Voters say neither Biden nor Trump should run in 2024
About half of U.S. Democrats say President Joe Biden should not seek re-election next year and that he is too old to run, a worrisome sign for the 80-year-old, ...
British American Tobacco Plc to pay more than $635 mln in North Korea sanctions case
British American Tobacco Plc has agreed to pay more than $635 million to U.S. authorities after a subsidiary pleaded guilty to charges that it conspired to violate U.S. sanctions ...
Harry Belafonte, who mixed music, acting, and activism, dies at 96
Harry Belafonte, a singer, songwriter and groundbreaking actor who started his entertainment career belting “Day O” in his 1950s hit song “Banana Boat” before turning to political activism, has died ...
Central banks signal end of bank turmoil with cut in dollar funding line
The world’s top central banks are cutting the frequency of their dollar liquidity operations with the US Federal Reserve from May, sending the clearest signal yet that last month’...
Judge in Donald Trump rape case warns against inciteful statements
The judge in former President Donald Trump’s rape case ordered lawyers at the start of a civil trial on Tuesday to keep their clients and witnesses from making public ...
Biden makes 2024 presidential run official: ‘Let’s finish this job’
President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he will seek a second White House term in 2024, a decision that will test whether Americans are ready to give the 80-year-old Democrat, already ...
Medvedev: we are probably on verge of a new world war
An ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the world was probably on the verge of a new world war and the risks of a nuclear confrontation ...
Eighty ancient Cypriot artifacts repatriated from US
More than 80 Cypriot antiquities are being repatriated from the USA to Cyprus it was announced on Tuesday in a ceremony held in Washington for the occasion.
Cyprus Ambassador to the ...
Fox News, Tucker Carlson part ways days after Fox settles Dominion lawsuit
Fox News Media and top-rated host Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways, the media company said,less than a week after it and its parent Fox Corp FOXA.Osettled ...
Foreign states seek Sudan evacuations after US pulls out diplomats (Update 2)
The United States said its special forces helped embassy staff get out of Sudan, but evacuations by some other countries appeared to face problems on Sunday amid battles between rival ...
US Supreme Court preserves broad access to abortion pill
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked new restrictions set by lower courts on a widely used abortion pill, a decision welcomed by President Joe Biden as his administration ...
Leaked US documents suspect shared info earlier than previously known- NYT
The U.S. Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified documents to a small group of gamers had been posting sensitive information months earlier than previously known and to a ...
California jury finds Tesla Autopilot did not fail in crash case
A California state court jury on Friday handed Tesla Inc TSLA.O a sweeping win, finding that the car maker’s Autopilot feature did not fail to perform safely in ...
Allies move to bolster Ukrainian tank forces ahead of counteroffensive
The United States said it will soon start training Ukrainian troops to use its Abrams tank and Germany announced a deal to establish a hub in Poland to repair tanks ...
Biden, France’s Macron reaffirm maintaining peace across Taiwan Strait- White House
U.S. President Joe Biden spoke by phone on Thursday with French President Emmanuel Macron and discussed Macron’s state visit to China, the White House said, a week after ...
DeSantis signs bill to lower bar on death sentence in Florida
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Thursday ending a requirement that juries need to vote unanimously to recommend capital punishment before a judge in a capital felony trial ...
Judge rules Trump free to skip rape accuser’s trial, jurors won’t hear why
Donald Trump is free to skip a New York trial over accusations he raped a writer nearly 30 years ago, but jurors will not be told his absence was meant to ...
SpaceX’s Starship rocket successfully launched on first test flight, then explodes
Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Thursday successfully launched its next-generation Starship cruise vessel for the first time atop the company’s powerful new Super Heavy rocket in an uncrewed test ...
Two Alabama teens charged with murder in ‘Sweet 16’ party shooting
Two Alabama teenagers have been taken into custody and charged with murder in last week’s shooting at a ‘Sweet 16’ birthday party that left four dead and 32 wounded, a state ...
US Supreme Court faces self-imposed deadline to act on abortion pill curbs
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday faces a self-imposed deadline to act before significant limits on access to the abortion pill mifepristone take effect in a challenge by anti-abortion ...
Fox settles Dominion lawsuit for $787.5 million over US election lies
Fox Corp FOXA.O and Fox News on Tuesday settled a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million, averting a trial putting one of the world’s top media ...
Kansas City homeowner charged in shooting of Black teenager surrenders to police
An 84-year-old white man charged in the shooting and wounding of a Black teenager who mistakenly walked up to the suspect’s house in Kansas City has surrendered to police, ...
Heavy gunfire quickly shatters Sudan truce pushed by US (Update)
Heavy gunfire shattered a 24-hour truce in Sudan on Tuesday shortly after it was due to take effect under U.S. pressure on warring military factions to halt fighting that ...
Anti-abortion groups urge US Supreme Court to restrict abortion pill
The U.S. Supreme Court should restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone, anti-abortion groups challenging the medication’s federal regulatory approval told the justices in a filing on ...