April 10, 2024 7 children injured, 1 seriously, in West Virginia school bus crash Seven reportedly elementary-age children were injured Wednesday morning in a West Virginia school bus crash. One of the students was seriously injured and will require surgery.
April 10, 2024 Guatemala's president issues natural disaster declaration as 44 forest fires rage on Guatemala’s president Bernardo Arévalo has issued a natural disaster declaration as 44 forest fires burn across the country; claims 80% of blazes were set by humans.
April 10, 2024 Switzerland lays out new 'too big to fail' rules in wake of Credit Suisse banking turmoil last year Following last year's woes at Credit Suisse, the Swiss government announced plans Wednesday to bolster its 'too big to fail' rules; the measures are aimed at protecting taxpayers and the economy.
April 10, 2024 Lebanese national sanctioned over alleged Hamas links found dead near Beirut Mohammad Srour, a 57-year-old Lebanese national with reported links to Hamas and Hezbollah, has been found dead after having gone missing for a week.
April 10, 2024 Vermont's 'alternative, progressive' Goddard College to close Goddard College, a small, private institution in Plainfield, Vermont, is closing next month amid a continued decline in enrollment and ensuing financial woes.
April 10, 2024 Desperate young Guatemalans try to reach the US even after horrific deaths of migrating relatives In the last fiscal year, 50,000 unaccompanied minors from Guatemala were recorded by border authorities; many youths would rather take risks to enter the U.S. than stay 'where they see no future.'
April 10, 2024 EU lawmakers approve an overhaul of migration law, hoping to deprive the far right of votes A major revamp of the bloc's migration laws was approved by European Union lawmakers on Wednesday, in hopes of ending division over how to manage the entry of people without authorization.
April 10, 2024 Switzerland will host a Ukraine peace conference in June and hopes Russia can join one day Switzerland will host an international conference from June 15-16 that will draw top government figures in order to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine; more than 100 countries will be invited.
April 10, 2024 Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh says 3 of his sons were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza Three sons of Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas' top political leader, were killed Wednesday in the Gaza Strip by an Israeli airstrike; his sons are among the most high-profile figures killed so far in the war.
April 10, 2024 Unlicensed North Dakota daycare operator sentenced to 19 years in baby's death Patricia Wick of Jamestown, North Dakota, has been sentenced to about 19 years in prison in connection with the death of a baby at an unlicensed daycare she operated.