SAO PAULO -- At least four people were killed after two cargo trucks and a car crashed Wednesday on one of Brazil's main highways, the Federal Highway Police said.

The accident occurred on one of the main overground trade routes in South America, the Regis Bittencourt Highway, in Itapecerica da Serra in the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo. (Brazil-Road Accident)

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KIEV -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday thanked U.S. President Joe Biden and the U.S. Congress for approving a long-delayed support package for Ukraine worth about 61 billion U.S. dollars.

"We completed this half-year path. Regardless of what anyone says, we are gaining the support we need to continue protecting lives from Russian attacks," Zelensky wrote in a post on social media platform X. (Ukraine-US-Aid)

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UNITED NATIONS -- Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million people last year - the fifth year in a row that food insecurity has worsened, UN agencies warned on Wednesday.

According to the latest Global Report on Food Crises, more than one in five people in 59 countries faced acute food insecurity in 2023, compared with around just one in 10 in 48 countries in 2016. (UN-Hunger Report-Agencies)

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LOS ANGELES -- The University of Southern California (USC), a renowned private research university located in Los Angeles, has closed its gates amid rising tensions after pro-Palestinian protesters clashed with police on Wednesday.

A growing number of protesters, including students and non-students, started a "Gaza Solidarity Occupation" at the university's Alumni Park Wednesday morning. (US-Pro-Palestinian Rally) Enditem

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