(Reuters) -A Belarusian court on Friday sentenced Sofia Sapega, the girlfriend of a dissident detained after their commercial flight was forced to land in Belarus last year, to six years…
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -The third long-duration astronaut team launched by SpaceX to the International Space Station (ISS) safely returned to Earth early on Friday, splashing down in the Gulf…
(Reuters) – Ukraine said a new attempt was under way on Friday to evacuate scores of civilians trapped in a heavily bombed steel works in the city of Mariupol, after…
By Tim McLaughlin and Nate Raymond BOSTON -The wife of Edward C. Johnson IV, whose family controls mutual fund powerhouse Fidelity Investments, has hired celebrity lawyer David Boies to represent…
JERUSALEM – Israeli security forces launched a massive manhunt on Friday for two Palestinians suspected of killing three people in an attack in a central Israeli city, police said. The…
By Soo-hyang Choi and Joori Roh SEOUL -China’s Vice President Wang Qishan plans to attend the inauguration of South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol next week, Yoon’s team announced on Friday,…
By Karen Lema MANILA – Philippine voters head to the polls on Monday in a presidential election shaping up as a rematch between the son and namesake of the country’s…
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS – Europe is increasingly becoming a hub for production and trans-shipment of cocaine to other regions of the world, in addition to being a major consumption…
By Lisa Richwine (Reuters) -“Aquaman” actor Amber Heard broke down in tears on the witness stand on Thursday as she said ex-husband Johnny Depp sexually assaulted her with a liquor…
By Arshad Mohammed and Robin Emmott (Reuters) – At the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin obliquely raised the possibility of a nuclear strike against anyone…
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE – In Australia’s election fight, politicians are tiptoeing around the climate wars that have marked the past decade and a half, even as an activist billionaire…
BUDAPEST -Hungary cannot support the European Union’s new sanctions package, which includes an embargo on oil imports, in its present form, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday. Orban said…
By Michel Rose PARIS -Winning next month’s legislative election may be a long shot for France’s new hard-left alliance, but the fact President Emmanuel Macron now faces two eurosceptic opposition…
By Neil Jerome Morales and Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA -Street vendor Nellie Baraquio will cast a ballot in a presidential election in the Philippines for the first time on Monday,…
By Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON -President Joe Biden said on Thursday he has chosen Karine Jean-Pierre to be White House press secretary, succeeding Jen Psaki and becoming the…
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY -Fiji authorities searching a yacht they seized on behalf of the United States as it presses Russia over the invasion of Ukraine have found documents implicating…
Dems’ School Closures Were An Absolute Disaster For Poor And Minority Students, Study Shows Kendall Tietz on May 5, 2022 A study from Harvard’s Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR)…
SINGAPORE – Singapore’s high court has convicted two people over what authorities consider to be the largest market manipulation case in the city-state, a joint statement by the Singapore police…
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s daughter Ashley will not travel to Europe with the first lady after having “close contact” with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, the White House…
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) -Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has refused to appear before the U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack unless his…
By Maria Caspani and Vanessa Johnston PEARL RIVER, Miss. – One of the fondest memories Shemah Crosby has of her grandmother Lena is the time they spent together hand crafting…
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES -A 23-year-old man accused of attacking comedian Dave Chappelle during a performance was charged on Thursday with four misdemeanor criminal counts after the city’s district…
By Andrew Hay TAOS, N.M. – Thousands of people told to flee the largest wildfire burning in the United States have chosen to stay and defend generational homes in the…
(Reuters) -The U.S. health regulator said on Thursday it was limiting the use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for adults due to the risk of a rare blood clotting…
By David Morgan WASHINGTON -A grainy 28-second video showing a naked young man gyrating against someone in bed amid squeals and laughter was the latest in a string of episodes…