AP PHOTOS: Wildfires and dust storms wreak havoc across multiple US states

17 mars 2025 à 03:07

Residents are surveying damage from unusually vicious weather in multiple U.S. states where violent twisters, blinding dust storms and fast-moving wildfires decimated entire neighborhoods.

March Madness: How to watch and what to watch for in the 2025 NCAA Tournament

The Independent

Par :The Associated Press

17 mars 2025 à 01:43

The countdown to March Madness is on

Pope Francis seen for first time in over a month as he attends hospital chapel Mass

National Post

Par :The Associated Press

16 mars 2025 à 21:31

The Vatican on Sunday released the first photograph of Pope Francis in more than a month, showing the pontiff in a three-quarter view from behind wearing a purple stole typical of Lenten liturgical vestments and sitting in a wheelchair before the altar of his personal hospital chapel. Read More

Hundreds of immigrants deported by Trump officials before ruling against it

National Post

Par :The Associated Press

16 mars 2025 à 20:54

The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan gang members, officials said Sunday. Flights were in the air at the time of the ruling. Read More

NYPD looking for suspect who lit man on fire in Times Square

National Post

Par :The Associated Press

16 mars 2025 à 19:25

Warning: Graphic content. Read More

Macedonian nightclub fire kills at least 59, injures over 150; police detain 15 people

National Post

Par :The Associated Press

16 mars 2025 à 17:20

A massive fire tore through an overcrowded nightclub in North Macedonia Sunday, killing 59 people and injuring 155 in a chaotic escape during a live concert. The tragedy drew messages of support from around the world but focused national attention on corruption in the tiny Balkan country as authorities detained 15 people. Read More

Macron says French-British blueprint doesn’t foresee deploying a 'mass' of soldiers in Ukraine

The Independent

Par :The Associated Press

16 mars 2025 à 15:12

French President Emmanuel Macron has outlined plans for a military support force for Ukraine, developed by France, the UK, and other nations in a “coalition of the willing.”

A look at some of the worst fires at nightclubs and music venues

The Independent

Par :The Associated Press

16 mars 2025 à 11:17

A fire at a nightclub in the town of Kocani in North Macedonia has killed 51 people and injured more than 100 others, according to authorities

Trump signs order to cut staff at Voice of America and other US-funded media organizations

National Post

Par :The Associated Press

15 mars 2025 à 18:47

President Donald Trump’s administration on Saturday began making deep cuts to Voice of America and other government-run, pro-democracy programming as the president continued his campaign to restructure government without congressional approval. Read More

Monster storm across the US sparks threat of tornadoes and fire, killing at least 17

National Post

Par :The Associated Press

15 mars 2025 à 16:22

The threat of violent tornadoes in parts of the U.S. proved deadly as well as destructive as whipping winds moved east into the Mississippi Valley and Deep South on Saturday, with at least 17 people killed and scores of homes decimated. Read More

U.S. Senate passes government funding bill despite deep division among Democrats

National Post

Par :The Associated Press

15 mars 2025 à 03:15

WASHINGTON -- The Senate passed a Republican-led spending bill Friday hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it to President Donald Trump to be signed into law. Read More

Pakistan army says India is sponsoring terrorism after 26 hostages killed in train attack

National Post

Par :The Associated Press

15 mars 2025 à 01:28

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's military accused neighboring India on Friday of sponsoring insurgents in a restive southwestern province, where an unprecedented attack by armed separatists this week killed 26 passengers aboard a hijacked train. Read More

American who snatched baby wombat from its mother has left Australia

National Post

Par :The Associated Press

14 mars 2025 à 20:46

MELBOURNE, Australia — An American influencer left Australia on Friday after the government announced it was reviewing her visa over a video she posted of her snatching a baby wombat from its mother. Read More

John Lennon honoured on U.K. coin collection

National Post

Par :The Associated Press

14 mars 2025 à 19:07

LONDON — John Lennon is being honoured in a specially minted British coin collection to mark the year the Beatles great and peace advocate would have turned 85, the Royal Mint said Friday. Read More

Middle East latest: Hamas says it will free a US-Israeli hostage to keep ceasefire talks rolling

The Independent

Par :The Associated Press

14 mars 2025 à 15:58

Hamas says it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four dual-nationals who had died in captivity

Big March storm system threatens US with tornadoes, blizzards and wildfire risk

The Independent

Par :The Associated Press

14 mars 2025 à 05:06

A sweeping storm system moving across the U.S. threatens to bring tornadoes, blizzards and possibly wildfires to different regions of the country

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

The Independent

Par :The Associated Press

14 mars 2025 à 04:29

March 7-13, 2025

'A legacy that is unmatched:' Tributes pour in for longtime Arizona congressman Raúl Grijalva

The Independent

Par :The Associated Press

14 mars 2025 à 00:13

Colleagues and friends of Raúl M

Utah judge orders release of suspect in 1977 Hawaii killing after prosecution stalls

The Independent

Par :The Associated Press

13 mars 2025 à 20:14

A Utah judge has ordered the release of a 66-year-old suspect in the 1977 killing of a Hawaii teenager after prosecutors in Honolulu said they weren’t ready to proceed with a murder charge against him

Middle East latest: UN-backed experts accuse Israel of sexual and gender-based violence in Gaza

The Independent

Par :The Associated Press

13 mars 2025 à 10:58

United Nations-backed experts have accused Israel of “the systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other gender-based violence” in its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip

Russia says it has retaken Kursk's biggest town from Ukraine as US awaits Putin's ceasefire response

The Independent

Par :The Associated Press

13 mars 2025 à 10:41

Russia's Defense Ministry says its forces have driven the Ukrainian army out of the biggest town in Russia’s Kursk border region, as U.S. officials sought the Kremlin’s response to a proposed 30-day ceasefire in the three-year that Ukraine has endorsed

The Latest: Education Department guts its civil rights office

The Independent

Par :The Associated Press

12 mars 2025 à 21:10

The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs

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