North Korea to welcome China and Russia with military display after pandemic isolation
By Josh Smith SEOUL After years of pandemic isolation, North Korea has invited its friends back this week,
2023-07-26 11:16
Hunter Biden's guilty plea is on the horizon, and so are a fresh set of challenges
President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, faced new challenges on the eve of a scheduled court appearance Wednesday in which he’s set to plead guilty in a deal with prosecutors on tax and gun charges
2023-07-26 10:57
Typhoon blows off roofs, floods villages and displaces thousands in northern Philippines
Typhoon Doksuri has ripped tin roofs off of homes, flooded low-lying villages, knocked out power and displaced more than 12,000 people as it smashes into a small island and lashes northern Philippine provinces with ferocious wind and rain
2023-07-26 10:54
Blinken visits tiny Tonga as US continues diplomatic push to counter China in the Pacific
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting the tiny kingdom of Tonga as the United States continues to increase its diplomatic efforts in the Pacific while China’s influence in the region grows
2023-07-26 10:49
Canadian search teams find body of a child who died in flooding in Nova Scotia over the weekend
Canadian police say the body of a child who went missing when the province of Nova Scotia was hit with extreme flooding has been recovered
2023-07-26 10:19
Taliban orders beauty salons in Afghanistan to close despite UN concern and rare public protest
The Taliban says all beauty salons in Afghanistan must now close as a one-month deadline ended, despite rare public opposition to the edict
2023-07-26 09:57
Nearly 100 pilot whales strand themselves on an Australian beach. Half have died despite efforts
Nearly 100 pilot whales have stranded themselves on a beach in western Australia, and about half had died by Wednesday morning, despite the efforts of wildlife experts and volunteers to save them
2023-07-26 09:26
Top election security expert fired by Trump confirms he spoke with special counsel
A top election security official who was fired by President Donald Trump weeks after the 2020 election has confirmed to CNN that he was interviewed in recent months by the special counsel investigating Trump's efforts to overturn the election.
2023-07-26 09:24
Chinese and Russian officials to join North Korean commemorations of Korean War armistice
Both Russia and China are sending government delegations to North Korea this week for events marking the 70th anniversary of the armistice that halted fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War
2023-07-26 08:57
Ohio voters to decide whether to protect abortion rights in November
By Joseph Ax Voters in Ohio will decide in November whether to enshrine the right to abortion in
2023-07-26 08:52
Attorney for ex-student charged in California stabbing deaths says he's not mentally fit for trial
An attorney for a former Northern California university student charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of two people and attempted murder of a third says his client has not showered in the nearly three months he’s been in jail
2023-07-26 08:50
As Twitter fades to X, TikTok steps up with new text-based posts
The same day owner Elon Musk abruptly dropped Twitter's name and bird logo as part of its supposed transition to an “anything app,” TikTok impishly announced it will begin letting its users post — you guessed it — text-based messages
2023-07-26 08:49