UPS cargo plane crashes in Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) — A UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in a massive fireball Tuesday while taking off from the company’s global aviation hub in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least three people and injuring 11 — numbers that were likely to grow, the state’s governor said. The plane crashed about 5:15 p.m. as it was departing for Honolulu from UPS Worldport at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. “Right now we believe we have at least three fatalities, though I believe tha

Nov. 5, 2025

Scientists spot the brightest flare yet from a supermassive black hole

NEW YORK (AP) -- Scientists have spotted the brightest flare yet from a supermassive black hole that shines with the light of 10 trillion suns. These bursts of light and energy can come from things like tangled-up magnetic fields or hiccups in the heated gas disks surrounding black holes. The flares help illuminate researchers' understanding of the black holes within. The latest cosmic display was spotted in 2018 by a camera at the Palomar Observatory in California. It took about three months to

Nov. 5, 2025

King Tut‘s collection displayed for first time at Egypt’s grand museum

CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- Thousands of visitors streamed through the Grand Egyptian Museum on Tuesday as almost the entire collection of King Tutankhamun's treasures -- over 4,500 artifacts -- was displayed together for the first time since the young pharaoh's tomb was discovered in 1922. Curated and conserved over nearly two decades, the collection was unveiled to the public two days after the museum's lavish opening ceremony on Saturday. In a vast, dimly lit main hall spanning four levels, visitor

Nov. 5, 2025

Ukraine gets more Patriot air defense systems to counter deadly Russian attacks

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has received more US-made Patriot air defense systems to help it counter Russia’s daily barrages, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian drones killed a man and injured five of his family members, including two children, in the latest nighttime attack. Russia’s relentless pounding of urban areas behind the front line following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly four years ago has killed thousands of civilians. It has also targeted the energy supply to

Nov. 4, 2025

Peru breaks diplomatic relations with Mexico over asylum claim of former prime minister

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s government on Monday announced the country was severing diplomatic relations with Mexico over the asylum claim of former Peruvian Prime Minister Betssy Chavez, who is under investigation for rebellion. Peruvian Foreign Minister Hugo de Zela told reporters that Mexico’s decision to grant Chavez asylum at its embassy in Peru's capital, Lima, constituted an “unfriendly act” that adds to the existing tensions between the two countries. The office of Peru’s President Jose Jer

Nov. 4, 2025

Trump backs Cuomo, threatens to cut funds for New York City if Mamdani wins mayoral race

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- US President Donald Trump endorsed former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for mayor of New York City on Monday and threatened to hold back federal funds to the city if Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the mayoral election on Tuesday. Trump, a Republican who has offered frequent commentary on the New York mayoral election, injected himself further into the race by crossing party lines to support Cuomo over Mamdani and the Republican candidate, Curtis Sliwa, who trails b

Nov. 4, 2025

Worker dies after medieval tower partly collapses in Rome

ROME (AFP) -- A worker who was pulled from the rubble of a medieval tower that partly collapsed in Rome died on Tuesday, Italian media reported citing hospital sources. The man, a Romanian national, had remained conscious during the long rescue operation before being hospitalized in critical condition, according to authorities. "Resuscitation attempts were made for about an hour to save Octay Stroici," Italian news agency ANSA said, citing the Umberto I hospital. "Despite this, spontaneous cardi

Nov. 4, 2025

Israel hands over bodies of 45 Palestinians after Hamas returns the remains of 3 soldiers

Israel handed over the bodies of 45 Palestinians on Monday, the Red Cross said, a day after militants returned the remains of three hostages. Israeli officials identified the three as soldiers who were killed in the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023 that triggered the war in Gaza. The exchange marked another step forward for the tenuous, US-brokered ceasefire intended to end the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and Hamas. Since the truce took effect on Oct. 10, Palest

Nov. 4, 2025

Prince William plays soccer, volleyball in Rio on climate trip

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Britain's Prince William played soccer with Brazil's Cafu and volleyball on Copacabana Beach as he took in the charms of Rio de Janeiro before attending the COP30 climate summit this week. The future king's first visit to Brazil is centered around his annual Earthshot Prize which awards one million pounds ($1.3 million) to five pioneering projects tackling threats to the environment. Climate change and nature are issues the 43-year-old heir has long championed, an

Nov. 4, 2025

Underwater sculpture park brings coral reef art to Miami Beach

MIAMI BEACH, Florida (AP) -- South Florida is seeing a wave of new cars, but they won't add to traffic or lengthen anyone's commute. That's because the cars are made of marine-grade concrete and were installed underwater. Over several days late last month, crews lowered 22 life-sized cars into the ocean, several hundred feet off South Beach. The project was organized by a group that pioneers underwater sculpture parks as a way to create human-made coral reefs. "Concrete Coral," commissioned by t

Nov. 4, 2025

Louvre heist was work of petty criminals

PARIS (Reuters) -- The audacious daytime robbery of historical jewels worth $102 million from the Paris Louvre museum last month was executed by petty criminals, rather than professionals from the world of organized crime, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday. On a Sunday morning two weeks ago, two men parked a movers' lift outside the Louvre, rode up to the second story, smashed a window, cracked open display cases with angle grinders, and then fled on the back of scooters driven by two accompli

Nov. 3, 2025

Nigeria says US help against Islamist insurgents must respect its sovereignty

ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) -- Nigeria said on Sunday it would welcome US help in fighting Islamist insurgents as long as its territorial integrity is respected, responding to threats of military action by US President Donald Trump over what he said was the ill treatment of Christians in the West African country. Trump said on Saturday that he had asked the US Defense Department to prepare for possible "fast" military action in Nigeria if Africa's most populous country fails to crack down on the ki

Nov. 3, 2025

Trump's testing plans for US nuclear weapons won't include explosions, energy secretary says

PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — New tests of the US nuclear weapons system ordered up by US President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday. It was the first clarity from the Trump administration since the president took to social media last week to say he had “instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis.” “I think the tests we’re talking about right now are system tests,” Wright said in an interview on

Nov. 3, 2025

Trump says China's Xi has assured him that he won't take action on Taiwan during Republican's term

PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — US President Donald Trump says that Chinese President Xi Jinping has given him assurances that Beijing would take no action toward its long-stated goal of unifying Taiwan with mainland China while the Republican leader is in office. Trump said that the long-contentious issue of Taiwan did not come up in his talks with Xi on Thursday in South Korea that largely focused on US-China trade tensions. But the US leader expressed certainty that China would not take action on

Nov. 3, 2025

New UN report tackles 'inequality-pandemic cycle'

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) -- High inequality makes the world vulnerable to pandemics and creates a vicious cycle that puts public health and economies at risk, leading economists, health experts and the UN said Monday. The findings were based on two years of research by the UNAIDS-convened Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics and published in a report released ahead of meetings of the Group of 20 leaders in South Africa this month. "High levels of inequality, within and between countries, a

Nov. 3, 2025