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Tokyo βΒ A major earthquake collapsed buildings and sparked fires in Japan’s southwest, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Tuesday, with authorities in the hard-hit Kumamoto region saying at least nine people remained missing in a heavily damaged shopping mall. Β Public broadcaster NHK said at least 50 people were taken to hospitals and local emergency services,…
Search continues for American mom missing in Grenada – CBS News Watch CBS News On the Caribbean island of Grenada there is an increasingly desperate search for Elizabeth Waddell, a 44-year old North Carolina mom who’s been missing for five days. Cristian Benavides reports.
A friend of the American woman who went missing while vacationing on the Caribbean island of Grenada said there is video that shows her last known movements. Elizabeth Waddell was last seen July 22 on Grand Anse Beach in Grenada’s capital city, St. George’s. Waddell’s friend and the family spokesperson, Amanda Romano-Harmon, said the Royal…
Β 5m ago Energy and stock markets breath sigh of relief as fighting halts, diplomacy retakes centerstage World shares were mostly higher Monday and oil prices slipped nearly 7% as the U.S. and Iran refrained from fighting while discussing a possible resumption of negotiations on an interim ceasefire deal. The Pentagon has not openly discussed…
The Pentagon website that informs the public about the dead and wounded in military conflicts now lists four service members killed in Jordan and Iraq in July under “Overseas Operations Casualties” β separate from 14 other service members who have been killed during the war with Iran. The other 14 appear in the database as…
Across months of the Iran conflict, the public continues to express three main ideas: A perceived lack of clarity about what’s happening day to day in the Strait of Hormuz. There are plenty of important goals the U.S. could seek, now that we’re in the conflict. The conflict is not going well. So today, as…
Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it denied visas to two U.S. State Department officials who sought to travel to the South American nation next week, in the latest political barb between the two countries. The move became public after The Washington Post reported the Brazilian government saying the officials, Riley M. Barnes, an assistant…
Typhoon Noul is bringing winds and heavy rain to southern China, including Hong Kong, over the weekend, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people in the province of Guangdong with the region on high alert and at least dozens of flights canceled. Hong Kong’s Observatory said Noul, which had intensified with maximum sustained…
President Trump said Friday that he does not believe Russia or China are providing weapons to Iran. In a post on Truth Social, Mr. Trump said that while he was in Beijing in May, Chinese President Xi Jinping said he would not “under any circumstances” provide weapons to Iran, including arms from Chinese companies. “Considering…
Washington β President Trump campaigned on lower prices for Americans, but his trade war with Canada is pushing prices higher for Americans, Ontario Premier Doug Ford told CBS News in an interview Friday.Β Earlier this week, Mr. Trump announced 50% tariffsΒ starting next month on a number of Canadian goods, including hockey sticks and alcohol, on…