MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (AP) — At first glance, the hotel looks like any other on this tropical island off the Central African coast, with its palm tree-lined driveway, marble-floored foyer and portrait of the oil-rich country’s president hanging behind a mahogany reception desk. Yet the eerily empty Bamy Hotel is not a refuge for adventure-seeking …
PARIS (AP) — For nearly two centuries after France abolished slavery, the colonial-era law that classified humans as property remained quietly in place. On Thursday, lawmakers will finally move to eliminate it. The bill, expected to be adopted by the National Assembly, will repeal Code Noir, or Black Code, the 1685 decree King Louis XIV …
GILGIL, Kenya (AP) — A fire at a girl’s school in central Kenya has caused an unknown number of deaths. Police said search teams had been deployed to account for all students at Utumishi Girls School in the Gilgil area. The fire broke out early in the morning in the boarding school’s accommodation section, and …
BANGKOK (AP) — The International Stabilization Force for Gaza was announced with great aplomb at the inaugural meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in February. The American general tapped to lead the 20,000-strong force said it would ensure “future prosperity and enduring peace” after the devastating Israel-Hamas war. Three months on, he …
By Olivia Le Poidevin and Cecile Mantovani GENEVA, May 28 (Reuters) – Average global temperatures are forecast to reach near-record levels in the next five years, with Arctic temperatures expected to warm faster than other regions, a report by the U.N. weather agency and the UK’s Met Office said on Thursday. The annual report which gives …
VIENNA, May 28 (Reuters) – The trial of a 21-year-old man over a foiled Islamist attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024 enters its final day on Thursday, with the defendant, Beran A, having already pleaded guilty to the main charges including terrorism-related offences. Beran A, whose last name has not been …
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — The little girl approached the therapy dog outside the school library, reaching out to touch her fluffy blond coat. Social worker Nicole Herje leaned in. “How does it feel when you pet Sage?” Herje said. “I like it,” the girl said. “In Ecuador, I had a dog.” A few months …
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the “Powerball” game were: 05-14-21-31-51, Powerball: 13, Power Play: 4 (five, fourteen, twenty-one, thirty-one, fifty-one, Powerball: thirteen, Power Play: four) Estimated jackpot: $155 million Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Photos You …
By Jana Choukeir, Enas Alashray and Phil Stewart DUBAI/WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said on Thursday it targeted a U.S. airbase after the U.S. military carried out what a Washington official said were strikes targeting an Iranian drone operation near the Strait of Hormuz, hours after President Donald Trump rejected a report …
NAIROBI, May 28 (Reuters) – A dormitory fire in Kenya’s central region of Nakuru killed at least 10 students, radio station Capital FM said on Thursday, citing a senior police official. Emergency rescue teams were searching the dormitory at Utumishi Girls Academy where the fire started at about 1 a.m. (2200 GMT), the broadcaster said, …