A South Korean court has sentenced former First Lady Kim Keon Hee to one year and eight months in prison after finding her guilty of accepting bribes from the Unification Church, according to South Korea’s official Yonhap news agency.The Seoul Central District Court on Wednesday cleared Kim, the wife of disgraced ex-President Yoon...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will unveil plans to bolster the country’s nuclear forces at an upcoming governing party meeting, state media reported.The report from the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Wednesday came the day after Kim oversaw the latest in a series of missile tests that have unsettled the region. Kim has orde...

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her country will continue to show “solidarity” with Cuba after media reports that her government halted a shipment of oil to Havana.Mexico has in recent years become a top supplier of oil to Cuba, which relies on cut-price oil supplies from its allies to survive a US trade embargo and keep t...

United States Representative for Minnesota Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unknown substance by an assailant while calling for the abolition of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency at a town hall meeting in Minneapolis.Omar was not injured in the attack on Tuesday, and authorities said the assailant – an unnamed man...

NEW YORK (AP) — In a rare move, NASA is cutting a mission aboard the International Space Station short after an astronaut had a medical issue.The space agency said Thursday the U.S.-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return to Earth in the coming days, earlier than planned. NASA canceled its...

NEW YORK (AP) — Dogs are great at learning action commands like “sit” and “stay.” They’re less good at remembering the names of things, like what their squeaky or stuffed toys are called.Only an elite group of gifted word-learner dogs can retain the names of hundreds of toys. Scientists know...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An astronaut in need of doctors’ care departed the International Space Station with three crewmates on Wednesday in NASA’s first medical evacuation.The four returning astronauts — from the U.S., Russia and Japan — are aiming for an early Thursday morning splashdow...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An ailing astronaut returned to Earth with three others on Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a month early in NASA’s first medical evacuation.SpaceX guided the capsule to a middle-of-the-night splashdown in the Pacific near San Diego, less tha...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have uncovered the mummified remains of cheetahs from caves in northern Saudi Arabia.The remains range from 130 years old to over 1,800 years old. Researchers excavated seven mummies along with the bones of 54 other cheetahs from a site near the city of Arar.Mummif...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s giant new moon rocket moved to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around in more than half a century.The out-and-back trip could blast off as early as February.The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket began its 1-mph (1.6-kph) cree...

PENCO, Chile (AP) — Wildfires raging across central and southern Chile on Sunday left at least 18 people dead, scorched thousands of acres of forest and destroyed hundreds of homes, authorities said, as the South American country swelters under a heat wave. Chilean President Gabriel Boric de...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The aurora could be visible across Canada and much of the northern tier of U.S. states — and possibly farther south — Monday night following a major disturbance in the Earth’s magnetic field, a forecast shows.The forecast, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin...

NEW YORK (AP) — Handprints on cave walls in a largely unexplored area of Indonesia may be the oldest rock art studied so far, dating back to at least 67,800 years ago.The tan-colored prints analyzed by Indonesian and Australian researchers on the island of Sulawesi were made by blowing pigme...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Suni Williams — one of two astronauts stuck for months at the International Space Station — has retired.The space agency announced the news Tuesday, saying her retirement took effect at the end of December. Williams’ crewmate on Boeing’s ill-fated capsule t...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The astronauts evacuated last week from the International Space Station say a portable ultrasound machine came in “super handy” during the medical crisis.During their first public appearance since returning to Earth, the four astronauts refused Wednesday to say wh...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand a mysterious invisible substance that helps hold the universe together.The ordinary matter all around us — stars, planets and people — makes up just 5% of the universe. For decades, researchers have...

NEW YORK (AP) — Two artifacts found at a lake shore in Greece are the oldest wooden tools to be uncovered so far and date back 430,000 years.One is a spindly stick about 2 1/2 feet (80 centimeters) long that could have been used for digging in the mud. The other is a smaller, more mysterious...

Damascus, Syria – Damascus had breathed a sigh of relief when a ceasefire between the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was announced on the night of January 18. Fireworks lit up the sky, car horns blared and Syrians gathered in Umayyad Square to dance in jubilation.The hope was that the conflict...

The Israeli army is working to flatten the remains of homes in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoon, despite the ongoing ceasefire that began in October.Al Jazeera’s digital investigations team Sanad analysed satellite images taken between October 8 – two days before the ceasefire began – and January 8, and found evidence of...

Kyiv, Ukraine – In early January, leaders from more than 30 Western countries gathered in Paris, France, to sketch out a new framework of security guarantees for Ukraine that would take effect if a ceasefire with Russia were to be agreed.The so-called “coalition of the willing” issued declarations of intent, including plans for a U...

Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is “surprised and shocked” that fugitive former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been allowed to make a public address in neighbouring India, where she fled in 2024.“Allowing the event to take place in the Indian capital and letting mass murderer Hasina openly deliver her hate speech...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said Beijing and New Delhi are “good neighbours, friends and partners” as the two Asian giants continue to improve ties in the wake of United States President Donald Trump’s tariff war, which has shaken global trade.Xi wished Indian President Droupadi Murmu congratulations on the South Asian nation’...

Johannesburg, South Africa – On a late November morning – two days before leaders of the world’s leading economies convened in Johannesburg for the 2025 Group of 20 summit – the governors of the South African and Chinese central banks met just 20 minutes away to inaugurate a system that many hope can help move international trade o...

India and the European Union have agreed on a huge trade deal creating a free trade zone of two ‌billion people, European ​Commission President Ursula ‍von der Leyen and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have said.In a post on X during her visit to New Delhi on Tuesday, von der Leyen said the two parties were “making history toda...

A labour recruiter persuaded Maksudur Rahman to leave the tropical warmth of his hometown in Bangladesh and travel thousands of miles to frigid Russia for a job as a janitor.Within weeks, he found himself on the front lines of Russia’s war in Ukraine.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Why are South Asians going to fight...

Authorities ‌in Azerbaijan say security forces have arrested three ‍people planning ‍an attack on an embassy in the capital, Baku.The State ⁠Security Service said in a statement on Tuesday that the suspects had ​conspired with members of the ISIL (ISIS) affiliate in Khorasan province (ISKP), an Afghan offshoot of the armed group.Th...

A plane crash has killed the deputy chief minister of India’s Maharashtra state, Ajit Pawar, the country’s aviation regulator has said.The plane, which took off from the state capital, Mumbai, on Wednesday, crash-landed at the airport in Pawar’s constituency of Baramati, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)...

Seeking to dampen alarm in the region, Indian officials have declared that an outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus has been contained.The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said late on Tuesday that it has ensured “timely containment” as it confirmed two cases in West Bengal state. Several Asian countries have introduced screening...

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced this month that the state would partner with the Municipality of Anchorage to better address public safety concerns in the state’s largest city.And while Anchorage’s police chief disagreed with parts of Dunleavy’s characterization of the problem, he welcom...

The Texas Education Agency last year launched plans to take over four school districts due to low academic performance, confiscating decision-making power from elected leaders based on state-issued F grades at six campuses.All six trigger schools share notable similarities.Between 80% and 97...

Days before his term ended, Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin pardoned a former Fairfax County police officer who was convicted in a fatal shooting of an unarmed man accused of stealing sunglasses at a mall.According to a newly released report, former Sgt. Wesley Shifflett received an...

SALEM, Mass. (AP) — The seven officers involved in the death of a 43-year-old man who became unresponsive and died as police tried to restrain him in a Boston suburb will not face criminal charges, Essex District Attorney Paul Tucker announced Tuesday.“After a comprehensive review of the fac...

A Utah woman who said the end times were near and who is accused of taking her four young children overseas in violation of a custody order has been arrested in Croatia, authorities said Tuesday.Elleshia Seymour, 35, was charged in December in Salt Lake County with four counts of custodial i...

NEW YORK (AP) — A man on trial for bludgeoning four men to death with a metal bar as they slept on the New York City streets had been diagnosed with schizophrenia when he left jail months earlier and was hearing voices telling him he needed to kill 40 people or he would die too, his lawyer t...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who once escaped custody and spent three days on the run after being sentenced to death for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend received a lethal injection Wednesday, becoming the first person executed in the United States this year.C...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — For many of the nearly 28 years since the Tampa Bay Rays held their inaugural game in St. Petersburg’s domed stadium, they have been looking for a bigger, better deal.Tropicana Field’s location, across Tampa Bay from the much-larger population base in Tampa, attr...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Maxim Naumov sat silently on a chair deep inside the Enterprise Center, away from the packed crowd in the arena, the prying eyes of the TV cameras, the friends, family and strangers who had been showering him well-wishes for the better part of a year.Naumov stared at a photo...

The Trevor Project, known for its hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, received $45 million from billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025, the organization said Monday. The gift is the largest in the organization’s history but also a major boon following years of management turmoil, la...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal agency in charge of enforcing workplace anti-discrimination laws on Thursday voted to rescind its own guidance on how to guard against harassment at work, marking another major shift in U.S. civil rights enforcement under President Donald Trump’s second administ...

The moment Amber Glenn stepped onto the ice at figure skating’s world championships, fans began to wave American flags, from the lowest rows inside TD Garden to the highest rafters, where the jerseys of Boston’s sporting greats hang in honor.It seemed a fitting backdrop to her program: Glenn...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana pushed Tuesday to extradite a California doctor accused of mailing abortion pills, setting up a likely test of laws designed to protect telehealth providers who ship abortion pills nationwide.This is the second time Louisiana has pursued an out-of-state doct...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday he was blocking Louisiana’s attempt to extradite a doctor in the Golden State accused of mailing abortion pills.The Democratic governor’s announcement comes a day after Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, said he sen...

NEW YORK (AP) — One man was discovered under a layer of snow on a park bench in Queens. Another was found just steps from a Manhattan hospital. Yet another was pronounced dead on the ground beneath an elevated train line in the Bronx.Each is among a growing number of people — at least 10, as...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Six people died when a business jet crashed during takeoff as a snowstorm moved in and visibility diminished in Maine Sunday night.The Bombardier Challenger 600 flipped over and burned on takeoff at Bangor International Airport around 7:45 p.m. Sunday night as the nati...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. flu infections showed signs of a slight decline last week, but health officials say it is not clear that this severe flu season has peaked.New government data posted Friday — for flu activity through last week — showed declines in medical office visits due to flu-like il...

Dr. Molly O’Shea has noticed growing skepticism about vaccines at both of her Michigan pediatric offices and says this week’s unprecedented and confusing changes to federal vaccine guidance will only make things worse.One of her offices is in a Democratic area, where more of the parents she...

NEW YORK (AP) — Fewer Americans are signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance plans this year, new federal data shows, as expiring subsidies and other factors push health expenses too high for many to manage.Nationally, around 800,000 fewer people have selected plans compared to a...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. overdose deaths fell through most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that had been worsening for decades.Federal data released Wednesday showed that overdose deaths have been falling for more than two years — the longest drop in decades — but a...

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal officials are reinstating hundreds of U.S. health workers who were laid off last year from a small health agency that aims to protect workers.In April, President Donald Trump’s administration gutted the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, where scie...

Whole milk is heading back to school cafeterias across the country after President Donald Trump signed a bill Wednesday overturning Obama-era limits on higher-fat milk options. Nondairy drinks such as fortified soy milk may also be on the menu in the coming months following adoption of the W...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration commissioner’s effort to drastically shorten the review of drugs favored by President Donald Trump’s administration is causing alarm across the agency, stoking worries that the plan may run afoul of legal, ethical and scientific standards lo...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A plan to slash drug review times at the Food and Drug Administration is sparking deep concerns among agency staffers and outside experts, with some saying the poorly defined effort is taking key decisions away from career scientists and placing them in the hands of politic...

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. flu season appears to be waning with two straight weeks of decline in measures of flu activity, according to the latest government data released Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted data — for flu activity through last week — that showed a bi...

A new review of studies has found that taking Tylenol during pregnancy doesn’t increase the risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disabilities – adding to the growing body of research refuting claims made by the Trump administration.President Donald Trump last year promoted unproven ties betw...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Organ donations from the recently deceased dropped last year for the first time in over a decade, resulting in fewer kidney transplants, according to an analysis issued Wednesday that pointed to signs of public mistrust in the lifesaving system.More than 100,000 people in t...

South Carolina’s measles outbreak exploded into one of the worst in the U.S., with state health officials confirming 99 new cases in the past three days. The outbreak centered in Spartanburg County grew to 310 cases over the holidays, and spawned cases in North Carolina and Ohio among famili...

Wastewater testing can alert public health officials to measles infections days to months before cases are confirmed by doctors, researchers said in two studies published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Colorado health officials were able to get ahead of the highly...

Reported measles cases in South Carolina surged by almost 30% in the last few days, state health officials said Friday.The South Carolina health department reported 124 new cases since Tuesday, bringing the state’s total to 558 in a wave of infections centered around an outbreak in Spartanbu...

It’s been a year since a measles outbreak began in West Texas, and international health authorities say they plan to meet in April to determine if the U.S. has lost its measles-free designation.Experts fear the vaccine-preventable virus has regained a foothold and that the U.S. may soon foll...

SAO PAULO (AP) — For nearly 20 years, Brazil’s largest soy producers assured buyers that their harvest — the world’s biggest — wasn’t grown on land cleared from Amazonian forests. The pledge, known as the soy moratorium, has been widely credited with helping curb rainforest loss.That changed...

At least 45 people in nearly two dozen states have been sickened with salmonella food poisoning tied to the Super Greens brand of diet supplement powder, federal health officials said Wednesday. Superfoods Inc., which makes Live it Up-brand Super Greens powder, recalled products including it...

A Portland, Oregon, boy is struggling to recover from infant botulism after drinking contaminated ByHeart baby formula donated through a program that aims to help poor and homeless families.Ashaan Carter, now 10 months old, was hospitalized twice and remains on a feeding tube after contracti...

When Sarah Baldassaro turned 50, she took stock of her health and began working with a fitness coach on strength training, a type of exercise that’s crucial for women in midlife.“Now I would say I’m stronger overall than I ever have been at any age,” said Baldassaro, 52, of Alexandria, Virgi...

WASHINGTON (AP) — New options for testing and treating some of the most common sexually transmitted diseases are becoming available, a trend that experts hope will keep downward pressure on U.S. infection rates.Last year, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first at-home test that...

The South Carolina measles outbreak has surpassed the recorded case count in Texas’ 2025 outbreak, as health officials have logged almost 600 new cases in just over a month.The outbreak centered in northwestern Spartanburg County is showing little sign of slowing down, with health officials...

PARIS (AP) — Stalwart France rugby player Uini Atonio was in intensive care Wednesday after being admitted to hospital following a serious heart issue, his club said.The 35-year-old prop was hospitalized “following a suspected cardiac problem,” Top 14 team La Rochelle said, adding that medic...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans who smoke may soon be hearing a lot more about Zyn, the flavored nicotine pouches that have generated billions in sales while going viral on social media.The Food and Drug Administration convened a public meeting Thursday to consider whether Philip Morris Internat...

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. has finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, one year after President Donald Trump announced America was ending its 78-year-old commitment, federal officials said Thursday.But it’s hardly a clean break. The U.S. owes about $280 million to the glob...

Powdered whole milk used to make ByHeart infant formula could be a source of contamination that led to an outbreak of botulism that has sickened dozens of babies, U.S. health officials indicated Friday. Testing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found the type of bacteria that can caus...

ATLANTA (AP) — Dr. William Foege, a leader of one of humanity’s greatest public health victories — the global eradication of smallpox — has died.Foege died Saturday in Atlanta at the age of 89, according to the Task Force for Global Health, which he co-founded.The 6-foot-7 inch Foege literal...

Kampala, Uganda – Much of Uganda has returned to normal after millions voted in tense presidential and legislative elections marked by violence in some parts of the country and disputed results.President Yoweri Museveni, 81, was declared the winner on Saturday with 72 percent of total votes cast. Former musician Robert Kyagulanyi,...

Nine countries across the Middle East and Asia have announced plans to join United States President Donald Trump’s so-called “board of peace” in the Gaza Strip, stressing the need to secure a “permanent ceasefire” in the bombarded Palestinian enclave.The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indone...

A landmark trial of three activists who organised vigils marking China’s Tiananmen Square massacre has opened in Hong Kong.Chow Hang-tung, Albert Ho and Lee Cheuk-yan, former leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, are charged with “inciting subversion of state power” in the case bef...

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have detained a five-year-old boy arriving home from preschool in Minnesota, after allegedly using him “as bait” to apprehend his father, who has a pending asylum case.Federal agents took the child, Liam Conejo Ramos, from a running car while it was in the family’s driveway on T...

South Africa has launched an inquiry into Iran’s participation in joint naval drills with BRICS nations last week, apparently against the orders of President Cyril Ramaphosa.BRICS is a group of 10 countries: Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates. The acronym BRICS...

Canadian human rights groups have welcomed Donald Trump’s decision to revoke an invitation for Prime Minister Mark Carney to join the United States president’s so-called Board of Peace, saying Canada should not take part in a “colonial scheme”.The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) said on Friday that “it is a relief that...

The administration of President Donald Trump has announced the United States’ latest boat strike in international waters, which killed two people in the eastern Pacific Ocean.Friday’s attack brings the total number of bombings to at least 36 since Trump began his campaign on September 2. An estimated 125 people have been killed in...

Tehran, Iran – The Iranian state has rejected a resolution by the United Nations’ Human Rights Council that strongly condemned the “violent crackdown on peaceful protests” by security forces that left thousands dead.After a detailed meeting and discussions in Geneva on Friday, 25 members of the council, including France, Japan and...

Authorities in Venezuela have freed more than 100 people listed as political prisoners, according to a rights group, including a lawyer who was imprisoned in 2024 after visiting clients at a detention facility.The Caracas-based Foro Penal said at least 104 prisoners were released on Sunday and that the number could rise.Recommended...

The medical charity Doctors Without Borders says it will provide Israeli authorities with the personal details of some of its Palestinian and international staff working in Gaza and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory.But critics warn Israel, whose army has killed more than 1,700 health workers – including 15 employees o...

Israeli authorities have said that there are no remaining captives left in Gaza after they received the remains of police officer Ran Gvili, fulfilling a key component of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.The plight of Israeli and Palestinian captives has been a focus of ceasefire talks, with hundreds of people taken captiv...

Disarmament by Hamas in Gaza will be accompanied by “some sort of amnesty” for the Palestinian group, a United States official has said.The US official, speaking to reporters on condition of anonymity on Monday, made the comment after the body of the last Israeli captive in Gaza was recovered, a move that paves the way towards the...

US President Donald Trump said his administration intends to “de-escalate” the spiralling crisis in the state of Minnesota after federal agents killed two United States citizens, including intensive care nurse Alex Pretti, who was shot by two Border Patrol officers over the weekend.“I don’t think it’s a pullback. It’s a little bit...

Social media platform TikTok has reached an agreement with investors to launch an independent US entity, enabling it to avoid a ban in the United States after years of wrangling over its fate.The embattled short-video platform, which is used by more than 200 million Americans and 7.5 million businesses, announced the joint-venture...

Protests in Iran have petered out. Tens of thousands have been arrested. And those accused of supporting the unrest have had business assets seized and are being pursued on “terrorism” charges. The authorities – for now – have reasserted control.Yet, in the shadow of the apparent calm, the very same grievances that sparked the unre...

United States President Donald Trump has announced that he is hiking tariffs on South Korean exports, accusing the East Asian ally of failing to ratify its trade deal with Washington fast enough.In a post on Truth Social on Monday, Trump said he is “hereby increasing” tariffs from 15 percent to 25 percent over the failure of South...

TikTok has agreed to settle a landmark lawsuit on social media addiction, according to one of the plaintiff’s lawyers, on the day the trial was due to start against two remaining companies.TikTok is one ​of four companies, including Meta, Snap and YouTube, ‍which is a unit of Alphabet-owned Google, facing allegations that their pla...

United Kingdom media regulator Ofcom has launched a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s X over the use of AI chatbot Grok to generate deepfake sexualised images.Ofcom labelled the reports as “deeply concerning”, warning in a statement issued on Monday that the chatbot’s creation of nude deepfakes could amount to “intimate image a...

Israel signed a record number of multibillion-dollar gas, technology and military deals in 2025.One of its most prominent deals came in December when Prime Minister Netanyahu approved the largest energy deal in Israel’s history. The contract will supply Egypt with up to $35bn worth of gas through 2040 from the Leviathan field, furt...

A SpaceX capsule transporting four astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) has splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after completing the first-ever medical evacuation in the orbital lab’s history, video footage from NASA has shown.The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, known as the “Endeavour”, began its 10-and-a-half-hour desce...

Taiwan and the United States have struck a trade deal that will see the island nation boost tech and energy investments in the US in exchange for lower tariffs.In a statement announcing the deal late on Thursday, the US Commerce Department said Taiwan’s semiconductor and technology businesses will invest at least $250bn in the US....

The mother of one of Elon Musk’s children is suing his artificial intelligence company, saying its Grok chatbot allowed users to generate sexually-exploitative deepfake images of her that have caused her humiliation and emotional distress.The lawsuit was filed just before ‍California Attorney ‍General Rob Bonta sent a cease-and-des...

Rescue workers are searching for several people, including children, missing after landslides in New Zealand, where homes have been evacuated and roads closed as heavy rains hit almost the entire eastern seaboard of the country’s North Island.Several people were missing on Thursday afternoon following a landslide which hit Mount Ma...

Six people, including two teenagers, are missing after a landslide struck a busy campground on New Zealand’s North Island, as rescue teams continued searching through debris, authorities have said.The landslide was triggered by heavy rain at about 9:30am local time on Thursday (20:30 GMT on Wednesday) at Mount Maunganui on the isla...

A winter storm bearing down on the southern and eastern United States was set to affect more than 160 million people – half of the country’s population, authorities have warned.The National Weather Service said the storm was likely to bring heavy snow, freezing rain and sleet beginning in the Southern Rockies on Friday, then stretc...

Rescue teams are searching for survivors after a landslide in the West Bandung region of Indonesia’s West Java province left at least seven people dead and dozens missing, local officials have said.“The number of ​missing persons ‌is high, we will try to optimise our search and rescue efforts today,” ‌Abdul Muhari, the spokesperson...

Indonesian rescuers have resumed searching for some 80 people still missing in a deadly landslide, after the mission coordinator said operations had to be suspended overnight due to harsh weather.The death toll from Saturday’s landslide in a residential area of West Java province rose to 10 on Sunday, according to state-run media,...

The death toll from a landslide in Indonesia’s West Java over the weekend has risen to more than 20, as search-and-rescue operations continue for at least 42 people who have been reported missing, according to officials.Heavy rainfall began on Saturday, hitting a marine training camp and engulfing houses in Pasirlangu village on th...

The world is closer than ever to destruction, scientists have said, as the Doomsday Clock was set at 85 seconds to midnight for 2026, the gloomiest assessment of humanity’s prospects since the beginning of the tradition in 1947.The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a not-for-profit organisation founded by Albert Einstein and other...

Chokwe District, Mozambique – I have been reporting on climate change stories for nearly all of this month. It wasn’t planned – it just ended up like that. A routine deployment to Kenya saw me head to the Kenya-Somalia border in Mandera town for a drought story.At the time, there was hardly any international news coverage on this d...

PARIS (AP) — In a hypothetical nuclear war involving Russia, China and the United States, the island of Greenland would be in the middle of Armageddon.The strategic importance of the Arctic territory — under the flight paths that nuclear-armed missiles from China and Russia could take on the...

NEW YORK (AP) — Skydance-owned Paramount is again extending the tender offer window in its $77.9 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, while doubling down on a coming proxy fight.Warner stockholders now have until Feb. 20 to sell their shares to Paramount for $30 apiece in...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has canceled solar projects in Puerto Rico worth millions of dollars, as the island struggles with chronic power outages and a crumbling electric grid.The projects were aimed at helping 30,000 low-income families...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — As more and more space junk comes crashing down, a new study shows how earthquake monitors can better track incoming objects by tuning into their sonic booms.Scientists reported Thursday that seismic readings from sonic booms that were generated when a discarded m...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is leveraging its artificial intelligence technology to open a new peephole for its dominant search engine to tailor answers that draw upon people’s interests, habits, travel itineraries and photo libraries.The new option rolling out Thursday will give millions of...

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda will test technology powered by artificial intelligence in more than 50 health clinics as part of a new initiative by the Gates Foundation to support 1,000 clinics across Africa with the aim to improve health care services.The technology is intended to strengthen...

Michigan State University is making a major push to build students’ digital skills, especially in artificial intelligence. Plans are underway to integrate AI in every major area of study, starting with a foundational course this fall.The push for students’ digital competency and AI proficien...

LONDON (AP) — Elizabeth Hurley accused the publisher of the Daily Mail on Thursday of tapping her phones, putting microphones outside her windows and stealing her medical records among “other monstrous, staggering things” during testimony in a celebrity-studded privacy invasion lawsuit. “The...

An ethics complaint filed against the Nevada lieutenant governor last week alleges he has been using his office’s social media account to promote his book for his personal financial benefit, running afoul of state ethics rules.The complaint, shared exclusively with The Nevada Independent, co...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Clothing retailer Under Armour is investigating a recent data breach that purloined customers’ email addresses and other personal information, but so far there are no signs the hackers stole any passwords or financial information.The breach is believed to have happened late...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Families of the astronauts lost in the space shuttle Challenger accident gathered back at the launch site Thursday to mark that tragic day 40 years ago. All seven on board were killed when Challenger broke apart following liftoff on Jan. 28, 1986. At the Kennedy S...

(All times Central)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsSaturday, January 24COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)12 p.m.Maryland at Michigan State — CBS, CBS Los Angeles, WBZ-TV, WIVB 4, WUSA 9, Fubo Sports, Paramount+North Carolina at Virginia — ESPN212:30 p.m.Georgetown at Providence — TNT1:30...

(All times Central)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsSaturday, January 24COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)12 p.m.NC State at Pittsburgh — ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN app, ESPN Unlimited, Fubo Sports12:30 p.m.Villanova at UConn — FOX, Fox Sports App1 p.m.Temple at UTSA — ESPN app, ESPN Select, ESPN...

Smartphone weather apps that summarize their forecasts with eye-popping numbers and bright icons may be handy during mild weather, but meteorologists say it’s better to listen to human expertise during multi-faceted, dangerous winter storms like the one blowing through the U.S. The multistat...

Meta is halting teens’ access to artificial intelligence characters, at least temporarily, the company said in a blog post Friday.Meta Platforms Inc., which own Instagram and WhatsApp, said that starting in the “coming weeks,” teens will no longer be able to access AI characters “until the u...

NEW YORK (AP) — Toyota announced Friday it would recall about 162,000 pickup trucks in the United States after it was discovered that the vehicles’ multimedia displays could compromise driver safety.The recall affects the company’s model year 2024-2025 Tundra and Tundra Hybrid line of trucks...

(All times Central)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsTuesday, January 27COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)6:30 p.m.Michigan State at Rutgers — FS1, Fubo Sports7 p.m.Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan — ESPN app, ESPN Select, ESPN Unlimited, Fubo SportsNebraska at Michigan — Peacock8 p.m.W...

(All times Central)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsTuesday, January 27COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)6 p.m.Wake Forest at Pittsburgh — ACCN, Fubo Sports9 p.m.Saint Joseph’s at Loyola Chicago — CBSSN, Fubo SportsCOLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)7 p.m.Providence at Villanova — ESPN app, ESPN...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Wearable fitness trackers will likely be OK for players to use in future editions of the Australian Open, where leading players Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka have been asked to remove their devices in matches this year.Sabalenka wants the ban o...

(All times Central)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsWednesday, January 28COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)6 p.m.Lehigh at Army — ESPN app, ESPN Select, ESPN Unlimited, Fubo Sports7 p.m.Charlotte at Temple — ESPN app, ESPN Select, ESPN Unlimited, Fubo SportsSt. Bonaventure at Duquesne — ES...

(All times Central)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsWednesday, January 28COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)6 p.m.Eastern Michigan at Buffalo — ESPN app, ESPN Select, ESPN Unlimited, Fubo Sports6:30 p.m.Ball State at Central Michigan — ESPN app, ESPN Select, ESPN Unlimited, Fubo SportsThe...

While wrong-way crashes are increasing statewide in Michigan, one major highway is seeing the opposite trend. Since new wrong-way detection systems went up on US 131 in Grand Rapids, crashes have dropped more than 50%, according to state transportation officials.Beginning in 2023, nearly two...

New year, new privacy rules. At least for Californians. Since Jan. 1, residents of the Golden State can use a new tool to request removal of their personal information held by more than 500 data brokers. The Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, or DROP, is a simple-to-use tool that lets peop...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union said Tuesday it’s stepping in to make sure Google gives rival AI companies and search engines access to Gemini AI services and data as required by the bloc’s flagship digital rulebook. The executive arm of the 27-nation bloc said it was opening up so-called...

To retrieve one body, the Israeli military mobilised a fleet of tanks, drones, and what locals described as “explosive robots”.They turned a neighbourhood into a “kill zone”, dug up approximately 200 Palestinian graves, and left four civilians dead in their wake.The focus of this overwhelming force was Ran Gvili, an Israeli policem...

Iraq’s parliament has postponed the election for the country’s next president to allow for more consultations between the two Kurdish parties to agree on a candidate.The Iraqi News Agency (INA) said the parliamentary vote scheduled for Tuesday was delayed at the request of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Unio...

Iran’s currency has dropped to ⁠a record ‍1,500,000 rials to ‍the US ⁠dollar, according to several Iranian ​currency ‌tracking websites, weeks after protests ‌sparked by ‌the ⁠rial’s dwindling value rocked ‌the country.Exchange shops on Tuesday offered the record-low rial-to-dollar rate in Tehran, deepening the economic hardship fo...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has held a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) after a United States aircraft carrier arrived in the region amid growing fears of a new conflict with Israel or the US.The US has indicated in recent weeks that it is considering an attack against Iran in response to Tehran’...

Nouri al-Maliki has condemned the “violation of Iraqi sovereignty” by the United States following threats from President Donald Trump.The US president said that he would end support for Iraq if al-Maliki, a former prime minister with ties to the US’s longstanding foe Iran, is reinstated to the post. The Iraqi politician rejected th...

US President Donald Trump has said he is “very happy” with developments in Syria, after a Syrian army offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), previously backed by Washington.Trump made the comments after a call with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, before the Syrian leader’s departure for Moscow to meet w...

Palestinians ‘desperate’ for Rafah crossing to open as prolonged closures compound widespread suffering, warns the UN.

Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has warned that a United States attack on Iran would be “wrong”, calling on Washington and Tehran to resolve their issues diplomatically and gradually.In an interview with Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar Atas, segments of which aired on Wednesday, Fidan called for regional cooperation as the US amas...

Oxfam says it will not disclose the personal details of its Palestinian staff to Israel, citing its army’s deadly attacks in Gaza that have killed hundreds of aid workers.As part of a crackdown on NGOs providing life-saving aid to Palestinians, Israel last year demanded that some of the world’s best-known charities working in Gaza,...

HONG KONG (AP) — China said on Thursday it would assess and investigate Meta’s acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus, in a move highlighting its technology rivalry with the U.S..Meta announced last week it was buying Manus, which is Singapore-based with Chinese roots, as the C...

GENEVA (AP) — TikTok was picked by FIFA as the first “preferred platform” for video content on social media at a men’s World Cup, the soccer body said Thursday.The World Cup tie-in will see creators get special access at the 48-nation tournament being co-hosted in 16 cities — 11 in the Unite...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Social media companies have revoked access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia since the country banned use of the platforms by those under 16, officials said.“We stared down everybody who said it couldn’t be done, som...

It’s simple to accidentally become entranced by an endless loop of videos on Instagram or TikTok. But sometimes, that mindless scroll is interrupted by a reminder that what you thought was a 10-minute break spent on your phone was closer to 30 minutes. Olivia Yokubonis, armed with a kind voi...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced two human rights lawyers to 17 years in prison each over social media posts the authorities claimed were hostile to the state and its security institutions.Judge Afzal Majoka announced the verdict a day after Zainab Mazari and her husb...

LONDON (AP) — The British government says it will consider banning young teenagers from social media as it tightens laws designed to protect children from harmful content and excessive screen time.The government said it would consult with parents, young people and other interested parties ab...

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants his government to fast-track the legal process to ensure that a ban on social media for children under the age of 15 can enter into force in September at the start of the next school year.In a video released late Saturday by French...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Parliament is looking into ways to regulate children’s use of social media platforms to combat what lawmakers called “digital choas,” following some western countries that are considering banning young teenagers from social media.The House of Representatives said in a st...

“Taco night” for many across the United States consists of an Americanized idea of Mexican food: ground beef cooked with a packaged seasoning mix, taco shells, lettuce, tomato and sour cream. Let’s just say that if you’re reading this and have enjoyed a similar meal, you will be blown out of...

You have to become a little crafty at this time of year about getting vegetables onto the table in ways that still feel interesting. In many places, the cold has settled in, farmers’ market offerings have thinned out, and we’re left with the hardiest of fruits and vegetables.Root vegetables...

The green salad in this recipe calls for two types of greens, turnip and mustard. A mess of greens, whether they be turnip, collard or mustard, have been staples in the homes of African Americans for hundreds of years. Collard leaves are large; mustards have a slightly peppery taste; and tur...

TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s last captive whales have received a reprieve from death after the government conditionally approved a plan Monday to export them to the United States.Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson met Monday with officials from Marineland, the shuttered theme park and zoo in Niag...

Virginia Oliver, one of the oldest lobster fishers in the world who trapped crustaceans in Maine for nearly a century, has died. She was 105.Born in Rockland, Maine, Oliver started trapping lobsters at age 8 alongside her father and older brother at a time when few women worked on the water...

Boeing’s sales surged nearly 60% in the fourth quarter as the aerospace company digs itself out of a string of crises that tarnished its reputation. It was the strongest quarter of airplane deliveries since 2018.Revenue soared to $23.95 billion from $15.24 billion for the three months ended...

UPS is planning to cut up to 30,000 operational jobs this year as the package delivery company continues with its turnaround efforts and reducing the number of Amazon shipments that it handles.Last year, UPS started on a plan to reduce dependency on its largest customer, Amazon, and focus on...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — UPS announced Tuesday that it has retired its fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo planes just months after one crashed during takeoff, causing 15 deaths in Louisville.CEO Carol Tome said during a fourth-quarter earnings call that UPS decided to “accelerate our plans...

Kauai Coffee Company has been a Westside fixture since the late 1980s. It’s grown into a roughly 140-employee business that manages 4 million coffee trees across 3,100 acres, making it the largest coffee grower in the U.S. today.But now there are conflicting reports about where the company i...

Officials who backed a tuition increase of between 9 percent and 12 percent at Nevada’s eight public higher education institutions described the move, approved Friday, as difficult but their best hope to avoid cuts to faculty positions and academic departments.The regents voted 8 to 5 in fav...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers launched an open-ended strike this week in California and Hawaii to demand better wages and staffing from the health care giant.The picketing that began Monday marked the s...

NEW YORK (AP) — Pinterest plans to lay off under 15% of its workforce, as part of broader restructuring that arrives as the image-sharing platform pivots more of its money to artificial intelligence.In a Tuesday securities filing, San Francisco-based Pinterest said it was making these cuts t...

A NASA research plane malfunctioned and had to touch down in Texas without landing gear on Tuesday, sliding across the runway on its belly and sending plumes of flame behind it, a video posted to social media showed.The crew landed the plane at Ellington Airport, southeast of Houston, and ar...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Powered by strong consumer spending, the U.S. economy grew at the fastest pace in two years from July through September, the government said Thursday in a slight upgrade of its first estimate.America’s gross domestic product — the nation’s output of goods and services — ros...

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Leading global economic policymakers at the World Economic Forum in Davos urged countries and businesses to filter out the turmoil from a week of clashes with the Trump administration and focus on boosting growth and fighting inequality in a world where trade will c...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose again Thursday and regained more of their losses for the week following the latest walk back by President Donald Trump from tariffs he had earlier threatened.The S&P 500 gained 0.5% and added to its big gain from Wednesday, when Trump said he had reached “th...

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market drifted through mixed trading Friday, as a zigzag week punctuated by loud threats and pullbacks finished with a quiet and tentative close.The S&P 500 was basically flat and edged up by less than 0.1% but still notched a second straight week with a mode...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes ticked higher Monday, while other markets made louder moves, including another record-breaking rush for the price of gold.The S&P 500 rose 0.5% and won back its losses from last week’s dip. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 313 points, or 0.6%, and t...

American workers adopted artificial intelligence into their work lives at a remarkable pace over the past few years, according to a new poll.Some 12% of employed adults say they use AI daily in their job, according to a Gallup Workforce survey conducted this fall of more than 22,000 U.S. wor...

▶ Follow live updates on federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis From family-run cafes to retail giants, businesses are increasingly coming into the crosshairs of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, whether it’s public pressure for them to speak out aga...

As you consider last week’s nominations for the Academy Awards, test your knowledge of works that inspired previous winners with this short quiz.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street ticked to a record on Tuesday, as stocks zigzagged following mixed profit reports from UnitedHealth, General Motors and other big companies.The S&P 500 rose 0.4% and edged past its prior all-time high set a couple weeks ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropp...

LONDON (AP) — A row erupted Sunday within Britain’s governing Labour Party after the ambitious mayor of Manchester was prevented from trying to re-enter Parliament at a special election in the city, with critics claiming Prime Minister Keir Starmer did not want to see a potentially dangerous...

LONDON (AP) — The European Union opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s social media platform X on Monday after his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok spewed nonconsensual sexualized deepfake images on the platform. European regulators also widened a separate, ongoing investigation...

PARIS (AP) — The captain of a tanker intercepted in the Mediterranean Sea by the French navy on suspicion of shipping oil in violation of sanctions against Russia was being held in custody on Sunday for questioning.The ship’s Indian captain, 58, was handed to judicial authorities following t...

ODZAK, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Truck drivers from Balkan countries outside the European Union blocked cargo border crossings in the region Monday to protest the recent enforcement of EU entry regulations that they say seriously undermine their work.Long columns of trucks formed at freight...

HONOLULU (AP) — Seven Japanese American soldiers were promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony Monday, eight decades after they died fighting for the U.S. during World War II despite having been branded “enemy aliens.”White flower lei adorned framed photos of the men displayed in a Hon...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s parliamentary election will take place on April 12, with the country’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expected to face his toughest challenge in 16 years.President Tamás Sulyok announced the election date on Tuesday, urging people to vote. “One of the cornerst...

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hungary’s MOL Group energy company said on Monday they have signed a preliminary agreement to buy a 56.15% stake in Serbia’s Russia-owned main oil supplier that has been sanctioned by the United States.MOL Group said in a statement that a “binding Heads of Agreement w...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán accused Ukraine on Monday of seeking to meddle in his country’s upcoming elections and ordered Kyiv’s ambassador to be summoned to the foreign ministry. The step was the latest in Orbán’s long-running anti-Ukraine cam...

GELIDA, Spain (AP) — Commuter rail service in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region was suspended Wednesday after a Barcelona commuter train crashed the night before, killing one person and injuring 37 others, authorities said.The crash came two days after Spain’s worst railway disaster sinc...