Violent offender mistakenly freed from Orleans Parish Jail due to clerical error

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A violent offender was mistakenly released from the Orleans Parish Jail due to a clerical error, according to the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office.  The... Read more »

Weather: MetService issues wind, rain warnings and watches to start week

MetService said there was a front moving east across the country which was expected to bring heavy rain and strong north to northeast winds. Photo: MetService In a gloomy start to the... Read more »

Water chiefs’ pay rises to average of £1.1m despite ban on bonuses and outrage over pollution | Executive pay and bonuses

The pay of water company chief executives in England and Wales rose by 5% in the last financial year to an average of £1.1m, despite a ban on bonuses for several companies... Read more »

Atiku, Kwankwaso battle for North’s leadership

• Ex-vice president more formidable, has more structures, resources –Supporters  • ‘No, Kwankwaso appeals more to ordinary folks’ From Desmond Mgboh, Kano On July 13th, 2025, Nigeria’s former president and retired military... Read more »

New EU laws brew trouble for Kenya’s smallholder coffee farmers

A  coffee farmer sorts out   coffee berries at a coffee factory in Mathira, Nyeri County. [File, Standard] Kenya’s coffee industry is racing against time to comply with the European Union Deforestation-Free... Read more »

Married couples still excluded under Japan’s transgender law

TOKYO – Miki confessed to Chiro that he sometimes liked to “transform” early in their relationship. Miki (a pseudonym) was born male and lived and worked as a man but liked to... Read more »

Trump calls leaders, uses trade threat to push for peace

Both Thailand and Cambodia face a steep 36 per cent tariff on their exports to the United States, as part of Trump’s trade war. The US is Thailand’s biggest export customer. Earlier... Read more »

Australian Labor government to expand police-state ASIO interrogation powers

This week, on the first business day of parliament after the May 3 election, the Albanese Labor government introduced legislation to make permanent and significantly expand the compulsory questioning powers of the... Read more »

Immigration judges fired by Trump administration say they will fight back

CHICAGO — Federal immigration judges fired by the Trump administration are filing appeals, pursuing legal action and speaking out in an unusually public campaign to fight back. More than 50 immigration judges... Read more »

‘The stressed’ – Argentina’s ‘Non-poor’ who can’t reach the end of the month

Soledad is 43 and lives with her 16-year-old son. She’s a municipal employee, also working independently online with a personal enterprise. Combining these posts she earns a monthly income which, according to... Read more »