
Taipei mayor to visit China as tensions simmer with Taiwan
TAIPEI The mayor of Taipei will visit Shanghai at the end of this month for an annual city
2023-08-18 11:24

Hawaii wildfires: Maui emergency chief quits after sirens criticism
Hawaii residents tell the BBC a stronger emergency response could have saved lives in the blaze.
2023-08-18 11:15

Drone attack hits building in central Moscow
Russian officials say air defences shot down the drone and its debris landed on the city's Expo Center.
2023-08-18 10:55

Evergrande: China property giant files for bankruptcy in US
The move comes as fears grow over problems in the world's second largest economy.
2023-08-18 10:28

US CDC tracks new lineage of virus that causes COVID
(Reuters) -U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that it was tracking a new lineage of the
2023-08-18 10:23

Canada wildfire: Yellowknife evacuees turned away from full flights
Thousands of residents desperate to flee Yellowknife are told to return on Friday as planes fill up.
2023-08-18 10:19

Hurricane Hilary intensifies off Mexico's Pacific coast
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Hurricane Hilary strengthened into a major category 3 storm on Thursday as it barreled through the Pacific
2023-08-18 09:54

CDC is among federal agencies investigating the death of a 3-year-old asylum-seeker who was on a Texas-sponsored bus to Chicago
A 3-year-old migrant girl who was on a Texas-sponsored bus to Chicago died last week, prompting investigations by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other agencies, authorities said.
2023-08-18 09:50

Maui Emergency Management Agency head resigns
The head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) resigned on Thursday, citing health reasons, the Maui County
2023-08-18 09:21

Kirby: No signs North Korea is using Travis King as propaganda or bargaining chip but would 'not be out of character'
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Thursday that it "would not be out of character" for North Korea to use US soldier Travis King as a propaganda tool or bargaining chip.
2023-08-18 09:17

Trump Says He’s ‘Not A Fan’ of Powell, Wouldn’t Reappoint Him to Fed
Former President Donald Trump said if reelected, he would not reappoint Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell when the
2023-08-18 08:54

How a real Trump supporter unknowingly became the face of a fake liberal Twitter account
Erica Marsh quickly rose to fame earlier this year as a viral left-wing voice on social media. Her incendiary tweets, often ultra-liberal and hyper-political, drew millions of views and the ire of conservatives, who pointed to her outlandish comments comparing Republicans to pedophiles and conservative Supreme Court justices to Nazis as examples of extreme liberalism run amok.
2023-08-18 08:18