Category: World News

A protest strike shuttered businesses, schools and public transportation in a new blow to Haiti's anemic economy, and unions and other groups vowed to continue the shutdown Tuesday in anger over worsening crime as authorities try to rescue 17 kidnapped members of a U.S.-based missionary group. You Can Read Also Entertainment News

A tense video has emerged appearing to show a British woman driving into a pair of climate protesters after pleading with them to stop blocking a road because her 11-year-old son “needs to get to school.” You Can Read Also Entertainment News

Parents in China could soon find themselves in a timeout for their misbehaving kids under a proposed law that will also force them to teach youngsters to “love the party, nation, people and socialism,” according to reports. You Can Read Also Entertainment News

A Chinese film about the defeat of the U.S. Army is tracking to become one of the highest-grossing in the country's history, but reports show how keen the government is to see it take the top spot.  You Can Read Also Entertainment News

A businessman who prosecutors say was a major conduit for corruption by Nicolás Maduro's inner circle appeared for the first time in Miami federal court Monday after a weekend extradition that has further strained relations between the U.S. and Venezuela's socialist government. You Can Read Also Entertainment News

The missionary group whose members were abducted by a violent gang in Haiti over the weekend issued a call to prayer Monday asking that those being held hostage could “find the strength to demonstrate God’s love.” You Can Read Also Entertainment News

Almost overnight, Japan has become a stunning, and somewhat mysterious, coronavirus success story. You Can Read Also Entertainment News

Portuguese police seized more than five metric tons of cocaine worth $232 million off a 79-foot yacht in the Atlantic Ocean in cooperation with Spanish, British and U.S. authorities.  You Can Read Also Entertainment News

The man accused of using a bow and arrows to kill five people and injuring three others in an attack in Norway last week may have used additional “stabbing weapons,” police say. You Can Read Also Entertainment News

Pyongyang on Tuesday fired off a couple of ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan in its latest act of aggression in the region and just hours after the U.S. reaffirmed its offer to resume diplomacy on its weapons program. You Can Read Also Entertainment News