Boeing whistleblower found dead of apparent suicide
John Barnett, a former Boeing BA.N employee who had reportedly raised concerns about the company’s production issues, was found dead of an apparent suicide, according to authorities in ...
Biden, Trump poised to clinch nominations and set up bruising rematch
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are poised to win enough delegates on Tuesday to clinch their respective parties’ nominations, formally kicking off the first U.S. presidential ...
Haitian PM tenders resignation after Jamaica talks
Haiti’s unelected prime minister, Ariel Henry, will step down once a transition council and temporary replacement have been appointed, he said on Monday, after leading the Caribbean country since ...
US dispatches aid ship to Gaza after Biden vows to build pier
The U.S. Army has dispatched a ship to send humanitarian aid to Gaza, Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday, days after President Joe Biden vowed to build a temporary ...
Biden, Trump launch fight for top election prize: Georgia
President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will campaign in the critical battleground state of Georgia on Saturday in what essentially will be the first face-off of the 2024 ...
US Senate passes spending bill, averts imminent shutdown
By Richard Cowan and David Morgan
The US Senate narrowly averted a partial government shutdown on Friday, as the chamber approved spending legislation for several government agencies just hours before ...
Sam Altman will return to OpenAI’s board with three new directors
By Anna Tong and Shivansh Tiwary
OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman will return to the ChatGPT-maker’s board along with three new directors, the world’s most prominent artificial intelligence ...
Turkey, US discuss Ukraine, Gaza, ways to improve ties, foreign min says
Turkish and U.S. officials held comprehensive talks about the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and various bilateral issues during meetings in Washington, Turkey’s foreign minister said late on ...
US FDA delays Lilly Alzheimer’s drug decision, calls for advisory panel
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has delayed its decision on Eli Lilly’s LLY.N experimental treatment for early Alzheimer’s disease and will hold a meeting of ...
Honduras ex-President Hernandez convicted at US drugs trial
Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez was found guilty on Friday of drug trafficking conspiracy by a U.S. jury, cementing the onetime U.S. ally’s fall from grace.
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U.S. embassy warns of imminent attack in Moscow by ‘extremists’
The U.S. embassy in Russia warned that “extremists” had imminent plans for an attack in Moscow, hours after Russian security services said they had foiled a planned shooting at ...
US aid policy on Gaza ‘absurd’ given military support for Israel, UN expert says
A U.N. expert on Friday criticised U.S. efforts to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza, such as plans for a temporary port and recent air drops, which he said ...
Trump raises concerns about US ban on TikTok
Presidential candidate Donald Trump raised concerns about banning TikTok ahead of a vote next week by the U.S. House of Representatives that would give TikTok owner ByteDance about six ...
Some Like It Bot: digital Marilyn Monroe to make debut at tech conference
Are you a fan of Marilyn Monroe and would like to talk to a very realistic digital version of her? That could now be possible.
More than 60 years after her ...
Russia’s Medvedev says Biden is a ‘mad’ disgrace to America
Dmitry Medvedev, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, called Joe Biden a “mad” disgrace to the United States on Friday and said the U.S. president had no right ...
State of the Union: Biden takes on Trump and Republicans in feisty speech
President Joe Biden took on Donald Trump in a fiery speech to Congress on Thursday, accusing his election rival of threatening U.S. democracy and kowtowing to Russia, as he ...
US to build temporary port to deliver Gaza aid
President Joe Biden will announce in his State of the Union speech on Thursday that the U.S. military will construct a temporary port on Gaza’s Mediterranean coast to ...
Sweden joins NATO as war in Ukraine prompts security rethink
Sweden joined NATO in Washington on Thursday, two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced it to rethink its national security policy and conclude that support for the alliance ...
Six Sri Lankans knifed to death in Canadian capital in rare case of mass murder
Six people from Sri Lanka, including a mother and four young children, were knifed to death in the Canadian capital Ottawa late on Wednesday, police said on Thursday, rocking a ...
In State of the Union, Biden to sharpen contrast with Trump
U.S. President Joe Biden will use his fourth State of the Union address on Thursday night to sharpen distinctions between him and Republican opponent Donald Trump, tout the country’...
Bridging divides: US and Turkey navigate path through disagreements in high-stakes talks”
The US and Turkey are set to kick off comprehensive talks on Thursday to discuss if the NATO allies can move beyond deep rooted disagreements over issues such as Syria ...
Haley ends White House bid, clearing path for Trump-Biden rematch
Nikki Haley ended her long-shot challenge to Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Wednesday, ensuring the former president will be the party’s candidate in a rematch with Democratic President ...
US changes tact, now pushes UN to back ‘immediate’ Gaza ceasefire to free hostages
The United States late Tuesday revised language in a draft United Nations Security Council resolution to back “an immediate ceasefire of roughly six-weeks in Gaza together with the release of ...
Russia considering putting a nuclear power plant on moon with China
Russia and China are considering putting a nuclear power plant on the moon from 2033-35, Yuri Borisov, the head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said on Tuesday, something he ...