Dozens of people have been killed in clashes in Brazil as police carry out raids to crack down on criminal gangs and drug traffickers. At least 44 people have reportedly died in total after violent scenes in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo state and Bahia state. In...
Gunman behind Pittsburgh synagogue shooting will be sentenced to death
A gunman will be sentenced to death after killing 11 worshippers at a synagogue in Pittsburgh in the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history. Jurors found Robert Bowers guilty in June for the October 2018 attack in Pennsylvania, and have been deliberating over whether he should face execution or life...
Yacht that Princess Diana spent last summer on with Dodi Al-Fayed sinks to bottom of Mediterranean
A motor yacht used by Princess Diana and her boyfriend Dodi Al-Fayed on their final summer holiday in the South of France before they died in a Paris car crash has sunk. The 19m (62ft) Cujo went down 21 miles (35 km) off Beaulieu-sur-Mer after sending out a mayday call...
Plane crashes into roof of Texas home
A small plane has crashed into the roof of a home in Texas, US authorities said. All three people who were aboard the plane were hurt and taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The two-storey property in the city of Georgetown was empty at the time of the crash, which...
Demand for AI helps Microsoft outperform financial expectations
Microsoft has beaten Wall Street expectations, posting better than expected revenues as its cloud computing and office software business grew amid increasing demand for artificial intelligence (AI). Revenue rose to $56.2bn in the fourth quarter, the three months up to the end of June - up 8% on the same...
Former pastor charged with murder of girl in Pennsylvania nearly 50 years ago
A former pastor has been charged in the US with the abduction and murder of an eight-year-old girl nearly half a century ago. Prosecutors say they have charged 83-year-old David Zandstra, of Marietta, Georgia, in connection with the death of Gretchen Harrington, from Marple in Pennsylvania. Gretchen disappeared in August...
Carlee Russell: Woman whose kidnapping sparked nationwide search admits she wasn’t abducted
A woman has admitted that she lied about being kidnapped in Alabama. Carlee Russell had claimed she was abducted after stopping to check on a toddler who was walking on the side of a busy highway. The 25-year-old had called 911 shortly before disappearing on 13 July - sparking a...
Unarmed truck driver attacked by police dog after surrendering to officers in Ohio
Police in Ohio have launched an investigation after a 23-year-old truck driver was attacked by a police dog after surrendering to officers with his hands up. Driver Jadarrius Rose was pursued by the Ohio State Highway Patrol on 4 July after failing to stop his truck that was "missing a...
Campaigns Elections in Mexico Could Define Next Year’s Presidential Campaigns
Since April of this year, Mexico has been involved in election campaigns for governor in Coahuila State and the State of Mexico. For the political ecosystem in Mexico, these elections are especially important because they can define tendencies for the next year's President election campaigns. State of Mexico is uniquely...
FTX co-founder and former head of hedge fund Alameda Research plead guilty to multiple charges and are cooperating with justice
Two high-ranking executives linked to the crashing cryptocurrency exchange FTX have pleaded guilty to multiple criminal charges and are cooperating with federal prosecutors, according to declassified court records. Gary Wang, former co-founder of FTX, and Caroline Ellison, former CEO of hedge fund Alameda Research and girlfriend of Sam Bankman-Fried, have...