Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a press conference at a meeting with economic and financial organizations in Berlin at the Federal Chancellery on August 26th (Clemens Bilan – Pool / Getty Images) Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that those who do not yet have access to evacuation flights from Kabul will not be forgotten, adding … Read more
A series of explosions rocked the city of Bata in the central African nation of Equatorial Guinea on Sunday, killing at least 20 people. Reuters news agency quoted a local television station, TVGE, as saying that at least 20 people had been killed. A local news agency, TVGE, said hospitals reported up to 400 injuries. … Read more
Ice and snow in Salem, Oregon KATU A storm that swept the Pacific Northwest caused heavy snowfall, ice build-up and freezing rain over the weekend, leaving hundreds of thousands of people in Oregon and Washington without power as of Monday. Oregon governor Kate Brown declared a state of emergency in nine counties on Saturday due … Read more