President Guillermo Lasso confirmed the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio and suggested organized crime was behind his slaying. Villavicencio was one of eight candidates in the Aug. 20 presidential vote, though not the front-runner.
Nearly 100 Croatian soccer fans appeared in an Athens court Wednesday to face criminal charges that include murder and membership of a criminal organization over their alleged involvement in deadly fan violence.
Hugh Gusterson, an anthropologist with expertise in militarism and nuclear policy at the University of British Columbia, encourages viewers of Oppenheimer to think about the grave threat that nuclear weapons pose to humanity.
Storm Hans battered Norway with heavy rains Tuesday and Wednesday. Flooding of the Braskereidfoss power dam control room prevented the hatches from opening, causing a partial collapse and flooding downriver. The heavy rains provoked mudslides and swollen rivers which swept away some structures and flooded towns, requiring the evacuation of more than 3,000 people and isolating others.
Rains and winds are growing in southern South Korea due to a tropical storm that's expected to slam into major urban areas.
Wildfires in Hawaii fanned by strong winds burned multiple structures, including in historic Lahaina town, forcing evacuations and closing schools in several communities Wednesday. Rescuers pulled a dozen people escaping smoke and flames from the ocean.
A fire ripped through a vacation home for adults with disabilities in eastern France on Wednesday, killing at least nine people, the head of rescue operations said.
The death toll from recent flooding in China's capital rose to 33, including five rescuers, and another 18 people are missing, officials said Wednesday. Much of the country's north remains threatened by unusually heavy rainfall.
