May 14, 2024 Plaintiffs suing Navy for jet fuel leak into drinking water in Hawaii seek $225K to $1.25M A lawyer representing families who drank water tainted with jet fuel in Hawaii is asking a judge to award plaintiffs a range of about $225,000 to about $1.25 million each in damages.
May 14, 2024 European Union endorses sweeping overhaul of migration system European Union nations have officially endorsed a major overhaul of the migration system. EU government ministers approved 10 legislative parts of the new pact.
May 14, 2024 3 Native American tribes seeking rights to Colorado River water in $5B settlement A proposed water rights settlement would be the first step in securing Colorado River water for the Navajo, Hopi and San Juan Southern Paiute tribes.
May 14, 2024 Putin to visit China this week to meet with Xi, Chinese Foreign Ministry says Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to visit China for two days, strengthening the alliance between the two authoritarian powers against the Western order led by the U.S.
May 14, 2024 Man who fathered his daughter's 7 children in captivity to be moved to prison from psychiatric detention Austrian judges have ruled that Josef Fritzl, who imprisoned and raped his daughter for 24 years, can be moved from psychiatric detention to a regular prison.
May 14, 2024 52 confirmed dead, 20 missing after flash floods devastate Indonesia’s Sumatra Island Rescuers are searching for bodies, and whenever possible survivors, of flash floods that hit Indonesia’s Sumatra Island over the weekend, authorities say.
May 14, 2024 2 workers dead, 1 missing after Polish coal mine caves in, authorities say Mine authorities in southern Poland say that two miners are dead and one is missing while 12 others were hurt following a cave-in at the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine.
May 14, 2024 North Carolina Republican congressional runoff shows Trump's sway in GOP state politics In a Republican runoff for North Carolina's new 13th Congressional District, Kelly Daughtry suspended her campaign after her opponent, Brad Knott, received Trump's endorsement.
May 14, 2024 Curfew imposed in New Caledonia following 'high-intensity' violent unrest triggered by voting reforms Authorities in New Caledonia have implemented a two-day curfew and banned gatherings following violent unrest in Noumea and other areas, officials said.
May 14, 2024 Former army lawyer sentenced to prison after exposing alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan David McBride, a former army lawyer, has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for leaking classified information about alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan.