DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union faces the latest test of its ambitious plans to build a new plant after votes closed Friday at two Mercedes-Benz plants near Tuscaloosa, Ala. Aiming to build auto plants in the historically union-less South. UAW’s push to unionize Southern plants faces latest ballot test at two Mercedes plants … Read more
Gun battles between Israel and militants from Hamas, Islamic Jihad and small Palestinian factions intensified overnight, with gunbattles in northern and southern Gaza reaching their fiercest intensity in months, both sides said on Wednesday. People walk past a destroyed warehouse in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. (AFP) Israeli tanks reached densely populated neighborhoods and narrow … Read more
The India Meteorological Department said on Monday that the southwest monsoon is likely to advance to parts of the southern Andaman Sea, southeastern Bay of Bengal and Nicobar Islands around May 19, two days earlier than the normal onset date of May 22. Karnataka received heavy rainfall on Sunday. (Press Trust photo) Thereafter, the monsoon … Read more
Hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip have only three days of fuel left as border crossings are closed, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. The ruins of a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school in central Khan Younis, Gaza, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. International negotiators, including the United States, … Read more
Lakshmi Tirupatamma has a ritual. On the first of every month, the 22-year-old grabs a bulging folder from her cupboard and her old workhorse of an Android phone before setting out on a familiar trek of 50 households. In her suburb of Navaluru, a peri-urban sprawl that sits at the edge of Guntur district in … Read more
Forecasters said millions of people in the central United States will be bracing for powerful storms on Monday, including long tornadoes, hurricane-force winds and hail the size of baseballs. High-risk areas include parts of Kansas and much of Oklahoma, including Sulphur and Holdenville, which are still recovering from last month’s tornadoes. The severe weather killed … Read more
Heavy rains have caused flooding in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state, with the death toll rising to at least 78 and more than 115,000 people displaced, local authorities said on Sunday. A man wades through a street flooded by heavy rain with his baby in his arms in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul … Read more
Heavy rains that battered Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed 37 people, local authorities said on Friday, with the death toll expected to rise as dozens more are still missing. Drone footage shows flood-affected areas in La Jeado, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. (via Reuters) According to Rio Grande do … Read more
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited the southern region of the country on Thursday, where floods and mudslides caused by heavy rains have killed 29 people and the death toll is expected to rise. People walk in a flooded area next to the Taquari River during heavy rains in Encantado, Rio Grande do … Read more
French rescuers on Sunday recovered three bodies and were searching for four more people, including two children, most believed to have been in cars on a flooded bridge after violent storms battered southeastern France washed away. A helicopter joins a search operation for seven missing people near the Gardon River in Russia after heavy rains … Read more