After Hurricane Ian left Cuba in the dark, protestors took to the streets. Now the government is set to charge them

Protestors in Cuba who have been taking to the streets after Hurricane Ian damaged the island's already faltering power grid could face criminal charges, Cuba's Attorney General's office said Saturday.


Iranian police looking into incident involving woman surrounded by officers in street

Video from Tehran has shown a large group of male security forces surrounding and grabbing a female in the street.


40 killed, dozens trapped by explosion in Turkey coal mine

An explosion inside a coal mine in northern Turkey has killed at least 40 people and left 11 others hospitalized, state news media reported on Saturday.


Why TJ Maxx can offer discounted merchandise

It's a great time to be a closeout store like TJ Maxx.


Tourists in Italy are behaving badly this year. Here's why:

Swimming in UNESCO-protected canals. Breaking into historic sites. Driving down the world's most famous staircase. And just when you thought that was as bad as it gets: smashing priceless sculptures in a fit of pique.


Venezuelan migrants in shock and limbo after new US immigration plan

"The news hit me like a bucket of cold water," says Alejaidys Morey, a 30-year-old Venezuelan woman, who until this week was planning to start traveling towards the United States.


Police's tear gas main cause of death in Indonesia soccer stampede: investigators

A fact-finding team tasked with investigating a deadly soccer stampede in Indonesia has concluded that tear gas was the main cause of death in one of the world's worst stadium disasters, the country's security minister said on Friday.


More than 1 in 4 French gas stations out of at least one fuel

Some 28.5% -- nearly one third -- of gas stations in mainland France are out of stock of at least one fuel, French Energy Transition Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher told journalists Friday.


Liz Truss was defeated by the bond market. Investors aren't satisfied yet

After a bruising three-week battle with bond markets, UK Prime Minister Liz Truss admitted defeat on Friday. She fired her finance minister and gutted her economic program by promising to reinstate a big tax hike on corporations.


A 'tectonic shift' in global wealth that will take years to recover from

Markets plunged on Thursday morning after red-hot inflation data raised fears on Wall Street that the Federal Reserve would continue hiking interest rates aggressively. Then, something strange happened.