[ad_1] A freight train collided with a passenger train in eastern India on Monday, killing at least eight people and injuring 50 others, officials said. The episode occurred at around 9 a.m. when the Kanchanjunga Express, which was carrying passengers…
[ad_1] Security concerns for agency workers have led the United States Agriculture Department to suspend its inspections of avocados and mangos imported from Mexico “until further notice,” the U.S.D.A. said on Monday. Produce already cleared for export will not be…
[ad_1] The public on Monday got its first view of a C.I.A. “black site,” including a windowless, closet-size cell where a former Qaeda commander was held during what he described as the most humiliating experience of his time in U.S.…
[ad_1] As It Happens6:32Maryland just issued 175,000 pot pardons. The attorney general says it’s a matter of racial justice Maryland’s governor issued 175,000 pardons for marijuana convictions in one fell swoop on Monday. It’s the largest state-level program of its…
[ad_1] Nisreen Ramadan Abu Kashif, 48, gathered her nine children to venture down the road in Khan Younis to look for food on Monday. Most of the children walked barefoot, but their mother was focused on their empty stomachs. After…
[ad_1] The United States imposed new sanctions on Monday aimed at cutting off weapons, supplies and funding to the Iranian-backed Houthis, who control much of Yemen and have been striking commercial ships in the Red Sea to show support for…
[ad_1] On a busy day at the Kwapong Health Centre in rural Ghana, Beatrice Nyamekye put contraceptive implants into the arms of a half-dozen women, and gave eight or nine more a three-month hormonal injection to prevent pregnancy. A few…
[ad_1] Dozens of environmental, labor and health care groups banded together on Monday to file a petition to push the Federal Emergency Management Agency to declare extreme heat and wildfire smoke as “major disasters,” like floods and tornadoes. The petition…
[ad_1] President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia will travel to North Korea for a two-day visit starting Tuesday to meet with one of the main arms suppliers for his war against Ukraine. As the war has dragged on, Russia has…
[ad_1] Railing against the right-wing government that until recently counted him as a trusted insider, Hungary’s most popular and improbable opposition leader stood on the back of a flatbed truck surrounded by cheering followers. “Step by step, brick by brick,…