Mexico said Friday that it has made the biggest oil discovery in the country since 1987 at the Quesqui field in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco.
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EPA rejects ban on poison bombs against cattle predators
Trappers can keep using sodium cyanide bombs to kill coyotes and other livestock predators, the Trump administration said Thursday, rejecting calls for a ban despite repeated instances of the devices also poisoning other wildlife, pets and people.
Rescuers keep working in Albanian town as death toll hits 40
Rescue teams desperately sought survivors under rubble in Albania’s western town of Durres on Thursday hoping to pull out toddler twins alive, two days after a 6.4 magnitude quake killed at least 40 people.
Nigerian army tightens securit for Christmas holiday
The Nigerian army has stepped up military operations nationwide to prevent a possible spike in criminal activities during the forthcoming Christmas and New Year celebrations, an official said Wednesday.
Albania death toll reaches 25 in quake aftermath
The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Albania rose to 25 overnight as local and international rescue crews continued to search collapsed buildings for survivors.
Web inventor has an ambitious plan to take back the net
World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee released an ambitious rule book for online governance — a bill of rights and obligations for the internet — designed to counteract the growing prevalence of such anti-democratic poisons as misinformation, mass surveillance and…
Self-confessed Chinese spy spills secrets in Australia
A self-confessed Chinese spy has given Australia’s counterespionage agency inside intelligence on how Beijing conducts its interference operations abroad and revealed the identities of China’s senior military intelligence officers in Hong Kong, media reported.
Judge bans border activist from mentioning Trump in trial
A judge banned an Arizona border activist charged with harboring immigrants from mentioning President Donald Trump during his retrial, which began Tuesday.
Indian court rules in favor of Hindu temple on disputed land
India’s Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Hindu temple on a disputed religious ground and ordered that alternative land be given to Muslims.
US House passes rules for Donald Trump’s impeachment probe
Democrats have swept a rules package for their impeachment probe of President Donald Trump through a divided House, as the chamber’s first vote on the investigation highlighted the partisan breach the issue has only deepened.
At UN, Trump focuses on religious freedom, not climate
United Nations, Sept 24 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump made his political priorities clear Monday within an hour of arriving at the United Nations for a three-day visit: He breezed by a major climate change summit to focus instead on…
Is America ready for gay president? Iowa casts first votes
Des Moines, Sep 21 (AP/UNB) — The question posed to Pete Buttigieg — gay, married and running for president — came from a supporter at an Iowa campaign stop: What should he tell friends who say America isn’t ready to…
Patients die as Manila traffic jams block ambulances
Gridlock in Manila is costing lives as ambulances stuck in traffic face severe delays in the race against the clock to reach the city’s hospitals, medics warn. Special lanes for emergency vehicles are not enforced, the infrastructure is outdated, and…
Russian pilot safely lands jetliner disabled by bird strike
Moscow, Aug 16 (AP/UNB) — A Russian pilot whose passenger jet lost power in both engines after colliding with a flock of gulls shortly after takeoff Thursday managed to land in a cornfield smoothly enough that only one of the…
Saudi King Salman’s elder brother, Prince Bandar, dies at 96
Riyadh, Jul 29 (AP/UNB) — King Salman’s elder half brother, who was the 10th son of Saudi Arabia’s founding monarch, has died at age 96, the Saudi royal court said late Sunday. Prince Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was not…
Nelson Mandela International Day Thursday
Dhaka, July 17 (UNB) – Paying tribute to Nelson Mandela, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said Mandela’s calls for social cohesion and an end to racism are particularly relevant today, with hate speech casting a growing shadow around the world.…
No 500 total but big hits still decide World Cup champion
London, Jul 16 (AP/UNB) — Expecting the first 500 total in limited-overs history, Cricket World Cup organizers reprinted the scorecards that are sold to fans at venues in England. The original designs only went up to 400. Then in the…
Leave the US, Trump tells liberal congresswomen of color
Washington, July 15 (AP/UNB) — Starkly injecting race into his criticism of liberal Democrats, President Donald Trump said Sunday that four congresswomen of color should go back to the “broken and crime infested” countries they came from, ignoring the fact…
Border security deal reached to avert new US shutdown
Democrats and Republicans have reached an agreement in principle over border security to fund the US government and avert another partial shutdown. Lawmakers said the deal had been struck in a closed-door meeting in Washington. No details have been released.…
May set for further talks with EU leaders
Theresa May is expected to continue talks with EU leaders in the coming days after MPs backed a proposal for her to renegotiate her Brexit deal. MPs voted 317 to 301 in favour of replacing the backstop – the insurance…
May says MPs must ‘work together’ to deliver Brexit
Theresa May has called on MPs to “put self-interest aside” and “work constructively together” to find a way forward for Brexit. Earlier, the prime minister won a vote of no confidence by 325 to 306, as rebel Tory MPs and…
Donald Tusk suggests UK should stay in EU
European Council President Donald Tusk has suggested that the UK should stay in the EU, after the prime minister’s Brexit deal was rejected in parliament. “If a deal is impossible, and no one wants no deal, then who will finally…
May’s Brexit deal voted down in historic Commons defeat
Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal has been rejected by 230 votes – the largest defeat for a sitting government in history. MPs voted by 432 votes to 202 to reject the deal, which sets out the terms of Britain’s…
King ousted from House panels over race remarks
US Republican Steve King has been stripped of his congressional committee seats over comments he made about white supremacy. Republican leaders in the US House of Representatives voted to remove the Iowa congressman from the Judiciary, Agriculture and Small Business…
Iran summons Polish top envoy over US summit
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called the planned conference an anti-Iran “circus.” Warsaw has expressed the hope that the summit will help unite the EU and US positions towards Tehran. Iranian authorities summoned Poland’s top envoy to Tehran on…
Israeli missiles hit Damascus airport warehouse
Syrian air defenses shot down missiles fired by “Israeli military planes” at around 11.00 p.m. local time (2100 UTC), Syria’s official SANA news agency reported, citing a military source. “Only a ministry of transport warehouse at Damascus international airport was…
Florida pardons wrongly accused Groveland Four
Four black men who were wrongly accused of raping a white teenager in Florida 70 years ago have been pardoned. Officials voted unanimously to issue the pardon at a meeting in the state capital of Tallahassee on Friday. None of…
German WW1 sub emerges off French coast
The wreck of a World War One German submarine is gradually resurfacing on a beach in northern French after decades of being buried in the sand. Shifting sand off Wissant, near Calais, is exposing the remains of the UC-61 which…
Trump renews national emergency threat over wall
US President Donald Trump has renewed a threat to declare a national emergency to fund the construction of a wall on the Mexican border. A row with Democrats over funding the wall has left the government partially shut down for…
Trump demands funding to end border ‘crisis’
US President Donald Trump has demanded funding for his long-promised US-Mexico border wall to halt “a growing humanitarian and security crisis”. But in his first TV address to the nation from the Oval Office, Mr Trump did not declare a…