King Charles highlights US-UK bond during busy day of diplomacy

King Charles III toasts with President Trump during a State Dinner in the White House State Dinner King Charles III marked the 250th anniversary of

Shots fired as gunman charges toward ballroom at White House correspondents’ dinner. Trump unharmed

Secret service agents respond during the White House Correspondents Dinner, Saturday, in Washington (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside the White

Trump signs bill extending controversial surveillance powers until April 30 

President Donald Trump on Saturday signed a bill extending a controversial surveillance program until April 30, a short-term renewal that sets up another showdown in Congress. The bill was

A small but growing movement wants you to put down your phone

More than a dozen millennials gathered in a brownstone apartment in Brooklyn and placed their phones in a metal colander before two hours of reading, drawing and

Efforts underway for 2nd round of US-Iran talks as ships reported transiting Hormuz

The standoff between the United States and Iran deepened yesterday as the U.S. declared it had blockaded Iran’s ports, Tehran threatened to strike targets across

Why China rejects spheres of influence

Jorge Costa Oliveira The Trump administration revived rhetoric built on the idea of a world divided into spheres of influence, echoing the Monroe Doctrine and reasserting ambitions

US and Iran end ceasefire talks and Vance heads home without an agreement 

US Vice President JD Vance, right, speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran as Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for

Oil prices rise to $100 as stocks slow on doubts about the US-Iran ceasefire

Oil prices climbed back toward $100 per barrel yesterday, while stock markets worldwide slow following their big gains from the day before. The S&P 500 was nearly unchanged in midday

Markets surge worldwide as oil plunges toward $90 following ceasefire between US, Israel and Iran

Stock markets are surging worldwide, and oil prices are plunging back toward $90 per barrel after President Donald Trump pulled back from his threat to force a

Gulf allies ask Trump to keep fighting until Iran is defeated

Gulf allies of the United States, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are urging President Donald Trump to continue prosecuting the war

Immigrants seeking asylum are ordered to countries they’ve never been to, but end up stuck in limbo

The Afghan man had fled the Taliban for refuge in upstate New York when U.S. immigration authorities ordered him deported to Uganda. The Cuban woman was working

As juries turn against social media for harming kids, Big Tech’s invincibility starts to show cracks 

Lori Schott, center, is embraced as she holds up a photo of her daughter Annalee Schott, after the verdict in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately

NYC Pilot and copilot killed in collision between jet and fire truck

An Air Canada Jet sits on the runway at LaGuardia Airport, New York City, yesterday Two people were killed and several others badly hurt when

State Department cut jobs with deep expertise in Middle East as Iran crisis escalates

Secretary of State Marco Rubio In the escalating war in Iran, the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs would ordinarily be at the center

New trade deal secures fossil fuels, access to minerals

Barges fully loaded with coal are anchored on Mahakam river in Samarinda, East Kalimantan A new trade pact between Indonesia and the United States has recast

Scientists made a breakthrough in the study of whale sounds

This photo provided by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows a whaleoff the West Antarctica Peninsula in 2017 Researchers on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, recently

Iran’s secretive top leader vows to keep up attacks in his first statement

A woman sits on rubble across from a residential building damaged in Tehran, yesterday Iran’s new supreme leader released his first statement since succeeding his

US and Iran spar over status of Iranian warship sunk by a submarine

Sri Lankan Navy sailors rescue Iranian sailors from IRIS Dena warship after their ship sank outside Sri Lanka’s territorial waters, near Galle The United States

Challenging your brain helps keep it healthy, scientists explain how

“Exercise your brain,” experts advise people hoping to stave off dementia. But how? Stretching your brain might be the better description. Do a crossword puzzle a day and

Police investigating after device thrown at anti-Islam protest in New York City

A counterprotester demonstrating against a “Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City” event Saturday lit and threw a device containing nuts, bolts and screws at the protesting

Iran launches new attacks, saying US will ‘bitterly regret’ sinking warship, calls for Trump’s blood 

A man carries an Iranian flag to place on the rubble of a police facility struck during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran Iran

Where things stand after the US and Israeli strikes on Iran

The damaged façade of Gandhi Hospital in Tehran The United States and Israel targeted Iran in coordinated attacks over the weekend that killed Supreme Leader

Trump’s State of the Union will seek to calm voters’ economic concerns

The U.S. Capitol is seen after sunset in Washington President Donald Trump will use today’s (Macau time) State of the Union to champion his immigration

NASA delays astronaut moon mission again after new rocket problem

In the latest setback to return astronauts to the moon, NASA delayed the highly anticipated flight yet again after a new problem cropped up with the rocket Saturday.

Bondi clashes with Democrats as she struggles to turn the page on Epstein files furor

Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington Attorney General Pam Bondi launched into a passionate

The US says Peru could lose its sovereignty to China, Beijing strongly refutes

The Trump administration on Wednesday expressed concern that China was costing Peru its sovereignty in solidifying control over the South American nation’s critical infrastructure, a blunt warning after

Trump’s racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash

President Donald Trump’s racist social media post featuring former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted Friday after a backlash

Iran, US hold nuclear talks as Trump delivers blunt warning to Khamenei

Nuclear talks between Iran and the United States will take place today in Oman, the Iranian foreign minister said, as tensions between the countries remain

Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter

Punxsutawney Phil, the legendary groundhog that lives in a tree stump in rural Pennsylvania, has issued the most highly anticipated weather forecast of the season: six more

Epstein files lead to resignation in Slovakia and calls in Britain for former prince to cooperate 

Documents that were included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files are photographed Friday Newly disclosed U.S. government files on Jeffrey

Gone are the days of the $1 buffet in Las Vegas. Now $175 buffets offer luxury dining 

Eighty years ago, the first Las Vegas buffet opened with the $1 western-themed Buckaroo Buffet that offered cold cuts and cheese. Today, visitors can drop

New US charge d’affaires arrives in Venezuela to reopen diplomatic mission after seven years 

U.S. charge d’affaires Laura Dogu arrived in Caracas on Saturday to reopen the American diplomatic mission in Venezuela after seven years of severed ties. The move comes almost one

US applications for jobless benefits tick down to 209,000 last week

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits inched down modestly last week, remaining at historically healthy levels despite recent high-profile layoff announcements. Applications for jobless aid

Minneapolis residents shelter immigrant children separated from parents and sought by federal agents 

A boy sits on the couch of a Minneapolis safe house earlier this month, as his younger siblings and niece play on the floor beside him after they fled

Trump rolls out his Board of Peace at Davos, but many top US allies aren’t participating

President Donald Trump on Thursday inaugurated his “ Board of Peace ” to lead efforts at maintaining a ceasefire in Israel’s war with Hamas, insisting that “everyone wants

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