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Fuel Prices Hit Record Highs After Biden Promised To Lower Costs Thomas Catenacci on May 10, 2022 The average price of gasoline in the U.S. shot up to a new …

OCOTILLO, Calif. – U.S. Border Patrol agents from El Centro Sector rescued an undocumented migrant in the Jacumba Wilderness region early Saturday morning. At approximately 2:08 a.m., El Centro Sector …

BRUSSELS/PARIS -The head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog said on Tuesday Iran was dragging its feet on information about uranium particles found at old undeclared sites in the country, …

By Kate Holton and Paul Sandle LONDON -Britain’s heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles and Prince William took centre stage amid the pomp and pageantry of the opening of parliament on Tuesday, replacing …

VILNIUS – Lithuania’s parliament voted unanimously on Tuesday to describe Russia’s actions in Ukraine as “genocide” and “terrorism” and to call for a international tribunal, modelled on the Nuremberg Trials …

By Philip O’Connor and Ilze Filks VISBY, Sweden – The crack of gunshots splits the silence in a sleepy forest as Camilla Selander, a deli-counter worker, squeezes off shots from …

By Gloria Dickie LONDON – The world faces a 50% chance of warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, if only briefly, by 2026, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) …

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON – Residing at the center of our spiral-shaped Milky Way galaxy is a beast – a supermassive black hole possessing 4 million times the mass of …

(This was refiled to correct date of existing comment deadline in May 9 story.) By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday extended until …

By Dave Graham and Diego Oré MEXICO CITY – An auditor’s third report on a deadly Mexico City metro accident last year for the first time identified maintenance shortcomings as …

By Callaghan O’Hare HOUSTON – In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, pulmonologist Joseph Varon offered an opinion that made headlines around the world and went viral on social …

By David Stanway and Martin Quin Pollard SHANGHAI/BEIJING -Tesla operated its Shanghai plant well below capacity on Tuesday, showing the problems factories face trying to ramp up output under a …

By Karen Lema and Tom Allard MANILA – Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. was 28 years old when a helicopter whisked his family from the Philippines’ presidential palace as millions of …

BEIJING – China said on Tuesday that an expression of concern by the Group of Seven industrialised nations over the selection process for Hong Kong’s new chief executive was interference …

LONDON – Asked if Russia would rule out a preemptive tactical nuclear strike on Ukraine, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday that a decision on the possible use of …

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – The New York Times won three Pulitzer Prizes and was named as a finalist five more times on Monday, while its rival the Washington Post …

By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA, -Ferdinand Marcos Jr clinched a stunning runaway victory in the Philippines’ presidential election on Monday in the first win by a majority …

LONDON/HONG KONG – The selection process for a new chief executive in Hong Kong is a source of grave concern and underscores wider worries about fundamental freedoms there, a Group …

By Alasdair Pal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO -Sri Lanka’s prime minister resigned on Monday to make way for a unity government that would try to find a way out of …

By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – Three small beds, two dressers and baskets full of clothes and other items cram a bedroom shared by three of Dontrael Starks’ children in the …

By Andrew Hay ANGOSTURA, N.M. – Forests in Ella Arellano’s family for nine generations burned in a day on Monday as fierce winds drove the United States’ largest wildfire through …

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden was not happy with leaks to news outlets in which U.S. intelligence appeared to take credit for helping Ukraine target a Russian ship and Russian …

AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico –US Border Patrol Agents apprehended Saturday 60 Haitian migrants after they disembarked in Cabo Rojo. “People who venture to sea to enter the United States illegally not …