BEIJING (Reuters) – Heavy rains swamped the southern Chinese city of Changsha on Monday, turning roads into rivers and submerging pedestrian underpasses and subway tunnels. Emergency crews ferried locals to and from their homes on rubber boats and headed out to rescue drivers trapped on flooded roads, state CCTV reported. From 9 a.m. to 10 […]
Haiti’s government is extending a state of emergency and night-time curfew to try to curb violent gang attacks that have paralysed the capital of Port-au-Prince amid a fierce political battle for power. An initial three-day curfew was announced over the weekend but gangs have continued to attack police stations and other state institutions at night […]
Protesting farmers shut down long stretches of some of France’s major highways again on Friday, using tractors to block and slow traffic and squeeze the government ever more tightly to give in to their demands that growing and rearing food be made easier and more lucrative. The farmers’ spreading movement for better remuneration for their […]