People displaced by fighting between Congolese forces and M23 rebels gather north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 27, 2022. (MOSES SAWASAWA / AP) KINSHASA – Life in Kinshasa was going well for Zawadi, a mother of two from Rwanda, until faraway fighting stoked Congolese anger against her country and videos of men with […]
Police and other first responders work at the scene where officials say dozens of people have been found dead and multiple others were taken to hospitals with heat-related illnesses after a tractor-trailer containing suspected migrants was found on June 27, 2022, in San Antonio. (ERIC GAY / AP PHOTO) SAN ANTONIO – The bodies of […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX crypto exchange is exploring whether it might be able to acquire Robinhood Markets, according to people with knowledge of the matter. FTX is deliberating internally how to buy the app-based brokerage, one of the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is not public. Robinhood […]
A woman lays flowers at the scene of a shooting in central Oslo, Norway on June 25, 2022. (SERGEI GRITS / AP) OSLO – Terrified revelers at a gay bar in Oslo hid in a basement and desperately called loved ones as a gunman went on the rampage, killing two people and injuring 21 on […]
(BLOOMBERG) – Britain is leading much of the world when it comes to people dropping out of the workforce, despite a historic squeeze on living standards. That shortage of staff is now causing chronic problems, from travel chaos at airports to coffee chains that have to close shops temporarily as workers strike for better pay, […]
Indigenous people march in downtown Quito, on June 22, 2022, on the tenth consecutive day of indigenous-led protests against the Ecuadorean government. (VERONICA LOMBEIDA / AFP) QUITO – Thousands of indigenous protesters held a peaceful march through Ecuador's capital, Quito, on Wednesday to demand that President Guillermo Lasso address price rises that have ignited 10 […]