3 bodies recovered in Baja California likely the missing Australian and American surfers, Mexican authorities say
MEXICO CITY (AP) — 3 bodies recovered in Baja California likely the missing Australian and American surfers, Mexican authorities say.
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CNNA missing newlywed nurse has been found dead – and her neighbor arrested
Three days after a just-married Oregon nurse was reported missing, she has been found dead and police have arrested one of her neighbors.
- Evening Standard
British couple plan to die in double ‘suicide capsule’ at Swiss clinic
Peter and Christine Scott, from Suffolk, made the decision after she was recently diagnosed with early-stage vascular dementia
- CNN
Hunt widens for man who allegedly threw scalding coffee on baby
A man wanted for allegedly throwing scalding coffee on a baby in an unprovoked attack at a park in the northern Australian state of Queensland is now the subject of an international manhunt.
- CNN
An alleged Chinese agent went undetected in New York state government for years. Why it may have taken so long for authorities to act
Following Linda Sun’s firing in 2023 and a host of charges filed against her and her husband in an indictment unsealed this month, the New York state government is grappling with having employed an alleged agent for the Chinese government – and raising questions on why it took so long to bring charges.
- BBC
International hunt for man who threw hot coffee on baby
The man is accused of leaving the baby with severe burns requiring multiple surgeries.
- CNN
‘Someone is going to get hurt or killed’: 14 people arrested for illegal hiking in Hawaii
Hawaii’s most controversial nature trail has once again become a center of concern as 14 people were arrested recently for accessing the Haiku Stairs on Oahu.
- The Independent
Police arrest man accused of filming rape on crowded street in India
Latest incident comes in the wake of widespread protests against last month’s rape and murder of a resident doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital
- The Independent
Malaysian boy hailed as a hero for rescuing rabbits from fire
Jason climbs concrete wall to save rabbits locked in cage
- Associated Press
A Filipino preacher on the run from sexual abuse charges surrenders
A Filipino preacher accused of sexual abuse and human trafficking in the Philippines and similar charges in the United States surrendered Sunday to authorities in his religious complex in the south and flown to Manila where he was put in police detention, officials said. Apollo Quiboloy and four other co-accused surrendered in the vast religious headquarters of their group, called Kingdom of Jesus Christ, in Davao city after the police gave a 24-hour ultimatum for them to give up, police said.
- Associated Press
Starbucks turns to a celebrity CEO as it struggles to define itself for an era of mobile orders
To Howard Schultz, the chaos he observed at a Starbucks in Chicago one recent morning summed up the troubles of the company he long led as chairman and CEO. Commuters tumbled off trains and into a Starbucks store to pick up the orders they had placed on their cellphones. “Everyone shows up and all of a sudden we’ve got a mosh pit,” Schultz said during a June episode of the podcast “Acquired.”
- CNN
Shooting suspect’s mom drove 200 miles to Winder, Georgia, after getting cryptic text the morning of the school attack
The mother of the teenager suspected of killing four people during a shooting at a Winder, Georgia, high school called to warn a school counselor before the attack, according to the suspect’s aunt and grandfather.
- Yahoo News Singapore
No Olympic hangover for Max Maeder with Austrian title; Tighter security at checkpoints into Singapore from 9-14 Sept: Singapore live news
Yahoo Singapore is featuring a curated selection of some of the biggest, most important, and fascinating news that's making waves online.
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Missing Washington hiker rescued a month after going missing ‘may have only had another day left’ alive, rescuer says
A hiker in northern Washington’s North Cascades National Park was rescued a month after he went missing in July, authorities said Saturday and according to one rescuer, it was just in time.
- BBC
Cars plunge into river as super typhoon destroys Vietnam bridge
Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful to hit Asia this year, kills 60 and destroys homes across north of country.
- The Telegraph
‘Very dangerous’ British prisoner escapes high-security Portuguese jail using handmade rope
A “very dangerous” British prisoner escaped from a high-security prison in Portugal on Sunday morning using a ladder and homemade rope.
- The Telegraph
‘Owner of the universe’ megachurch preacher caught after secret bunker hunt
A televangelist preacher accused of sexual abuse and human trafficking has been caught after months of allegedly evading arrest in the Philippines.
- Associated Press
Vietnam storm deaths rise to 64 as flooding sweeps away a bus, causes a bridge to collapse
A bridge collapsed and a bus was swept away by flooding in Vietnam on Monday, raising the death toll in the Southeast Asian country to at least 64 from a typhoon and subsequent heavy rains that also damaged factories in export-focused northern industrial hubs, state media reported. Nine people died on Saturday after Typhoon Yagi made landfall in Vietnam before weakening into a tropical depression. The rest died in the floods and landslides that followed on Sunday and Monday, state media VN Express reported.
- CNN
Pope Francis arrives in the world’s most Catholic nation outside of Vatican City
Pope Francis arrived in the tiny Southeast Asian nation of East Timor on Monday for the penultimate stop of the 87-year-old leader’s marathon trip through Asia and the South Pacific.
- Associated Press
'I'm living a lie': On the streets of a Colorado city, pregnant migrants struggle to survive
She was eight months pregnant when she was forced to leave her Denver homeless shelter. Ivanni Herrera took her 4-year-old son Dylan by the hand and led him into the chilly night, dragging a suitcase containing donated clothes and blankets she’d taken from the Microtel Inn & Suites. It was one of 10 hotels where Denver has housed more than 30,000 migrants, many of them Venezuelan, over the last two years.
- The Independent
Watch: Pope Francis continues controversial Southeast Asia tour with visit to East Timor’s capital
Watch as Pope Francis visits East Timor’s capital Dili on Monday 9 September, where he will attend a welcome ceremony, meet president José Ramos-Horta and other government officials, and members of the civil society and the diplomatic corps. The 87-year-old pontiff is on an ambitious 12-day visit to four countries across Southeast Asia and Oceania, his longest overseas journey yet. Francis landed in Dili, the Timorese capital, on Monday afternoon.