
Top US officials have 'candid and productive discussions' in Beijing amid ongoing tensions
Top US State Department and National Security Council officials "had candid and productive discussions" with Chinese officials in Beijing on Monday "as part of ongoing efforts to maintain open lines of communication and build on recent high-level diplomacy between the two countries," according to a readout from the US State Department.
2023-06-06 04:17

Smoky week ahead from wildfires in Canada is expected to lead to more alert warnings for the Northeast
After weeks of reporting about the wildfires in Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia, Quebec is now the latest hotspot for fires in Canada which is sending thick smoke south and east into the US, affecting air quality for millions.
2023-06-06 04:17

Fact check: Trump boasts about a massive oil purchase that never happened
Former President Donald Trump, now a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, claimed in a television interview on Thursday that he not only purchased 75 million barrels of oil for the national Strategic Petroleum Reserve but did so for a remarkably low price.
2023-06-06 03:56

Mexico president's ruling party ousts once-dominant party in most populous state
The ruling party of Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has won the governorship of the country’s most populous state
2023-06-06 03:51

Ukraine's Zelenskiy welcomes 'the news we have been waiting for'
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomed on Monday what he called "the news we have been waiting for" from troops
2023-06-06 03:48

Agenda spat at UN climate talks as top official sees chance to ask 'difficult questions' in Dubai
Nations have resumed talks on tackling global warming with the aim of shaping a deal that might put the world on track to prevent a dangerous increase in temperatures
2023-06-06 03:30

The Biden administration sees hydrogen as a game-changing climate technology. The reality is far more complicated
The Biden administration on Monday announced a goal to produce 50 million metric tons of clean hydrogen fuel by 2050 -- a roadmap that, if successful, would cut around 10% of the country's planet-warming pollution by the same date.
2023-06-06 03:28

Texas wins round against Google as antitrust lawsuit returned to Lone Star state
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Texas won the latest round in its antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet's Google on Monday as a U.S. judicial
2023-06-06 03:26

Second flight carrying migrants lands in Sacramento; California officials say Florida set up travel
Another group of approximately 20 migrants have arrived in Sacramento on a private flight
2023-06-06 03:24

After subpoena threat, US House committee members to see Afghanistan cable
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON Members of a U.S. House of Representatives committee will be able to view a
2023-06-06 03:24

West Coast port customers press Biden to intervene as pay fight hits operations
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The National Retail Federation on Monday called on U.S. President Biden to intervene in
2023-06-06 03:24

Convicted spy Robert Hanssen dies in prison
Robert Philip Hanssen, who received payments of $1.4 million in cash and diamonds for the information he gave the Soviet Union and Russia, has died, the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced Monday.
2023-06-06 03:21