Melissa now a category 4 hurricane, NHC says
Hurricane Melissa has developed into a Category 4 hurricane, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Sunday, adding that the maximum sustained winds have increased to 140 mph (220 km/h).
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Trump headlines ASEAN summit, Thailand-Cambodia sign ceasefire deal
The leaders of Thailand and Cambodia signed an expanded ceasefire deal on Sunday watched over by U.S. President Donald Trump, who landed in Malaysia for the ASEAN Summit and ...
Canadians rally around baseball’s Blue Jays after Trump trade outburst
As openings go, it was historically grand for the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.
And the grandest moment of all in Game 1 of the World Series was pinch hitter ...
A ghost in the Oval Office: How Reagan looms over Trump presidency
Since February, a large, smiling portrait of Ronald Reagan has loomed over the Oval Office, watching Donald Trump each time he settles behind the Resolute Desk long used by U....
Louvre transfers jewels to Bank of France after heist
The Louvre has transferred some of its most precious jewels to the Bank of France, according to French radio RTL, after an audacious daylight heist last week exposed the famed ...
Left-wing Connolly set to win Irish presidency in landslide
Catherine Connolly, a veteran lawmaker on the far-left of the Irish political spectrum, was set to be elected president by a landslide margin on Saturday as members of the governing ...
Labour Party elects deputy leader who urges more focus on left-wing values
Britain’s governing Labour Party on Saturday said Lucy Powell had won a vote of members to become the party’s deputy leader, a victory for a candidate whom Prime ...
UK asylum seeker jailed for sex assault released by mistake
An Ethiopian asylum seeker who sexually assaulted a teenage girl and another woman in Britain, sparking summer-long angry protests outside the hotel where he was living, has been accidentally released ...
US to escalate military presence in South America with world’s largest warship
President Donald Trump’s administration escalated a U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean on Friday by announcing the deployment of the Gerald Ford aircraft carrier group to Latin America – ...
Trump aims to clinch deal with China’s Xi during Asia trip
Top economic officials from the US and China kickstarted talks in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday to avert an escalation of their trade war and ensure that a meeting happens next ...
UN cybercrime treaty to be signed to tackle global offences
A landmark UN cybercrime treaty, aimed at tackling offences that cost the global economy trillions of dollars annually, is set to be signed in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi by around 60 ...
Trump’s troop deployments to Portland and DC face tests in court
Federal judges in Portland, Oregon and Washington, DC held hearings on Friday in legal battles over the deployment of National Guard troops to the US cities, as President Donald Trump ...
US expects more flight delays as controllers soon to miss paychecks
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Friday said he expects more flights to be delayed, with air traffic controllers set to miss their first paycheck as a federal government shutdown ...
At least 14 dead after migrant boat sinks off western Turkey
At least 14 people drowned when a rubber boat carrying migrants sank off Turkey’s western province of Mugla on Friday, the local governor’s office said, adding that a search ...
Erdogan says US, others must press Israel to abide by Gaza ceasefire
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said the United States and others must do more to push Israel to stop violating the Gaza ceasefire agreement, including the possible use of sanctions or ...
Britain pushes allies to boost Ukraine support as Zelenskiy lands in London
Britain on Friday urged fellow allies of Ukraine to reach a deal to use frozen Russian assets to strengthen its hand for any future peace talks, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ...
Turkish court dismisses case seeking to oust opposition leader
A Turkish court dismissed a case seeking to oust the main opposition party’s leader, Özgür Özel, and annul its 2023 congress over irregularities, in a move that could ease ...
Rigged poker games melded high-tech trickery with NBA star power, prosecutors say
The head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, NBA Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups, has been charged with helping to cheat high-stakes poker players out of millions of dollars through ...
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Trump furious with Canada’s anti-tariffs advert, terminates trade talks
President Donald Trump said all trade talks with Canada were terminated following what he called a fraudulent advertisement in which former and late President Ronald Reagan spoke negatively about tariffs.
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US mulls Gaza aid plan that would replace controversial GHF aid operation
The United States is considering a proposal for humanitarian aid delivery in Gaza that would replace the controversial U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, according to a copy of the ...
EU hits banks, prison medic and Chinese refineries in Russia sanctions
The European Union adopted its 19th package of Russia sanctions on Thursday, banning Russian liquefied natural gas imports and targeting entities ranging from Chinese refiners and Central Asian banks to ...
Pakistan bans Islamist party after deadly clashes
Pakistan banned an Islamist party for the second time in four years on Thursday, a week after five people died in clashes between its members and police.
Followers of the ...
Wyoming dinosaur ‘mummies’ reveal a surprise: hoofed feet
Two fossilized “mummies” unearthed by scientists in the badlands of Wyoming of the duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosaurus reveal the external anatomy in exquisite detail, including the surprising presence of hooves on ...
Trump pardons convicted Binance founder Zhao, White House says
U.S. President Donald Trump has pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the convicted founder of the giant Binance cryptocurrency exchange, a White House official said on Thursday, the latest in a series ...