Who is Jack Lew? Senate committee advances nomination of Biden's pick for ambassador to Israel amid GOP pushback

Some Senate Republicans expressed frustration earlier in the week over Lew's responses to their follow-up questions following his initial hearing

2023-10-26 18:50

Denmark's Cort Nielsen escapes to victory as Giro resumes

Magnus Cort Nielsen of the Education First team won a rain-sodden 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday after his escape group beat home the peloton on an eventful...

2023-05-17 00:15

Boris Johnson lied to MPs over Covid parties: committee

Boris Johnson deliberately lied to MPs about lockdown-breaking parties during the Covid pandemic that would have seen him face a 90-day suspension had he not quit as a...

2023-06-15 18:47

President Joe Biden's foreign policy upended by Hamas attack

Fears of a wider conflict and a possible distraction from the war in Ukraine could influence the White House.

2023-10-10 07:16

Norwegian writer Jon Fosse wins the Nobel Prize in literature

The Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to Norwegian author Jon Fosse

2023-10-05 19:24

Turkish President Erdogan asks Musk to build Tesla factory in Turkey

By Chandni Shah (Reuters) -Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked Tesla CEO Elon Musk to build a Tesla factory in

2023-09-18 08:19

Zimbabwe's reelected president says there's democracy. But beating and torture allegations emerge

Lawyers for an opposition party councilor in Zimbabwe say he and a relative were abducted, beaten and whipped by unknown men amid a post-election crackdown on criticism of recently reelected President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling ZANU-PF party

2023-09-17 15:28

'Lahaina belongs to its people': Hawaii governor insists fire-ravaged Maui community will be rebuilt as search efforts continue

Amid concerns that speculators may snap up destroyed land, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green insisted Friday that the years-long undertaking of rebuilding Maui's historic Lahaina community will prioritize residents' desires over those of property developers.

2023-08-19 16:23

Hamas says it fires on Israeli troops pressing Gaza ground assault

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose GAZA/JERUSALEM Hamas said its militants fired machine guns and anti-tank missiles toward

2023-10-31 08:46

1-year-old girl dies after being left in a hot car for 8 hours, police in New York say

A 1-year-old girl in New York died after her grandmother left her in the back seat of a car for eight hours while she went to work, police said.

2023-08-02 18:27

Utah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools 'due to vulgarity or violence'

The Bible has been banned at elementary and middle schools in one Utah school district after a committee decided it wasn’t age appropriate “due to vulgarity or violence.”

2023-06-03 04:45

Scheffler, Fitzpatrick share lead with a big chasing pack at BMW Championship

Scottie Scheffler and Matt Fitzpatrick are tied for the lead going into the final round of the BMW Championship

2023-08-20 07:15