Tuesday, 1 January 2019

Building collapse leaves Russia city in shock

Rescuers have pulled an infant boy alive from the rubble of a Russian apartment building collapse that killed at least seven people and left dozens missing. (Jan. 1)

      
 
 


American Paul Whelan was in Russia for wedding, not to spy, family says

An American businessman arrested in Russia on espionage charges was in Moscow to attend a wedding and is not a spy, his family says.

      
 
 


Rescue workers hear cries, pull boy from crumbled rubble

Rescue crews scramble to recover a young boy from a collapsed building in Magnitogorsk, Russia.

      
 
 


Baby boy found alive after 35 hours under rubble of collapsed building in Russia

Russian rescuers find baby boy alive after 35 hours under the rubble of a collapsed apartment building

      
 
 


Minivan slams into New Year's revelers on downtown Tokyo street

The crash occurred early Tuesday on Takeshita Dori, a road well known to tourists and pop culture and fashion fans that runs right by Meiji Shrine in Harajuku, Shibuya ward.

      
 
 


Manchester police: New Year’s Eve stabbing of 3 being treated as terrorist incident

British counterterrorism police are questioning a man accused of stabbing three people at a Manchester railway station on New Year’s Eve.

      
 
 


2019 political cartoons from the USA TODAY Network

Gannett's cartoonists from across the country draw their takes on news and politics.