[ad_1] Police in Ottawa on Thursday said a 19-year-old man has been arrested following the deaths of two adults and four children at a house in the southern part of the Canadian capital in what authorities called a “tragic and complex investigation.” Febrio Dezoysa, 19, was charged with six counts of first-degree murder and one…
[ad_1] Johannesburg — More than 100 students were kidnapped from their elementary school in northern Nigeria early Thursday morning by unknown assailants on motorcycles, witnesses told local media outlets and CBS News’ partner network BBC News. One student was said to have been shot in the chaos at the school in the town of Kugira, in…
[ad_1] The world has marked yet another consecutive month of record-breaking heat. New data from Copernicus, the European Union’s climate change monitoring service, shows that last month was the hottest February on record globally, with “exceptionally high” temperatures in both the air and sea. The record heat comes as the U.S. continues to battle weather…
[ad_1] The U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Wednesday on violence-wracked Haiti, hours after a powerful Haitian gang leader warned that the chaos engulfing the capital Port-au-Prince will lead to civil war and “genocide” unless Prime Minister Ariel Henry steps down. The stark comments from Jimmy Cherizier, known as “Barbecue,” came as Henry…
[ad_1] More aid air dropped in Gaza as Biden pushes for cease-fire – CBS News Watch CBS News The U.S. and Jordan dropped more than 36,000 meals into Gaza, but it’s not nearly enough to feed the people there, with more than half a million people estimated to be on the verge of famine. In…
[ad_1] U.S. adds pressure on Israel to loosen restrictions on convoys of food trucks in Gaza – CBS News Watch CBS News As the United Nations cautions against potential mass starvation in Gaza, the U.S. initiates a second aid airdrop and urges Israel to allow food truck convoys. Meanwhile, a U.N. report unveils the grim…
[ad_1] Biden calls for cease-fire deal as Harris meets with top Israeli war official – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden says he will not let up pushing for a deal that includes the release of all hostages held by Hamas, a six-week cease-fire and a surge of aid to the Gaza strip. His…
[ad_1] White House pushing for cease-fire plan in Israel-Hamas conflict – CBS News Watch CBS News Vice President Kamala Harris called for an immediate six-week ceasefire in Gaza, citing the ‘”immense scale of suffering.” U.S. planes dropped food supplies into the territory for the first time over the weekend, but aid workers say it’s not…
[ad_1] Vice President Harris calls for temporary cease-fire in Gaza – CBS News Watch CBS News Vice President Kamala Harris called for a six-week cease-fire in Gaza to allow for the release of the remaining hostages. She also called on Israel to do more to allow aid to enter Gaza, as the fighting in the…
[ad_1] Garisenda, Italy’s other leaning tower – CBS News Watch CBS News Pisa, in Italy’s Tuscany region, is renowned for its photogenic Leaning Tower, which snapshot-eager tourists position themselves to “support.” But Italy has another leaning tower, the 150-foot high Garisenda, a 12th century structure in Bologna that was recently closed while engineers rush to…
