House speaker chaos: What is going on? Will it affect you?
Washington and Congress have their own, often impenetrable, languages. So it may be somewhat confusing to assess what it means that the office of the speaker of the House of Representatives is vacant.
2023-10-05 18:29
Families of imprisoned Tunisian dissidents head to the International Criminal Court
Family members of jailed lawyers and politicians in Tunisia want the International Criminal Court to investigate claims of political persecution and human rights violations
2023-10-05 18:18
FedEx jet skids off the runway at a Tennessee airport after landing gear failure
A plane operated by FedEx skidded off the end of a runway at an airport in Chattanooga, Tennessee, after reporting a landing gear failure, emergency officials said.
2023-10-05 17:59
Russia launches more drone attacks as Ukrainian President Zelenskyy travels to a European forum
Russia has targeted Ukraine with drones in another massive attack as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Spain to rally support from Western allies at a summit of some 50 European leaders
2023-10-05 17:57
Auto worker strike highlights disparities between temporary and permanent employees
Among the many changes being sought by striking United Auto Workers is an end to a system that pays workers much different wages for doing the same job
2023-10-05 17:25
House business is on ice without speaker
Lawmakers and aides arrived for work on Wednesday to find a House of Representatives stuck in freeze-frame, a giant blue screen declaring them "in recess" almost the entire day.
2023-10-05 17:18
Some 50 European leaders are to stress their support for Ukraine at a meeting in Spain
Some 50 European leaders are gathering in southern Spain’s Granada on Thursday to stress that they stand by Ukraine, at a time when Western resolve appears somewhat weakened
2023-10-05 16:58
Nobel Prize in literature to be announced in Stockholm
The Nobel Prize in literature will be announced Thursday, with the new laureate, or laureates, joining an illustrious list of past winners that ranges from Toni Morrison to Ernest Hemingway and Jean-Paul Sartre — who turned down the prize in 1964
2023-10-05 15:55
Stock market today: Asian shares rise, buoyed by Wall Street rally from bonds and oil prices
Asian shares are mostly higher as a plunge in oil prices aided a recovery on Wall Street
2023-10-05 15:45
'Our grief is still too fresh': Lahaina residents petition to delay reopening West Maui to tourists after devastating fires
Residents in Lahaina are petitioning Hawaii Gov. Josh Green to delay reopening West Maui to tourists this weekend, saying the community is still grieving and needs more time to heal after the devastating wildfires that left 97 dead.
2023-10-05 15:27
Novo Nordisk's Wegovy bonanza looms large in Denmark
By Maggie Fick COPENHAGEN The whirlwind success of weight-loss treatment Wegovy is providing a bonanza not just for
2023-10-05 14:52
Flash floods kill at least 14 in northeastern India and leave more than 100 missing
Rescue workers are searching for more than 100 people after flash floods triggered by a sudden heavy rainfall swamped several towns in northeastern India, killing at least 14 people
2023-10-05 14:51