El Paso, Texas ‘at a breaking point’ amid jump in migration, mayor says
The dramatic increase in migrants crossing the U.S. border from Mexico has pushed the city of El Paso, Texas, to “a breaking point,” with more than 2,000 people per day ...
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Russia’s Lavrov doesn’t reject UN bid to revive Black Sea deal, but says unrealistic
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday portrayed the United States and Europe as “looking down” on the rest of the world amid a battle to win over developing ...
Two Palestinians killed in Israeli forces’ incursion in West Bank (Update 1)
Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, including a fighter from the Islamist group Hamas, during a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank early on Sunday, emergency workers ...
OpenAI unveils Dall-E 3, latest version of its text-to-image tool
OpenAI on Wednesday unveiled Dall-E 3, the latest version of its text-to-image tool that uses its wildly popular AI chatbot ChatGPT to help fill in prompts.
Dall-E 3 will be available to ...
Cisco beefs up cybersecurity play with $28 bln Splunk deal
Cisco Systems (CSCO.O) has agreed to buy cybersecurity firm Splunk (SPLK.O) for about $28 billion in its biggest-ever deal to beef up its software business and capitalize on the ...
UK’s softening labour market ‘must weaken’ consumer demand, Next boss says
A softening employment market in Britain “must weaken” consumer demand in 2024/25, the boss of clothing retailer Next (NXT.L), said on Thursday.
“I’m not going to try and predict ...
Man City beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 despite Rodri red card
Manchester City maintained their perfect start to the Premier League season with a 2-0 home win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday, making it six wins out of six despite losing ...
Ukrainian heavy artillery inflicts ‘hell’ on Russian lines near Bakhmut
The use of heavy weapons supplied by the West in the fierce battle raging on the outskirts of Bakhmut, which was captured by Russia in May, is inflicting a significant ...
Pope Francis moved as Reuters photographer shows him child migrant picture
Pope Francis was moved as he was shown a picture of a migrant child by Reuters photographer Yara Nardi during his flight to a Church conference on Mediterranean issues in ...
Last-gasp penalty miss denies Portugal first win
Nuno Sousa Guedes missed a last-minute penalty as Portugal agonisingly failed to secure a first-ever World Cup victory on Saturday as Georgia scored a 78th-minute try – then missed the conversion – ...
Lebanese army says it exchanged tear gas, smoke bomb fire with Israel
Lebanon’s army said it fired tear gas at Israeli forces over the border on Saturday in response to smoke bombs fired at its troops, though Israel said Lebanon started ...
NASA’s first asteroid sample on track for Sunday parachute landing in Utah
A NASA space capsule carrying a sample of rocky material plucked from the surface of an asteroid three years ago hurtled toward Earth this weekend headed for a fiery plunge ...
Federer vows not to be a stranger to tour in retirement
Swiss maestro Roger Federer said he had missed everything about tennis following his retirement last year and vowed to not be a stranger to the tour despite his off-court commitments ...
Landslide causes large chunk of Swedish motorway to collapse
A large chunk of a motorway in southwest Sweden collapsed overnight, causing three people to be taken to hospital with light injuries, police said on Saturday.
The landslide damaged the ...
Russia says Karabakh Armenian fighters start giving up arms
Russia said that Armenian fighters in the breakaway region of Nagorno Karabakh had started to give up arms as some humanitarian aid reached the 120,000 Armenians there who say the world ...
Verstappen takes pole in Japan with a ‘mighty’ lap
Formula One leader Max Verstappen blew away all doubts about Red Bull’s enduring dominance on Saturday with a “mighty” pole lap in Japan ahead of McLaren’s Oscar Piastri ...
Sunak may ban cigarettes in UK for future generations -The Guardian
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering introducing measures that would ban the next generation from ever being able to buy cigarettes, The Guardian reported on Friday, citing government sources.
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US Senator Menendez charged with bribery, says he will not resign
U.S. prosecutors on Friday charged powerful Senator Bob Menendez and his wife with taking bribes from three New Jersey businessmen, which could complicate Democrats’ efforts to keep their slim ...
Mexican police cuff crooked ‘demon doll’ Chucky
Handcuffed, a knife still sticking out of his overalls, the Chucky doll hunches against the wall as police hold him by his bright orange hair to take his mug shot.
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Nigeria crypto usage growing further, report says
Cryptocurrency usage is growing in Nigeria as Africa’s largest economy grapples with a weakening currency and soaring inflation, New York-based blockchain research firm Chainalysis said in a report this ...
Israel on cusp of region-reshaping peace with Saudi Arabia, Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday he believed his country was on the cusp of peace with Saudi Arabia, predicting it could be clinched by U.S. President ...
Former Italian president Napolitano dies aged 98
Former Italian president Giorgio Napolitano, a onetimecommunist who helped to steer his country through a debt crisis in 2011, died on Friday aged 98.
Condolences poured in from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia ...
Pope says impeding migrant rescues at sea is ‘gesture of hate’
Pope Francis said on Friday that migrants who risk drowning at sea “must be rescued” because doing so was “a duty of humanity” and that those who impede rescues commit “...
US will send Ukraine ATACMS long-range missiles, Biden tells Zelenskiy -NBC
U.S. President Joe Biden has informed Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Washington will provide Kyiv with ATACMS long-range missiles, NBC News reported on Friday, citing three U.S. ...