Tag: Amy King

Mourners mark 20 years since Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people

A relative of a victim of a 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami participates in its 20th anniversary at Tsunami Memorial Park at Ban Nam Khem, Takuapa district of Phang Nga province, southern Thailand, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. Wason Wanichakorn/AP BANDA ACEH, Indonesia...

Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen’s capital. WHO chief says he was nearby

Smoke rises from the area around Yemen's Sanaa International Airport following an airstrike on Thursday. The Israeli military reported targeting infrastructure used by the Houthis at the airport, as well as a number of ports and power stations. Osamah Abdulrahman/AP JERUSALEM...

Richard Parsons, who steadied Time Warner and Citigroup, dies at 76

Richard Parsons is shown speaking at Time Warner's headquarters on June 15, 2009 in New York. Mark Lennihan/AP NEW YORK — Richard Parsons, one of corporate America's most prominent Black executives who held top posts at Time Warner and Citigroup, died...

Manmohan Singh, India’s prime minister from 2004 to 2014, has died

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh waves to a crowd in Kolkata, India, in 2011. Bikas Das/Associated Press Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the first person of India's minority Sikh faith to hold that office, died in New Delhi on Thursday...

Aviation experts say Russia’s air defense fire likely caused Azerbaijan plane crash

In this photo released by Kazakhstan's Emergency Ministry Press Service, rescuers work at the wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 lays on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, Thursday. Kazakhstan's Emergency Ministry Press Service/AP Aviation experts said Thursday that...