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Heat-related monkey deaths climb in Mexico, as environmentalists report deaths of birds and bats
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The number of heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico has risen to 157, the government said, with a tragically small number of the primates treated or recovering. Meanwhile, an animal park in northern Mexico confirmed it has received reports that at least a...
Today in History: May 17, Brown v Board of Education ruling strikes down legal segregation
Today in History Today is Friday, May 17, the 138th day of 2024. There are 228 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 17, 1954, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court handed down its Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision which...
Mother's Day is a sad reminder for the mothers of Mexico's over 100,000 missing people
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of mothers of missing people, relatives and activists marched in protest through downtown Mexico City Friday to mark a sad commemoration of Mother's Day. The marchers, angry over what they say is the government’s lack of interest in investigating the...
Qatari emir in Nepal, expected to tackle migrant conditions and Nepali student held hostage by Hamas
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The emir of Qatar landed in Nepal Tuesday on his first-ever visit to the South Asian country, after visiting Bangladesh and the Philippines, where improving migrant workers' conditions in the Gulf state and a Nepali student still held hostage by Hamas are expected to be on...
BP defeated thousands of suits by sick Gulf spill cleanup workers. But not one by a boat captain
John Maas spent years buying and outfitting a 17-foot aluminum boat called the Superskiff 1 so he could take customers fishing for sea trout and flounder in the Gulf of Mexico. But before the Mississippi captain could make his first charter trip in 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon...
At least 38 migrants are dead and others are missing off Djibouti after a shipwreck
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations migration agency says 38 migrants are dead and 22 others have been rescued from a shipwreck off Djibouti on a popular route to Yemen. Rescue teams searched for six other migrants who were thought to be on board, the International...
Kuwait votes in its 4th election in as many years in its latest attempt to end political gridlock
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait held national elections on Thursday for the fourth time in as many years as the oil-rich country seeks to break out of its longstanding political gridlock. The Persian Gulf country's elected assembly has more power than most in the Arab...
