French prosecutors say rapper Travis Scott has been arrested at a Paris hotel after an altercation with a security guard
August 09, 2024
China's state media and authorities say a powerful explosion set off a fireball on a container ship loaded with hazardous goods at a major port on China’s Pacific coast
August 09, 2024President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will make their first trip together since Biden ended his candidacy and Harris took over as the Democratic standard-bearer
August 09, 2024
A Philippine appeals court has reversed a regulator’s 2018 order to shut down a prominent news outlet, marking a legal victory for journalists who angered former President Rodrigo Duterte by reporting critically on his deadly crackdown on illegal drugs and alarming human rights record
August 09, 2024
Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro is trying to accomplish something that seems impossible in the South American country: steer people away from WhatsApp and X
August 09, 2024
The government of Paraguay has effectively ordered the United States ambassador to leave the South American nation, escalating tensions between the allies in the wake of the Biden administration’s sanctions on a tobacco company linked to the country’s powerful former president
August 08, 2024
Analysts are expressing shock at a decision by Mexico’s central bank to cut interest rates on the same day that official figures showed a sharp rise in domestic inflation
August 08, 2024
A 73-year-old man has been charged in the strangulation deaths of three Southern California women in 1977, and authorities say they believe there could be more victims
August 08, 2024
Former FIFA interim president and long-time leader of African soccer Issa Hayatou has died
August 08, 2024
Noah Lyles said he tested positive for COVID two days before he finished third in the 200-meter final at the Paris Olympics on Thursday night
August 08, 2024
The search is on for a small alligator in Erie, Pennsylvania, after it was caught on video last weekend swimming just off the shore of Lake Erie
August 08, 2024A Serbian competitor in the CrossFit Games has died while competing in a swimming event at a Texas lake
August 08, 2024
A man who says he broke his ankle jumping into the sprinkle pool at the Museum of Ice Cream in New York City has filed a lawsuit alleging that the facility was negligent for not warning customers that it is unsafe to jump into the sprinkle pool
August 08, 2024
Federal forecasters are still predicting a highly active Atlantic hurricane season thanks to near-record sea surface temperatures and the possibility of La Nina
August 08, 2024
A top U.N. counterterrorism official has told the Security Council that a vast stretch of Africa could fall under the control of groups affiliated with the Islamic State group and affiliated terrorist groups
August 08, 2024
A zoo in Syracuse, New York, has welcomed two baby patas monkeys born weeks apart
August 08, 2024
China is trying to fight fire with fire in the face of persistent doping allegations that have dogged its swimmers at the Paris Olympics
August 08, 2024
Author-educator Kwame Anthony Appiah has received a $500,000 lifetime achievement award from the Library of Congress
August 08, 2024The Chicago White Sox have fired manager Pedro Grifol, two days after the team ended a 21-game losing streak that tied the American League record
August 08, 2024
Greek authorities have flown additional forces to the southern island of Crete, where 250 firefighters are battling a wildfire that has forced the evacuation of eight mountain villages
August 08, 2024Israel’s Western allies have condemned remarks by the country's far-right finance minister who suggested that causing the starvation of Gaza’s population of more than 2 million Palestinians “might be just and moral” until Hamas-held hostages are released
August 08, 2024
South Korean authorities are questioning a suspected North Korean resident who crossed into the South, according to South Korea’s military
August 08, 2024
Russian prosecutors on Thursday asked for a 15-year sentence in the treason trial of a Russian-American woman, who has pleaded guilty, Russian news agencies reported
August 08, 2024
Russia's Defense Ministry says the country's troops are fighting Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region on the third day of one of the largest cross-border incursions of the war
August 08, 2024
A powerful earthquake has struck off Japan’s southern coast and injured nine people, but most of the injuries are minor and there have been no reports of serious damage
August 08, 2024
TSX futures fall as investors pause after week's rally
China Minsheng Bank cut Beijing staff pay by up to 50% in austerity drive
India's Nifty, Sensex outperform most global markets, behind only Wall Street
Russia warns West and Ukraine of 'disastrous consequences' if Kyiv moves against Belarus
Pope Francis tells Catholic cardinals he wants 'zero deficit' agenda
Hezbollah handed out pagers hours before blasts - even after checks
Huge Australian king penguin chick Pesto grows into social media star
Brazil’s online gambling craze may be hitting consumer spending
Chelsea goalkeeper Hannah Hampton shines shines despite lack of depth perception