At a Guayaquil naval base, Ecuador's coast guard commander surveyed a seized smuggling submarine, weary after years of interdictions that barely dent the cocaine flow. Ecuador has captured about a dozen fully and semi-submersibles in 15 years, even as U.S. authorities say only a tiny fraction are caught worldwide. Cartels...
China’s Communist Party named Zhang Shengmin second-ranked vice chairman of the Central Military Commission at the end of a four-day Central Committee meeting, days after nine generals were expelled for suspected serious financial crimes. Analysts said the removals could be seen as a political purge amid one of the largest...
As ballots land in Seattle mailboxes, the mayor’s race has narrowed to a generational and economic clash. Incumbent Bruce Harrell, 67, touts experience and endorsements but trailed in August, while 43-year-old organizer Katie Wilson led with 50 percent on a housing-first, social-media-savvy campaign. Their split over a new 5 percent...
Stranger Things 5’s finale will play on the big screen, with screenings in 350+ U.S. and Canadian theaters starting Dec. 31, 2025 at 5 p.m. PT—the exact moment the episode lands on Netflix—through Jan. 1, 2026. The unprecedented day-and-date TV episode release follows earlier short-window screenings for Season 4. After...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams will endorse former Gov. Andrew Cuomo for mayor on Thursday, his spokesperson said, with a childcare-focused press conference expected to confirm it. The move follows Cuomo’s final debate and a courtside photo of the pair at a Knicks game. Cuomo’s team declined comment. The...
Roberto Mosquera del Peral, a Cuban man deported by the United States to Eswatini, is on hunger strike in a maximum-security prison after more than three months held without charge or access to a lawyer, his U.S.-based attorney said. Eswatini officials call it religious fasting; his lawyer calls it desperation...
At an EU summit in Brussels, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed fresh US and EU sanctions as essential pressure on Moscow and pressed leaders for long‑range weapons, stronger air defenses, and funding. The US targeted Russia’s two biggest oil firms, and the EU approved a 19th package that bans Russian...
North Korea says its latest launches tested a new hypersonic weapons system meant to reinforce its nuclear deterrent, with state media reporting two projectiles accurately hit a land target in the country’s north. South Korea’s military detected multiple missiles fired from south of Pyongyang that flew about 350 kilometers northeast...
A metal detectorist says he unearthed up to 15,000 Roman coins in two clay pots in north Wales — a haul experts think could be the nation’s largest. David Moss, 36, from Cheshire, described “goosebumps” at the find and, fearing theft, slept with the coins in his car for three...
Fifty-three years after Bloody Sunday, Soldier F was acquitted of two murders and five attempted murders in Londonderry. Judge Patrick Lynch said the prosecution’s case fell well short of proof beyond reasonable doubt, though he condemned Parachute Regiment troops for killing unarmed civilians and not acting in lawful self-defence. The...
