Russia attacks Ukraine with 700 drones after Trump vows to send more weapons
KYIV — Russia targeted Ukraine with a record 728 drones overnight, hours after US President Donald J. Trump pledged to send more defensive weapons...
Chinese state-sponsored contract hacker arrested in Italy at US request, DOJ says
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday a Chinese state-sponsored contract hacker was arrested last week in Italy at the request of Washington,...
Trump says US to impose 50% tariff on copper imports, copper futures jump
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said he will announce a 50% tariff on copper on Tuesday, hoping to boost U.S. production of a metal critical to...
Trump, Netanyahu meet a second time as gaps said to narrow in Gaza ceasefire...
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday met for a second time in two days with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss Gaza as...
UK should limit trial by jury to reduce record criminal backlog, report says
LONDON - Britain must radically reform its criminal justice system, including by removing the right to trial by jury for certain offences, to help tackle a...
US tariffs to take center stage as ASEAN meets in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR - Southeast Asian foreign ministers will meet on Wednesday as the region grapples with renewed uncertainty over U.S. trade tariffs and as a simmering territorial dispute...
Trump considers taking over D.C. government, chides New York
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his administration was considering taking over governance of Washington, D.C., and suggested he could take similar action...
Japan, S. Korea face 25% tariffs as Trump ramps up trade war
WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS — US President Donald J. Trump on Monday ramped up his trade war telling 14 nations, from powerhouse suppliers such as Japan and...
Alien planet lashed by huge flares from its ‘angry beast’ star
WASHINGTON — Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close to a young star — a...
US measles cases hit 6-year high at 1,277 cases, Johns Hopkins data show
MEASLES CASES in the United States have already reached a six-year high this year, data from Johns Hopkins University’s outbreak response center showed, as...
Hopes fade for missing Texas flood victims as death toll hovers around 100
KERRVILLE, Texas — Search teams plodded through muddy riverbanks and flew aircraft over flood-ravaged central Texas on Monday as hopes dimmed of finding survivors...
UK plans to ban employers from using NDAs to silence workers subject to abuse
LONDON — Britain plans to ban non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) that are used by employers to silence those who are subject to harassment or discrimination,...
