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TOKYO — Toyota Motor’s Daihatsu unit will halt shipments of all of its vehicles, Japan’s biggest automaker said on Wednesday, after an investigation into a safety scandal found issues at 64 models, including almost two dozen sold under Toyota’s brand. An independent panel has been investigating Daihatsu after it said in April it had rigged side-collision […]
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND — A volcano in Iceland was erupting on Tuesday, with geysers of molten lava shooting into the pitch-black night sky after weeks of seismic activity had the region southwest of the capital on high alert. The eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula, just north of the fishing town Grindavik, began Monday at around 10:17 p.m. […]
Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, and several members of his cabinet traveled to the port city of Bahia Blanca Sunday to examine the havoc left behind by a major storm. At least 13 people were killed in Bahia Blanca Saturday when heavy rains and winds caused a sports center roof to collapse. Officials say at […]
GAZA/ISRAEL BORDER — Israeli forces battling Hamas said they had uncovered an unusually large concrete and iron-girded tunnel, designed to carry carloads of militant fighters from Gaza right up to the border. Razing or disabling hundreds of kilometers of underground passages and bunkers is among the aims of the offensive Israel launched after Hamas gunmen went […]
Hungary on Friday blocked a European Union financial aid package for Ukraine, while the EU on Thursday agreed to begin membership talks with the beleaguered country. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban used his veto to block the aid package, but European Council President Charles Michel said 26 of the EU’s 27 countries have agreed on […]
Israeli troops and Hamas militants battled Wednesday in the Gaza Strip with the war putting increasing pressure on Palestinian civilians who are facing more difficulty finding shelter and access to humanitarian aid. Israel’s military said Wednesday it had carried out airstrikes on about 250 targets in the Gaza Strip during the past day. The United […]
LIMA, PERU — Peru’s constitutional court ordered the “immediate release” of imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori, according to a court document published on Tuesday, marking the latest chapter in a dizzying legal saga for the controversial former leader. Fujimori, 85, is serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses and corruption during his decade-long rule through […]
North Korea said on Saturday it would consider any interference with its satellite operations a declaration of war and would mobilise its war deterrence if any attack against its strategic assets were imminent. Pyongyang would respond to any U.S. interference in space by eliminating the viability of U.S. spy satellites, state media KCNA reported, citing […]
EL ALTO, BOLIVIA — When they first started climbing the Andes peaks, they could hear the ice crunching under their crampons. These days, it’s the sound of melted water running beneath their feet that they mostly listen to as they make their ascents. Dressed in colorful, multilayered skirts, a group of 20 Indigenous Bolivian women — […]
Israel intensified its deadly bombardment of the Gaza Strip Saturday as renewed fighting with Hamas entered a second day following the collapse of a weeklong cease-fire. Israeli military officials said Saturday more than 50 Hamas targets in the Khan Yunis area of southern Gaza were pounded by aerial, naval and ground forces. The military said […]
