N.Korea’s Kim praises ‘fresh heyday’ in China relations as longtime envoy departs
SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised outgoing Chinese Ambassador Li Jinjun for helping to improve relations between Pyongyang and Beijing, state...
FEMA staff confused after head said he was unaware of US hurricane season, sources...
WASHINGTON - Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing...
Global elite set to gather in Davos amid World Economic Forum’s most complex backdrop...
NEW YORK — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, French President Emmanuel Macron and key Middle East leaders are slated to attend next week’s...
Social media influencer admits to $1 million US pandemic loan fraud
BOSTON - A social media influencer and self-proclaimed con artist pleaded guilty on Monday to fraudulently obtaining more than $1 million in COVID-19 pandemic-related loans from the US government that she used to bankroll a lavish...
New York directs two cryptocurrency lending platforms to cease activity
Two cryptocurrency lending platforms were asked to cease activities in New York by the state's attorney general on Monday and three other platforms were...
G7 finance chiefs seek common line on Russian assets, China
ROME — G7 finance chiefs meeting in Italy this week will attempt to find common ground over how to use frozen Russian assets to...
Austin says Middle East war not inevitable, seeks to ‘take the temperature down’
SUBIC, Philippines — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III said on Wednesday he did not think a wider war in the Middle East was...
US-led Red Sea patrol force to respond to Houthi rebels’ attacks
GAZA/MANAMA/JERUSALEM — Several countries have agreed to jointly carry out patrols in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to try to safeguard...
US, UK blame Russia for global cyberattack
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW — The United States and Britain on Monday accused Russia of launching cyber attacks on computer routers, firewalls and other networking equipment used...
US public debt tops $34 trln as Congress heads into funding fight
WASHINGTON - The US federal government's total public debt has reached $34 trillion for the first time, the US Treasury Department reported on Tuesday, as members...
US official sees little voting disruption tied to foreign interference
WASHINGTON - A senior U.S. cyber official on Tuesday said her agency had not seen any major incidents reflecting foreign interference in Tuesday's presidential election despite a steady...
Duck DNA found in both engines of Jeju Air plane that crashed, report says
SEOUL — Both engines of the Jeju Air plane that crashed last month contained duck remains, according to a preliminary report on Monday, with...