2+ hour, 11+ min ago   (232+ words) Prime minister’s office says tragedy ‘result of strong winds and marine warnings not being heeded’ Emergency teams were searching for more than 30 people after an inter-island ferry sank in Vanuatu, leaving at least one person dead. The MV Matui went…...

2+ hour, 29+ min ago   (159+ words) Authorities say vessel’s last known position was in Java Sea Indonesian rescuers launched a search operation on Sunday after a passenger ship carrying 240 people lost contact while traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan on Borneo island, officials said. The…...

4+ hour, 48+ min ago   (487+ words) A federal judge has ruled that a plan by the Trump administration to slash staffing at the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters by 50% was unlawful. The opinion issued late Friday marked a victory for labor groups who had…...

8+ hour, 7+ min ago   (624+ words) Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against a group of residents born in American Samo a after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who wrongly checked a box saying she was a U.S. citizen. The…...

9+ hour, 10+ min ago   (686+ words) Danish drama ‘Woman Unknown’ won the Golden Lion prize for Best Film May el-Toukhy’s Woman Unknown, a drama exploring Denmark in the wake of the Nazi occupation, won the prestigious Golden Lion at the 83rd Venice Film Festival on Saturday. The…...

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9+ hour, 52+ min ago   (867+ words) Donald Trump has turned his focus to golf after triggering a diplomatic row as he backed a united Ireland on the first day of his trip to the country. Speaking to reporters, the US president claimed Irish reunification was inevitable,…...

9+ hour, 59+ min ago   (469+ words) Tens of thousands of people gathered in Romania ’s capital Saturday to sit down at a miles-long table to break a Guinness record and raise money for what organizers said will be the country's first pediatric psychiatry hospital. The 5,055-meter…...

10+ hour, 21+ min ago   (267+ words) ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ is very close to matching the all-time domestic box office record Margaritas all around: Practical Magic 2 is on course to top the box office this weekend. The sequel to the 1998 fantasy movie, which reunites stars Sandra…...

13+ hour, 2+ min ago   (442+ words) Waymo does not allow riders to carry weapons in its vehicles Two minors were arrested last week in San Francisco after a Waymo allegedly detected they were carrying a gun and alerted the police. On September 3, a Waymo employee was…...