Musk turns on UK’s Farage and says he should quit as Reform party leader
LONDON - Elon Musk said Nigel Farage should quit as leader of Britain's right-wing Reform UK party in an abrupt withdrawal of support by...
US plans $8-billion arms sale to Israel — officials
US PRESIDENT Joseph R. Biden’s administration has notified Congress of a proposed $8-billion arms sale to Israel, two US officials said, with Washington maintaining...
Even before US alcohol warning, younger Americans were turning to mocktails
THE US Surgeon General’s warning of an increased risk of cancer from drinking alcohol may end up resonating most with younger Americans — who...
Australia’s southeast braces for extreme fire danger amid intense heatwave
SYDNEY — Australia’s southeast sweated in a heatwave that intensified on Sunday, elevating bushfire risk and prompting authorities to issue fire bans for more...
New Orleans’ planned new Bourbon Street barriers only crash-rated to 10 mph
NEW ORLEANS — Months before the deadly New Orleans vehicle attack on New Year’s Day, the city modeled scenarios for how an attacker could...
Zelensky reports heavy Russian, N. Korean troop losses in Russia’s Kursk
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that Russian and North Korean forces suffered heavy losses in fighting in Russia’s southern Kursk region.
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China’s central bank likely to cut rates in 2025, FT reports, as part of...
BEIJING - China's central bank said it is likely to cut interest rates from the current level of 1.5% "at an appropriate time" in 2025, the...
Biden honors Liz Cheney and others with Presidential Citizens Medal
WASHINGTON - Former Representative Liz Cheney, who bucked her Republican Party to strongly criticize President-elect Donald Trump and some of his allies, was one of 20 people awarded...
FBI seeks new leads on Washington suspect in Jan. 6, 2021, pipe bombs
WASHINGTON - The FBI on Thursday released new surveillance video in a bid to reinvigorate its four-year-old hunt for a suspect who placed pipe bombs in...
Israeli airstrikes kill Gaza head of police, 67 others, Gaza authorities say
CAIRO - Israeli airstrikes killed at least 68 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including at a tent camp where the head of the enclave's...
Yoon vows to ‘fight until end’
SEOUL — South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has sent a letter rallying his supporters saying he would “fight until the end” as...
Taiwan reports first Chinese ‘combat patrol’ of the New Year
TAIPEI — Taiwan’s Defense ministry said on Thursday that Chinese warplanes and warships had carried out the first “combat patrol” around the island of...