Hundreds of migrants amass near US-Mexico wall with COVID ban set to end
Long lines of migrants have amassed this week in the border city of Tijuana, near the sprawling wall that divides Mexico from the United States, in the final days of ...
Trump’s absence at civil rape trial shows ‘he did it,’ lawyer says
Donald Trump’s absence from a trial where writer E. Jean Carroll accuses him of rape and defamation shows that “he did it,” a lawyer for Carroll said on Monday, ...
Wall Street Journal, New York Times among Pulitzer winners
The Wall Street Journal won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting for revealing financial conflicts of interest among officials at dozens of federal agencies, the award administrator said on Monday.
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China and U.S. see need to stabilise relations
China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Monday it is imperative to stabilise Sino-U.S. relations after a series of “erroneous words and deeds” threw ties back into a ...
Driver arrested after 7, including migrants, killed in Brownsville, Texas
At least seven pedestrians were killed and several others injured on Sunday when an SUV mowed down people near a homeless shelter that attends to migrants in Brownsville, Texas, police ...
Japan’s PM tells South Koreans his ‘heart hurts’ over pain caused by occupation
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told South Koreans on Sunday his “heart hurts” when he thinks of suffering and pain during Japanese colonial rule, in a nod to historical ...
At least 8 people killed by gunman at Texas mall; shooter killed by police
A gunman shot and killed eight people and wounded at least seven others at a busy mall north of Dallas police said.
The gunman, whom authorities said they think acted ...
Jury convicts Proud Boys members of seditious conspiracy in US Capitol attack
A jury on Thursday convicted four members of the far-right Proud Boys militia group including its former leader Enrique Tarrio of seditious conspiracy, finding they plotted to attack the U....
EXCLUSIVE-Israel seized Binance crypto accounts to ‘thwart’ Islamic State, document shows
Israel has seized around 190 crypto accounts at crypto exchange Binance since 2021, including two it said were linked to Islamic State and dozens of others it said were owned by Palestinian ...
Trump jurors see new video of ex-president defending lewd “Grab ’em” remarks
Jurors in Donald Trump’s civil rape trial on Thursday saw a video deposition in which the former U.S. president defended private comments he made in 2005 about grabbing women ...
Top US CEO pay rose 7.7 per cent last year, outpacing inflation, study finds
Median pay for top US CEOs rose 7.7 per cent last year to a record $22.3 million, a new study found, as big stock awards helped the group stay ahead of inflation ...
Shooting at Atlanta medical building leaves at least one dead, police say
At least one person was killed in a lunchtime shooting at a medical building in a busy commercial area of Atlanta, and the suspected gunman was still at large, police ...
Suspect in killing of 5 Texas neighbors caught after 4-day manhunt
Police captured a man suspected of shooting five Texas neighbors to death and leading multiple agencies on a four-day manhunt after a tip led them to a home in a ...
Hollywood writers strike over pay in streaming TV ‘gig economy’ (Updated)
Thousands of film and television writers headed to picket lines on Tuesday for their first work stoppage in 15 years, sending Hollywood into turmoil and disrupting TV production as the industry ...
Texas man accused of killing five neighbours was deported four times
A Texas man accused of killing five neighbours after being asked to stop shooting his assault-style rifle because of the noise had been deported from the U.S. four times ...
E. Jean Carroll resumes testimony in Trump rape trial after mistrial denied (Updated)
E. Jean Carroll returned to the witness stand in her rape and defamation civil case against Donald Trump, after the judge denied a defense request for a mistrial.
Trump’s ...
US Treasury encouraged by First Republic resolution, says banking system remains sound
The U.S. Treasury Department is encouraged that First Republic Bank FRC.N was resolved with the least cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund, and believes the U.S. banking ...
JPMorgan snaps up First Republic’s assets in US auction
JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM.N said on Monday it will buy most of First Republic Bank’s FRC.N assets after regulators seized the troubled lender at the weekend, ...
Moving away from the dollar: the impact of sanctions and technology
By Maria Demertzis
“Every night I ask myself why all countries have to base their trade on the dollar,” Brazil’s President Lula da Silva said in a 13 April speech ...
5 dead in Texas shooting, armed suspect on the loose
Five people including an 8-year-old child were killed in a shooting at a home in Cleveland, Texas, ABC News reported on Saturday, citing local police and authorities.
The shooting took ...
U.S. confiscates Iran oil cargo on tanker amid Tehran tensions -sources
The U.S. confiscated Iranian oil on a tanker at sea in recent days in a sanctions enforcement operation, three sources said, and days later Iran seized another oil-laden tanker ...
US plane flew through Taiwan Strait, French lawmaker confirms ship transit
A U.S. Navy patrol plane flew through the Taiwan Strait on Friday as a senior French lawmaker confirmed a warship from his country had also recently transited the sensitive ...
Trump paints doomsday scenario if Biden wins White House again
Donald Trump will use his first campaign event since President Joe Biden officially entered the 2024 election race to portray their differences in stark and apocalyptic terms, arguing a Biden re-election ...
U.S. targets Russia’s FSB, IRGC members over wrongful detention of Americans
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Russia’s domestic security service FSB and the intelligence unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) accusing them of being responsible ...