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Thousands ready to evacuate as flooding hits Pacific Northwest
Across the border in Canada's British Columbia, there are evacuation orders in place for the communities of Tulameen and Eastgate, and several other areas.The City of Abbotsford ordered urgent evacuations for 371 properties at 23:00 local time on Wednesday...
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Killer whales and dolphins seen hunting together in rare video
Scientists have captured rare footage of killer whales and Pacific white-sided dolphins hunting together near the coast of British Columbia, CanadaThe findings, published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, is the first recorded evidence of the two species working...
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What we know about US seizure of oil tanker off Venezuela
Brandon LivesayandBernd Debusmann,at the White HouseThe wider US pressure campaignThe Trump administration has focused for much of the last year on fighting the influx of drugs - especially fentanyl and cocaine - into the US. As part of the...
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Inside the very tense, very wet secret mission to get María Corina Machado out of Venezuela
It took an American private rescue team 15 to 16 hours to get Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado out of her country and safely on her way to Norway to collect her Nobel Peace...
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Pakistan’s military sentences former spy chief Faiz Hameed to 14 years in jail
Pakistan's former spy chief has been sentenced to 14 years in prison by a military court, on charges including violation of state secrets and interfering in politics.Faiz Hameed led Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency from 2019 to 2021, during...
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‘Architects of AI’ named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year
Imran Rahman-JonesandLiv McMahon,Technology reportersGetty ImagesThis isn't the first time the Person of the Year has been a large group, with Ebola fighters being handed it in 2014 and whistleblowers in 2002.Previously, in 1982, it recognised the computer, with the...
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Poland arrests Russian archaeologist wanted in Ukraine
Polish authorities have arrested a prominent Russian academic from St Petersburg's world-famous Hermitage Museum who is sought by Ukraine for allegedly conducting illegal excavations and partially destroying the ancient city of Myrmekion in Crimea.The suspect, identified under Polish law...
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Myanmar: More than 30 dead after military air strike hits hospital
At least 34 people have died and dozens more are injured after air strikes from Myanmar's military hit a hospital in the country's west on Wednesday night, according to ground sources.The hospital is located in Mrauk-U town in Rakhine...
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Panic in France as children fall victim to lethal violence of Marseille drug gangs
Andrew HardingParis correspondent, MarseilleAFP via Getty Images"Turn him round," said an officer, brusquely, as his team pinned an 18-year-old up against a door. In a filthy cellar nearby, the police found dozens of vials and tiny plastic bags used...
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Mexico approves up to 50% tariffs on China and other countries
Mexican lawmakers have approved a package of new tariffs, impacting hundreds of products, many of which come from China.The measures, which President Claudia Sheinbaum has said are needed to boost domestic production, were passed by the Mexican Senate on...
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Swiss ski resort fire: Teens among the missing after deadly blaze
Laetitia Brodard-Sitre/FacebookSwiss national Arthur Brodard, 16, is another whose whereabouts are currently unknown, according to an appeal from his...