Biden, McCarthy divided over debt ceiling but talks continue
President Joe Biden and top lawmakers agreed to further talks aimed at breaking a deadlock over raising the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt limit, with just three weeks before the country ...
The relationship between guns and murder
Here’s how to sound wise when writing a story about mass killings and gun control. Last week saw two such massacres in Serbia (eight deaths and nine deaths respectively) ...
Supporters of Pakistan ex-PM Khan plan march to capital to protest arrest
Supporters of Imran Khan were planning to march to Islamabad on Wednesday where the former Pakistan prime minister is in custody in a corruption case, raising fears of more clashes ...
Trump sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll, must pay her $5 million, jury says
Donald Trump must pay $5 million in damages for sexually abusing magazine writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s and then defaming her by branding her a liar, a jury decided ...
Russia marks Victory Day with new strikes on Ukraine, but pared-back parade
Russia fired cruise missiles at Kyiv on Tuesday and paraded troops across Moscow’s Red Square for its annual celebration of victory in World War Two, pared back amid shortages ...
Writers’ strike freezes ‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ ‘Game of Thrones’ spinoff
Writing for a new season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” and a coming “Game of Thrones” prequel was halted as a nearly week-long strike by thousands of film and television ...
FBI says it has sabotaged hacking tool created by elite Russian spies
The FBI has sabotaged a suite of malicious software used by elite Russian spies, U.S. authorities said on Tuesday, providing a glimpse of the digital tug-of-war between two cyber ...
Britain to contribute to Brazil’s Amazon fund, PM Sunak says
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday announced that his country will contribute 80 million pounds ($101.15 million) to the Amazon Fund, a major development for Brazil as the South American nation ...
Australian lawmakers meet US envoy to seek release of Assange
A cross-party delegation of Australian lawmakers said on Tuesday they met U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, urging her to help drop the pending extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ...
Hundreds of migrants amass near US-Mexico wall with COVID ban set to end
Long lines of migrants have amassed this week in the border city of Tijuana, near the sprawling wall that divides Mexico from the United States, in the final days of ...
Ousted Pakistan PM Khan arrested, prompting call for ‘shut down’ protests
Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan at Islamabad High Court on Tuesday, in a dramatic move that threatens fresh turmoil in the nuclear-armed country as his ...
Serbians rally against violence after two mass shootings
Tens of thousands of Serbians protested on Monday, demanding better security, a ban on violent TV content and the resignation of key ministers, days after two mass shootings killed 17 people.
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Trump’s absence at civil rape trial shows ‘he did it,’ lawyer says
Donald Trump’s absence from a trial where writer E. Jean Carroll accuses him of rape and defamation shows that “he did it,” a lawyer for Carroll said on Monday, ...
Russia fires missiles at Ukraine on Victory Day as Kyiv celebrates Europe
Russia fired cruise missiles at Kyiv on Tuesday and paraded troops across Red Square for its annual celebration of victory in World War Two, pared back amid shortages of manpower ...
UK Minister for Europe on Cyprus visit
UK Minister for Europe Leo Docherty was in Cyprus on Tuesday in a move to deepen the close ties between the two countries, particularly in light of recent cooperation on ...
Researchers train robots to recognize terrains relying on tactile, vision prediction
Chinese researchers have made progress in environmental cognitive learning and autonomous navigation of legged robots, allowing them to recognize terrains relying on tactile and vision prediction.
Researchers from the Harbin ...
Israel kills three Islamic Jihad chiefs, 10 civilians in Gaza
Israel killed three Islamic Jihad commanders and 10 civilians in surprise airstrikes in Gaza on Tuesday, Palestinian officials said, drawing threats of reprisals from the faction and censure from Egypt, which ...
Russia launches new attack on Ukraine’s capital, officials say
Russia launched about 15 cruise missiles at Ukraine’s capital on Tuesday, the second attack in as many days, with air defence systems shooting all of them down, officials said, after ...
Wall Street Journal, New York Times among Pulitzer winners
The Wall Street Journal won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting for revealing financial conflicts of interest among officials at dozens of federal agencies, the award administrator said on Monday.
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China and U.S. see need to stabilise relations
China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Monday it is imperative to stabilise Sino-U.S. relations after a series of “erroneous words and deeds” threw ties back into a ...
Alberta wildfires force oil production shutdowns, even as cooler weather sets in
Firefighters were counting on rain and cooler weather forecast for Monday to help them quell a dramatic start to wildfire season in Canada’s main oil-producing province.
Alberta declared a ...
Mexican officials roll out investment plans for southern corridor
Mexican authorities announced on Monday details of a government plan to attract businesses to a coastal corridor along a southern stretch of the country, part of a larger bid to ...
Ukranian embassy disappointed Russian organisation received event permits
The Ukrainian embassy on Monday denounced the granting of permits to a Russian organisation in Cyprus for events to honour the WWII victims as a “cynical and immoral” gesture towards ...
‘We can’t afford anything’: Turkey’s cost-of-living crisis threatens Erdogan’s re-election
Istanbul barber Hakim Ekinci, a long-time supporter of Tayyip Erdogan, won’t be voting for the president next Sunday, blaming his economic policies for eroding Turks’ purchasing power and leaving ...