The recent political shake-up in the government has cost Beijing the upper hand in the contest for geopolitical influence.
Two tourists killed and 16 injured after massive wave capsizes boat
Twenty-two passengers were onboard the tourist boat when it capsized near the coast of Colombia on 5 March
Video appears to show violent kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said they had “crossed the border to buy medicine in Mexico” when they were caught in a crossfire “between groups.”
Ukraine’s forces say they are holding out in ‘utter hell’ of fight for eastern city of Bakhmut
It comes as the head of the Russian Wagner merecenary group complains that their frontlines around the city could collapse without ammunition
US imposes visa sanction on Syrian military official over massacre that killed at least 41 unarmed civilians
The US State Department on Monday imposed a visa sanction on a Syrian military official whom it says killed at least 41 unarmed civilians in a neighborhood of Damascus in April 2013.
Ukraine LIVE: Ukraine rallies defences in final effort to hold Bakhmut from Russia
As Ukrainians look to evacuate by foot the final residents of the eastern city of Bakhmut, with Russian forces fighting to encircle the area, the defending nation appears determined to make a final stand.
Marlboro maker Altria agrees to buy e-cigarette startup NJOY for nearly $2.8 billion
Altria’s deal to buy NJOY comes after the Marlboro maker exited its position in Juul Labs.
South Carolina No. 1 for 37th straight week, Iowa now No. 2
South Carolina remains No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll for a 37th consecutive week.
Barbara Bryant, first woman to lead Census Bureau, has died
Barbara Everitt Bryant, the first woman to lead the U.S. Census Bureau, overseeing the 1990 count of every U.S. resident, has died.