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Knife attack at a vocational school in eastern China leaves 8 dead and 17 injured

Nov. 16, 2024 15:03 PM EST

BEIJING (AP) — A stabbing attack at a vocational school in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi on Saturday left eight people dead and 17 others injured, local police said. The attack took place at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in Yixing, a smaller city within...

Eight killed and 17 injured after knife attack at a vocational school in eastern Chinese city of Yixing, police say

Nov. 16, 2024 13:38 PM EST
BEIJING (AP) — Eight killed and 17 injured after knife attack at a vocational school in eastern Chinese city of Yixing, police say.

In Milei's latest drastic move, Argentina is sole UN holdout voting 'no' to ending gender violence

Nov. 15, 2024 23:13 PM EST

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The usual suspects abstained from voting on a seemingly uncontroversial United Nations resolution that denounced violence against women and girls on Thursday — Iran, Russia, North Korea. But the country casting the sole vote against the nonbinding...

Man hands in 80 firearms and ammunition during Denmark weapons amnesty

Nov. 15, 2024 05:33 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Some 80 firearms, 140 kilograms (309 pounds) of ammunition and a hand grenade likely dating to World War II that a man found when he was clearing a house have been handed over to Danish police, officials said Friday. The weapons were handed to police as...

Masses of residents flee homes in Haiti's capital as gangs ratchet up violence

Nov. 14, 2024 20:59 PM EST

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Masses of residents fled a running battle Thursday between gang members and police in one of the few neighborhoods of Haiti’s capital that hadn't already been fully taken over by gangs, as violence flared amid political turmoil. Families frantically...

Justice Department finds that Georgia’s Fulton County fails to adequately protect jail inmates from violence

Nov. 14, 2024 12:18 PM EST
ATLANTA (AP) — Justice Department finds that Georgia’s Fulton County fails to adequately protect jail inmates from violence.

Spiraling violence and airline shutdowns in Haiti cut families off from adoptive kids

Nov. 14, 2024 07:00 AM EST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The last words Michelle Reed heard from her 6-year-old adopted son, Esai Reed, in early November were: “Mom, come get me.” But after U.S. aviation authorities on Tuesday blocked airlines from traveling to Haiti for 30 days following the shooting of a number...

1 million migrants in the US rely on temporary protections that Trump could target

Nov. 14, 2024 06:59 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Maribel Hidalgo fled her native Venezuela a year ago with a 1-year-old son, trudging for days through Panama's Darien Gap, then riding the rails across Mexico to the United States. They were living in the U.S. when the Biden administration announced Venezuelans...

Dutch lawmaker Wilders wants to deport those convicted of violence against Israeli soccer fans

Nov. 14, 2024 01:42 AM EST

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Hard-right Dutch political leader Geert Wilders on Wednesday blamed “Moroccans” for attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam last week, asserting that they “want to destroy Jews” and recommending the deportation of people convicted of involvement if they...

US ambassador says Mexico 'closed the doors' on security cooperation and denies its violence problem

Nov. 13, 2024 22:01 PM EST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar lashed out Wednesday at Mexico’s failure to accept aid in the fight against drug cartels, claiming the country “closed the doors” on security cooperation. In a press conference, Salazar launched his harshest criticism yet of...