's appeal to overturn his jail sentence for corruption in a high-stakes legal gambit that could see him locked up or potentially launching a political comeback.
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Brooks powers West Indies to five-wicket win over New Zealand
Shamarh Brooks played the sheet anchor role to perfection in guiding the West Indies to a five-wicket victory over top-ranked New Zealand in a low-scoring opening day-night One-Day International of a three-match series at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Wednesday.
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Hundreds evacuated as 'frightening' floods hit N.Zealand
Hundreds of families on New Zealand's South Island were forced to leave their homes on Thursday after flooding caused a state of emergency to be declared in three regions.
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Canada's Hudson Bay a summer refuge for thousands of belugas
Half a dozen beluga whales dive and reemerge around tourist paddle boards in Canada's Hudson Bay, a handful of about 55,000 of the creatures that migrate from the Arctic to the bay's more temperate waters each summer.
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Hunting pythons in Florida, for profit and therapy
Enrique Galan is seldom happier than when he disappears deep into the Everglades to hunt down Burmese pythons, an invasive species that has been damaging Florida's wetland ecosystem for decades.
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