Some 400,000 people were evacuated in Myanmar and Bangladesh ahead of Cyclone Mocha making landfall, as authorities and aid agencies scrambled to avert heavy casualties from one of the strongest storms to hit the region in recent years.
She was also convicted of collecting her children’s Social Security benefits, which was treated under the law as a form of theft.
With most votes counted in the presidential contest, Erdogan had 49.51% and his main opposition rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu 44.88%, High Election Board chairman Ahmet Yener told reporters. Turnout was a very high 88.8%.
“It is time to remove the biggest security uncertainty in Europe — that is, to approve a positive political decision on our NATO membership in NATO,” President Zelenskyy declared.
In the southern Chilean city of Santa Juana, hit hard by wildfires earlier this year, locals have a special task force helping fight blazes: a herd of goats.
There may be more “Chinese police stations” operating in Canada, the Public Safety Minister told a Canadian TV station on Sunday, months after police said they were investigating whether two community centers in Montreal were being used to intimidate or harass Canadians of Chinese origin.
Republican leadership has grown irritable in its quest to see a document that is believed to show American diplomatic workers criticizing the U.S. State Department’s evacuation of Kabul in 2021.
A U.S. stocks rally is leaving behind smaller companies, a sign that investors may be bracing for economic turmoil ahead.
Thailand’s progressive opposition made early headway in a preliminary election vote count on Sunday, with a big lead opening up over conservative parties allied with a military at the heart of government for nearly a decade.
In a moment of irony, the bipartisan cosponsors of the Railway Safety Act of 2023, a bill meant to bolster train safety, agree that the legislation’s primary obstacle will be Republicans and Democrats who could unite in support of corporate interests.
