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As more U.S. tariffs are set to take effect, manufacturers of products ranging from memory chips to machines tools are shifting production from China. 

Scientists have warned that a volcano in Iceland is about to erupt, with one researcher saying that “there is no way of telling when it will erupt, just that it will.” The Sunday Times reported that Katla, which is 5,000 feet tall, is showing signs it is “about to erupt.” Researchers from Leeds University in […]

A year on from a devastating earthquake that struck Mexico City and killed dozens of people, hundreds of buildings are still uninhabitable and many of their former residents remain homeless.

The surge in U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan since U.S. President Donald Trump announced a new strategy for South Asia over a year ago has made fighting more difficult for insurgents, forcing them to change tactics.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said that Tropical Storm Kirk has formed in the Atlantic Ocean. The storm, which has 40 mph winds, is moving west at 18 mph, and according to the NHC, it’s “accelerating westward over the eastern tropical Atlantic.” “An even faster westward motion across the deep tropical Atlantic Ocean is […]

BERLIN—The fate of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s unwieldy six-month-old government hangs in the balance as the nation’s three coalition parties seek again to resolve a dispute over Germany’s scandal-tainted spymaster. The coalition parties agreed on Sept. 18 to transfer spy chief Hans-Georg Maassen to the interior ministry, following accusations that he harbors far-right views for […]

MELBOURNE—Event organizers suspect the Chinese consulate is behind Victoria University’s (VU) inexplicable cancellation of “In the Name of Confucius”—an award-winning documentary that exposes a darker side of the so-called Confucius Institutes. VU is home to one of Australia’s 14 Confucius Institutes. CIs are Chinese state-run culture and language programs, which are widely seen as part […]

LONDON—Prime Minister Theresa May said Britain won’t flinch in an impasse with the European Union about its departure from the bloc, as French and German ministers suggested the next move in the negotiations should come from London. On Sept. 21, May demanded new proposals and respect from EU leaders, saying after a summit in Austria that […]

A tornado in Canada on Friday, Sept. 21, left 25 injured, authorities said. The tornado ripped through Ottawa and Gatineau. Ten of those injured were rushed to the hospital, reported CBC, five in each city. ‘Like Some Bomb Was Dropped’ Around 150,000 Hydro Ottawa customers were left without power, with Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson saying […]

NAIROBI, Kenya—The death toll soared past 200 while a survivor was found inside a capsized Tanzania ferry two days after the Lake Victoria disaster, officials said on Sept. 22, while search efforts were ending to focus on identifying bodies. The survivor, an engineer, was found near the engine of the overturned vessel, Mwanza regional commissioner […]

OTTAWA—Officials are warning people in the Ottawa area to brace for days without power in the wake of a tornado that ripped through the region on Sept. 21. They encouraged residents to stockpile food and water following the storm, which tore roofs off of homes, overturned cars, and felled power lines in the Ottawa community of Dunrobin […]

OTTAWA—Officials are warning people in the Ottawa area to brace for days without power in the wake of a tornado that ripped through the region in the afternoon of Sept. 21. They encouraged residents to stockpile food and water following the storm, which tore roofs off of homes, overturned cars and felled power lines in the Ottawa […]

UKARA, Tanzania—Divers on Saturday rescued a man from the wreck of an overcrowded Tanzanian ferry that capsized on Lake Victoria on Sept. 20, killing at least 207 people. Bodies continued to float to the surface around the vessel, which initial estimates suggested was carrying more than 300 people. State broadcaster TBC said the death toll […]

TEHRAN, Iran—Gunmen disguised as soldiers attacked an annual Iranian military parade on Sept. 22 in the country’s oil-rich southwest, killing at least 25 people and wounding 53 in the bloodiest assault to strike the country in recent years. The attack in Ahvaz saw gunfire sprayed into a crowd of marching Revolutionary Guardsmen, bystanders and government […]

AUSTIN, Texas/TAIPEI—A Texan running a 3-D printed guns company who flew to Taiwan as police investigated an accusation he had sex with an underage girl was detained in Taipei on Sept. 21 and ordered to leave the island after his U.S. passport was annulled, officials said. Cody Wilson, 30, was taken to immigration authorities in […]

High in the Carpathian mountains residents gather for a regional festival to celebrate their gift to the world, the lizhunyk. Lizhnyk are blankets made from sheep wool. There is a loom in almost every home in Yavoriv village. “Lizhnyk is everything for me, it is my entire life,” says craftswoman Hanna Kopilchuk. She has been […]

LONDON—British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sept. 21, that Brexit talks with the European Union had hit an impasse, defiantly challenging the bloc to come up with its own plans a day after EU leaders savaged her proposals. At a summit in Austria on Sept. 20, EU leaders rejected May’s “Chequers” plan, saying she […]

DAR ES SALAAM—Rescuers in Tanzania have retrieved at least 136 bodies a day after a ferry sank on Lake Victoria, the top police official said, but scores more are missing. The ferry MV Nyerere capsized just a few meters from the dock on Ukerewe, the lake’s biggest island, which is part of Tanzania. Initial estimates […]

HANOI—Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang, a former chief of internal security who became one of the most high-profile leaders in the communist-ruled country, died on Sept. 21, after an illness, state media said. Quang’s rise, at a time of growing dissent on social media and challenges to the party’s authority, signaled limits to Vietnam’s liberal […]

Cody Wilson, the controversial 3D-printed gun maker, has been arrested in Taiwan for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor in Texas. Taiwanese authorities said on Friday, Sept. 21, that police in the Wanhua district of Taipei arrested Wilson and handed him over to the National Immigration Agency, the New York Times reported. A real estate agent […]

LONDON—Britain’s nuclear deterrent is “not fit for purpose,” a report by the country’s Parliament has found. The report from the public accounts committee found that maintenance had been delayed at 13 sites that support nuclear submarines. Brexit could also affect the nuclear missile program, according to the report that was released Sept. 21, because of […]

ISLAMABAD—Pakistan is urging China to ease pressures on the country’s Muslim minority amid warnings by human rights groups that the Uyghurs in China face restrictions on religious activities and mass detentions in so-called “re-education camps.” Pakistan’s minister for religious affairs, Noorul Haq Qadri, met Chinese envoy Yao Xing this week to discuss the situation of […]

UK fighter jets were scrambled on Sept. 20 to intercept Russian bombers over the North Sea after they reportedly ignored air traffic control. The Royal Air Force (RAF) sent out Typhoon fighter plants “scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth to monitor two Russian planes approaching UK airspace,” according to a statement. Pilots of the Russian Tupolev Tu-160 […]

SAO PAULO—Brazil’s far-right, poll-leading presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro underwent a procedure to drain liquid from his abdominal cavity on Sept. 20, two weeks after he was stabbed in an assassination attempt, a hospital statement said. Bolsonaro had a slight fever, the Albert Einstein hospital said in a statement, prompting doctors to order a scan. It […]

Authorities in Peru have recovered over 1700 artifacts which had been stolen from the country, including pre-Hispanic relics from various lost civilizations in the Andean nation. The more than 1700 retrieved artifacts are the result of international investigations with Peru’s consulates around the world as well as with local authorities in different countries. Artifacts were […]

A customer has found a needle in a mango bought from a Coles supermarket in West Gosford, NSW, on Sept. 17. After the customer reported it to the Brisbane Water Local Area Command on Sept. 20, the police followed up with an investigation, The Daily Telegraph reported. “They had it for two days and later discovered, […]

Severe storms caused various damages in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico on Sept. 20. Videos uploaded to social media showed stranded cars, and rivers flowing through the streets of the city in northwestern Mexico. According to local media, several people have been taken to shelters as more storms are expected.