Using laser scans and GPS cameras, accurate down to one inch, the U.S. Geological Survey has so far mapped more than 600 landslides caused by Hurricane Helene.
Lithuanians vote Sunday in elections likely to deliver a change of government but keep much else the same, including the NATO and EU member's strong support for Ukraine and moves to bolster defence policy.Lithuania's main parties all agree on the need for strong support for Ukraine and to maintain or increase defence spending, currently around three percent of GDP. Opinion polls show the Social Democratic Party, which last led the government from 2012 to 2016, ahead of 14 other parties and coali
A Colombian guerilla group on Saturday urged delegations not to attend the COP16 biodiversity summit beginning in the southwestern city of Cali on October 21, after Bogota launched a military offensive against the rebels.Colombian army vehicles and troops have been patrolling the streets of Cali -- the closest city to EMC-dominated territory -- in a bid to bolster security for COP16, which runs until November 1.
Pakistan authorities were on Sunday preparing to shut down the capital ahead of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, overshadowed by recent militant violence and political unrest. In the weeks leading up to the summit, Pakistan's authorities have cracked down hard on dissent, banning an ethnic nationalist movement and introducing new laws that restrict protest in the capital.
Restoring power, clearing debris and distributing fuel are now the top priorities in Florida as the state continues to reel in the wake Hurricane Milton.
The FAA gave Elon Musk’s SpaceX a license to move forward with a test flight that will try to catch a rocket booster between two metal pincers known as “chopsticks.”
Some of those who were being treated at area hospitals were suspected to have been involved in the shooting, police said.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin expressed 'deep concern' about reports that Israeli forces had fired on U.N. peacekeeping positions in Lebanon.
Minutes after Donald Trump delivered his standard warnings about drug dealers and criminals illegally crossing the border during a Saturday campaign event, the former president heard from someone who was once in the country illegally but now plans to vote for him. Elias Trujillo was one of several people who spoke Saturday at a Latino roundtable in Las Vegas intended to spotlight Trump's economic ideas. After Trump finished addressing a small crowd inside the warehouse of a women's cosmetics company, members of the roundtable spoke.
About 400 Beijing loyalists were set to vote Sunday to endorse the sole candidate for the top job in the Chinese city of Macao in a largely ceremonial election that would make him the first leader of the casino hub to be born in mainland China. Former top judge Sam Hou Fai ’s expected victory within hours would be a departure from the long-standing custom of having chief executives who were born in the former Portuguese colony, typically from influential business families. Sam, 62, is widely seen to have Beijing’s blessings.
Democratic White House candidate Kamala Harris is in "excellent health" and fit for the presidency, according to a medical report published by the White House Saturday, as she challenged rival Donald Trump to publish his own health records.Speaking to reporters on Saturday ahead of a trip to North Carolina, Harris called Trump's unwillingness to publish his records "a further example of his lack of transparency."
Two adults and nine children, including a one-year-old, were hospitalized in Pennsylvania Friday night after ingesting “toxic mushrooms,” local authorities said.
The federal government provides a variety of assistance programs for people impacted by disasters like the two major hurricanes, Helene and Milton, that recently hit the Southeastern US.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba intends to consider visiting the United States to meet the president-elect before the inauguration in January next year, the Yomiuri newspaper said on Sunday. "As the prime minister of Japan, an ally of the U.S., it is necessary for me to have a relationship (with President-elect) before officially taking office in January next year," the Yomiuri quoted him as saying in its interview held on Saturday. The premier also said he "won't deny the possibility" of visiting the U.S. before or after his planned visits to South America in the middle of next month, the Yomiuri said.
The man wore camouflage gear, a long beard protruding below a mask. His features were hidden, but when New Zealand police saw the video showing three figures walking behind him, one name came instantly to mind.
Police in Toronto, Canada are opening a hate crime investigation after shots were fired overnight into the window of a Jewish girls’ elementary school – the second time this year the school was targeted by gunfire, officials said.
Russia and China blocked a proposed consensus statement for the East Asia Summit drafted by Southeast Asian countries, mainly over objections to language on the contested South China Sea, a U.S. official told Reuters on Saturday. A draft statement arrived at by consensus by the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations was put to the 18-nation East Asia Summit meeting in Laos on Thursday evening, the official said. "ASEAN presented this final draft and said that, essentially, this was a take-it-or-leave-it draft," the official said on condition of anonymity.
A group helping to lay the groundwork for a future Donald Trump administration said its computer systems were breached, marking the second known instance that people supporting the former president have been the target of a cyberattack. The America First Policy Institute discovered the breach last week. “As the leading policy group in the America First movement, it is not surprising that hostile foreign actors would attempt to infiltrate our IT,” Marc Lotter, the organization's chief communications officer, said in a statement.
Tens of thousands of evangelical Christians gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to pray for America’s atonement and for Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
Politicians across Scotland and the United Kingdom have paid tribute to former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who died Saturday at the age of 69.