WORLD
June 16, 2024 10:13am
Israeli defense minister to visit Pentagon: US
WASHINGTON - Israeli Defense Miniter Yoav Gallant will visit Washington soon for talks with his US counterpart, the Pentagon said Saturday as the war ...
June 13, 2024 08:58am
Fed freezes key interest rate for 7th straight time, forecasts one rate cut this year
The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday held its benchmark lending rate steady for a seventh consecutive time and projected one rate cut later this year a...
June 13, 2024 08:01am
[Graphic News] 30% of Americans say college not worth it
Close to 30 percent of Americans said a college degree isn’t worth it, according to a survey from Pew Research Center that highlights the drag soaring...
June 10, 2024 09:31pm
Ukraine's air force may keep some F-16 warplanes abroad to protect them from Russian strikes
Ukraine may keep some of the F-16 fighter jets it's set to receive from its Western allies at foreign bases to protect them from Russian strikes,...
June 10, 2024 08:51pm
90 countries to attend Swiss-hosted Ukraine peace summit that Russia is snubbing
Nearly 90 countries and organizations, half from Europe, have confirmed attending the Swiss-hosted Ukraine peace summit over the weekend despite Russi...
June 9, 2024 08:59pm
Missing UK journalist found dead on Greek island: police
British diet guru and TV personality Michael Mosley was found dead on Sunday on the Greek island of Symi where he went missing this week, police said....
June 9, 2024 08:46pm
Iran OKs 6 candidates for presidential race, but again blocks Ahmadinejad
Iran’s Guardian Council on Sunday approved the country’s hard-line parliament speaker and five others to run in the country’s June 28 presidential ele...
June 8, 2024 05:07pm
N. Korea, China, Russia expanding nuclear arsenals at 'breakneck' pace: White House official
WASHINGTON -- North Korea, China and Russia are expanding and diversifying their nuclear weapons stockpiles at a "breakneck" speed, a White Hou...
June 8, 2024 04:56pm
Italian opera, a new World Heritage listing, honored at Verona gala
ROME (DPA) -- Italy celebrated the inclusion of Italian opera singing on the World Heritage List with a gala concert at the Arena of Verona on Friday ...
June 8, 2024 04:51pm
Vietnam arrests prominent journalist over Facebook posts
BANGKOK (AFP) -- Authorities in Vietnam have arrested a leading independent journalist for "abusing democratic freedoms" to undermine the state by pos...
June 8, 2024 04:40pm
European leaders condemn assault of Danish PM in Copenhagen square
COPENHAGEN (DPA) -- Leaders have strongly condemned an assault on Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in a central Copenhagen square, adding to th...
June 7, 2024 09:55pm
Putin calls for major expansion of Russian financial markets, cutting use of Western currencies
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) -- President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia needed to cut imports, significantly boost the use of non-Western currencies...
June 7, 2024 09:22pm
Biden apologizes to Zelenskyy for monthslong congressional holdup to weapons that let Russia gain
PARIS (AP) -- US President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly apologized to Ukraine for a monthslong congressional holdup in American mil...
June 6, 2024 08:00am
[Graphic News] Billions of cicadas about to emerge across US
Billions of cicadas will appear this year in a rare occurrence that hasn’t been seen in the United States since Thomas Jefferson was president and won...