North Korea says it tested underwater nuclear attack drone in response to rivals’ naval drills
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday it has tested a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone in response to by South Korea, the United States and Japan this week, as it continues to blame its rivals for raising tensions in the region.
The test of the drone, purportedly designed to destroy naval vessels and ports, came days after North Korean leader he is scrapping his country’s long-standing goal of a peaceful reunification with South Korea and that his country will rewrite its constitution to define
Mexican marines detain alleged leader of Gulf drug cartel, the gang that kidnapped, killed Americans
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican marines detained one of the top leaders of the Gulf drug cartel, the gang that kidnapped four Americans and killed two of them in March 2023.
The public safety department of the border state of Tamaulipas said the suspect was arrested in the neighboring state of Nuevo Leon, and identified him as “La Kena.”
That was the nickname the state previously listed on a Tamaulipas wanted poster for José Alberto García Vilano in 2022. Mexico’s
An Oregon teen saw 3 people die after they slid on ice into a power line. Then she went to help.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Majiah Washington noticed a flash outside her home this week in Portland, where a dangerous storm had coated the city with ice. Opening her blinds, she saw a red SUV with a downed power line on it and a couple who had been putting their baby in the car.
The woman screamed to her boyfriend to get the baby to safety, and he grabbed the child and began to scramble up the driveway on concrete so slick it was almost impossible to walk. But before he
Man cleared in a 1996 Brooklyn killing said for decades he knew who did it. Prosecutors now agree
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who served 14 years in prison for a deadly 1990s shooting was exonerated Thursday after prosecutors said they now believe the killer was an acquaintance he has implicated for decades.
“I lost 14 years of my life for a crime that I didn’t commit,” Steven Ruffin told a Brooklyn judge after sighing with emotion.
Although Ruffin was paroled in 2010 and has since built a career in sanitation in Georgia, he said that getting his
Toronto man who died in rooming house fire remembered as ‘kind-hearted, supportive’
We could see the world’s 1st trillionaire in the next decade. Here are some of today’s richest 1%
The world might see its first trillionaire sooner than you think. And that puts a spotlight on today’s richest 1%.
In an annual assessment of global inequalities published earlier this week, Oxfam International said the first trillionaire could emerge — as the anti-poverty organization pointed to the growing wealth gap that skyrocketed globally during the .
Among the findings, Oxfam highlighted how the personal fortunes of the world’s five richest people — Tesla CEO , and his family of luxury company LVMH, Amazon founder , Oracle founder and
South Korea calls on divided UN council ‘to break the silence’ on North Korea’s tests and threats
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — South Korea called on the divided U.N. Security Council on Thursday “to break the silence” over and threats.
“It’s a big question,” South Korea’s U.N. Ambassador Hwang Joonkook told reporters after an emergency closed meeting of the council on the on Sunday. South Korea is serving a two-year term on the council.
The Security Council imposed sanctions after North Korea’s first nuclear test explosion in 2006 and tightened them
After Taiwan’s election, its new envoy to the US offers assurances to Washington and Beijing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Taiwan’s top diplomat in Washington has a message for both the island’s Chinese adversaries and its American friends: Don’t worry that will worsen relations with Beijing and possibly draw the U.S. into a conflict.
President-elect Lai Ching-te plans to keep the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, Alexander Tah-Ray Yui told The Associated Press on Thursday in his first interview with an international news organization since he arrived in the U.S. in December.
Police search for 2 people after ‘racing’ incident involving 4 vehicles on Gardiner Expressway
Police are searching for two people who ran away after a multi-vehicle crash on the Gardiner Expressway on Thursday night.
Investigators say a Mercedes vehicle with a Quebec licence plate was speeding on the highway and caused a collision involving four vehicles in the eastbound lanes near Fort York Boulevard just before 7:30 p.m.
Police initially suspected the crash was the result of two vehicles racing but tell CityNews, after reviewing dashcam footage and talking to witnesses, they believe a lone vehicle travelling at high speeds was the cause
Man seriously injured in downtown stabbing
A man is in serious condition following a stabbing in downtown Toronto Thursday night.
Police were called to a building on Jarvis Street, just south of Wellesley Street, just before 7 p.m. for reports someone had been stabbed.
When they arrived they found a man suffering from a stab wound. They were taken to a nearby hospital in non-life threatening condition.
There is no immediate suspect information.