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Macron appoints Lecornu as France’s latest prime minister
French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday [Macau time] appointed Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu as new prime minister and tasked him with immediately trying to get ... -
Russian glide bomb attack in eastern Ukraine kills 24 people collecting their pensions
A Russian glide bomb struck a village in eastern Ukraine as people stood in line in the open air to collect their monthly pension. The blast ... -
Suspect apologizes to potential jurors
The man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played golf last year in South Florida stood before a group of potential ... -
Apple to unveil next iPhone amid Trump trade war that could result in higher prices
Apple today [Macau time] will unveil its next line-up of iPhones amid a global trade war that’s added a potential price increase to the ... -
Plans to mine rare-earth minerals could ruin the lives of reindeer herders
High atop the Luossavaara Mountain in northern Sweden, Sami reindeer herder Lars-Marcus Kuhmunen mapped out a bleak future for himself and other Indigenous people ... -
Trump’s push to change Department of Defense to ‘War Department’ would turn back the clock to WWII
President Donald Trump’s push to rename the Department of Defense goes beyond subjective word choices about whether to change a name that’s been in ... -
Lisbon streetcar crash kills 16
Portuguese officials focused yesterday on establishing the causes of the crash of a Lisbon streetcar popular with tourists that killed 16 people and injured ... -
Fashion designer Giorgio Armani dead at 91
Giorgio Armani, the iconic Italian designer who turned the concept of understated elegance into a multibillion-dollar fashion empire, has died, his fashion house confirmed ... -
Tariffs, migration and cartels will top Rubio’s trip
Security, sovereignty, tariffs, trade, drugs and migration — all hot-button issues for the Trump administration and its neighbors in the Western Hemisphere — will ... -
First Mexico’s female president takes stock after a year in office
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum celebrated her government’s handling of its tumultuous relations with the Trump administration, progressive gains and controversial judicial reforms in her ... -
Putin says Trump administration is listening to Russia’s arguments on Ukraine war
Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that U.S President Donald Trump’s administration is listening to the Kremlin’s justifications for its invasion of neighboring Ukraine and claimed ... -
Earthquake destroys villages and kills 800 people, with 2,500 injured
Desperate Afghans clawed through rubble in the dead of the night in search of missing loved ones after a strong earthquake killed some 800 ... -
Pope Leo meets LGBTQ+ advocate, vows continuity with Francis’ legacy
Pope Leo XIV met yesterday with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church and encouraged his ministry, ... -
A downturn in international travel to the US may last beyond summer, experts warn
For a few hopeful weeks this summer, a bright billboard on the major highway linking Toronto to New York greeted Canadian drivers with a ... -
Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit could shed light on intentions of member states
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders of eight other nations are meeting in northern China for the latest summit ... -
Ships carrying aid, activists and celebrities set sail from Barcelona to Gaza
A flotilla of ships departed from Barcelona to the Gaza Strip yesterday with humanitarian aid, activists and celebrities on board seeking to break the ... -
Rial currency falls to near-record lows on European ‘snapback’ sanctions
Iran’s rial currency fell to near-record lows yesterday as concerns grew in Tehran that European nations will start a process to reimpose United Nations ... -
Online age checks are proliferating, but so are concerns on freedom
Online age checks are spreading in the U.S. and abroad, requiring people to present IDs or undergo face scans to prove they are over ... -
Gambia’s fishermen are caught in a ‘sea war’ with foreign vessels
Video exclusively obtained by The Associated Press documents an emerging problem in the fight for dominance between Gambian fishermen and foreign-owned commercial vessels in ... -
Study says AI chatbots need to fix suicide response, as family sues over ChatGPT role in boy’s death
A study of how three popular artificial intelligence chatbots respond to queries about suicide found that they generally avoid answering questions that pose the ... -
Scientists get a rare peek inside of an exploding star
Scientists for the first time have spotted the insides of a dying star as it exploded, offering a rare peek into stellar evolution. Stars can live ... -
British Army faces criticism despite a historic payout over Kenyan wildfires
For the first time, Britain’s government has agreed to pay out millions in pounds to Kenyans to settle a civil lawsuit after its military ... -
World shares sink after Trump escalates feud with the Federal Reserve
Shares sank yesterday in Europe and Asia after President Donald Trump announced he was firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. The announcement came after trading closed ... -
Trump envoy says officials working ‘very, very hard’ on ending Russia-Ukraine war
U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Keith Kellogg said in Kyiv earlier this week that officials are “working very, very hard” on efforts to ... -
Netanyahu says Israel could withdraw from Lebanon if Hezbollah is disarmed
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces could start withdrawing from territory they hold in southern Lebanon after the Lebanese cabinet’s “momentous decision” earlier ... -
Rohingya refugees demand safe return on 8th anniversary of exodus
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in dozens of camps in Bangladesh marked the eighth anniversary of their mass exodus, demanding a ... -
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ gives Netflix its first box-office win
Netflix appears to have its first No. 1 box-office title in the streaming company’s 18-year history thanks to the sensation of “KPop Demon Hunters.” Rival studios ... -
For the first time, the world’s food crises authority announces a famine in Gaza
The world’s leading authority on food crises said Friday the Gaza Strip’s largest city is gripped by famine, and that it’s likely to spread ... -
Most vulnerable struggle to find HIV medication after US aid cuts
On a warm evening in Johannesburg, the news spread like wildfire among sex workers: Within 24 hours, several nonprofit clinics providing free HIV services ... -
Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. to stand trial in Mexico over alleged cartel ties
A judge in Mexico said boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. will stand trial over alleged cartel ties and arms trafficking but could await that ... -
Google’s Pixel 10 phones raises the ante on artificial intelligence
Google unveiled a new line-up of Pixel smartphones injected with another dose of artificial intelligence that’s designed to do everything from fetch vital information ... -
Las Vegas tourism is down due to tariffs, immigration crackdown
Tourism in Las Vegas is slumping this summer, with resorts and convention centers reporting fewer visitors compared to last year, especially from abroad, and ... -
Paris residents fight overtourism of Montmartre neighborhood
When Olivier Baroin moved into an apartment in Montmartre about 15 years ago, it felt like he was living in a village in the ... -
Trump vows to change how elections are run, but the Constitution doesn’t give him that power
President Donald Trump Monday [yesterday, Macau time] vowed more changes to the way elections are conducted in the U.S., but based on the Constitution ... -
Zelenskyy deploys gratitude diplomacy for second visit to Oval Office
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wasn’t going to risk being accused of being ungrateful this time. With peace talks on the table and a chance ...
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