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The U.S. has 800 cases of measles nationwide as of Friday, and two more states identified outbreaks this week. Texas is driving the high numbers, with an outbreak centered in West Texas that started nearly three months ago and is up to 597 cases. Two unvaccinated elementary school-aged children died from measles-related illnesses near the epicenter in…

Artists and creatives are pushing back against a recent trend using artificial intelligence (AI) to generate “starter pack” images of people as toys – which they say may be in danger of risking their livelihoods. Since the start of April, thousands of people have uploaded their photos to generate images of themselves as dolls, despite warnings of…

Ford Motor said on Friday (Apr 18) it has halted shipments of its SUVs, pick-up trucks and sports cars to China, as it starts to face the heat from retaliatory tariffs that have seen vehicles face taxes as high as 150 per cent. “We have adjusted exports from the US to China in light of the current…

A heavy spring storm on Friday is wreaking havoc across Europe’s Alps region, with Italy, Switzerland and France among the countries affected. Northern Italy on high alert due to flooding The weather system is dumping heavy rain on northern Italy, most notably the Piedmont, South Tyrol and Lombardy regions, causing flooding. In the town of Valdagno, a…

Chaos erupted during President Trump’s speech at the White House Friday when Dr. Mehmet Oz’s 11-year-old granddaughter fainted. Moments after Dr. Oz was sworn in as Trump’s administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, panic ensued when 11-year-old Philomena Bijou fainted in the audience, according to video obtained by Page Six. The doctor’s daughter, Daphne…

SPACE is set to be flooded with even more stars in the future following pop icon Katy Perry’s successful mission this week. The Roar hitmaker made a historic journey on board Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket capsule – but which other famous faces could soon put on a spacesuit as part of the next star-studded crew? Superstar…

TWO people are dead and five more have been hospitalized after a Florida State University student opened fire on a crowd of people at the campus’ busy student center, cops said. Police descended on the chaotic scene and arrested Phoenix Ikner, 20, after he allegedly swiped one of his cop mom’s weapons and attacked his peers. Leon…

The Wall Street Journal has published an eye-opening exposé on Elon Musk’s “harem drama,” diving into the relationships the world’s richest man has with his baby mamas – and the labyrinthine system by which he allegedly manages them. Musk is on a mission to help “seed the earth with more human beings of high intelligence,” per the…

The Trump administration’s claim that it can’t do anything to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison and return him to the U.S. “should be shocking,” a federal appeals court said Thursday in a blistering order that ratchets up the escalating conflict between the government’s executive and judicial branches. A three-judge panel from the 4th…

A 24-year-old American YouTuber who was arrested after visiting an off-limits island in the Indian Ocean with hopes of establishing contact with a reclusive tribe was further detained in custody on Thursday. Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov will next appear before a local court in Port Blair — the capital of India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands — on April…

Aid groups are raising new alarm over Israel’s blockade of the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where it has barred entry of all food and other goods for more than six weeks. Thousands of children have become malnourished, and most people are barely eating one meal a day as stocks dwindle, the United Nations says. The warning came as…

Half a million weapons obtained by the Taliban in Afghanistan have been lost, sold or smuggled to militant groups, sources have told the BBC – with the UN believing that some have fallen into the hands of al-Qaeda affiliates. The Taliban took control of around one million weapons and pieces of military equipment – which had mostly been funded…

The best thing about Coachella is that it happens twice – so if you missed the first weekend, don’t worry! Lady Gaga, Travis Scott, Charli XCX and everyone else will return to the Colorado Desert on Friday for a second dose of musical mayhem, and punishing gusts of wind. Better yet, the opening weekend let us know…

The president of the largest communal body of Jews in the UK has responded to an open letter signed by some of its representatives criticising Israel’s offensive in Gaza. Phil Rosenberg, president of The Board of Deputies of British Jews, said he disagreed with the letter, which he said “lays blame squarely on the Israeli Government”. He…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused US special envoy Steve Witkoff of “disseminating Russian narratives” after he appeared to suggest that a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine hinged on the status of five Ukrainian regions. After holding a five-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, Witkoff told Fox News that a deal to end…

Plans are afoot for an American-owned company seized by the Kremlin and placed under state control to be used to supply food to the Russian army, a document seen by Reuters showed, potentially threatening Moscow’s warming relations with the U.S. As the U.S. and the Kremlin negotiate to stop the war in Ukraine, the canned food maker…

US Supreme Court to hear birthright citizenship case The US Supreme Court will keep legal hold on President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship, but has agreed to hear the case on May 15, the court announced. Trump issued an executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for the children of people who are in the…

A MOTHER died after a botched butt procedure left her brain-dead on a ventilator for two weeks. María Paz Peñaloza Cabrera, 31, who has two sons, ages three and one, went in to cardiac arrest after she got butt implants at the home of an unlicensed doctor. On March 28, Peñaloza Cabrera suffered lidocaine toxicity from the…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense shield, six people familiar with the matter said. Musk’s rocket and satellite company is partnering with software maker Palantir (PLTR.O), and drone builder Anduril on a bid to build key parts of Golden Dome,…

President Donald Trump touted “big progress” in tariff talks with Japan on Wednesday, in one of the first rounds of face-to-face negotiations since his barrage of duties on global imports roiled markets and stoked recession fears. Japan had not expected the president to get involved in Wednesday’s talks, viewing them as a preliminary, fact-finding mission, a sign…

U.S. stocks ended sharply lower on Wednesday as Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab warned about steep charges from new U.S. curbs on its chip exports to China and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said U.S. economic growth appears to be slowing. Powell, in remarks for the Economic Club of Chicago, said larger-than-expected tariffs likely mean higher inflation…

TICKETHOLDERS planning to go to Fyre Festival 2 are left in limbo after a bizarre message announcing the event’s delay was posted and then deleted on the festival’s website. Following weeks of speculation about the future of the controversial festival, a message on the event’s website on Wednesday said the weekend would be rescheduled for a later…

MICHELLE Trachtenberg’s cause of death has been revealed after the Gossip Girl star was found dead aged 39. Trachtenberg’s body was found in her New York City apartment by her mom in February, just days after she posted selfies that left fans concerned for her health. Now, authorities in New York have said she died from complications…

It’s a Friday morning in March, and we are driving through Maryland to speak with US soybean farmers. US President Donald Trump had just announced plans to establish sweeping trade levies on a number of major US trading partners, including Canada, Mexico, the European Union and China. As we pass corn and soybean fields, I can’t help…

People close to Justin Bieber are expressing concern over the star’s mental health. “Seeing him disintegrate like this … it’s watching the embodiment of someone not living their purpose,” a former team member claimed to the Hollywood Reporter in a piece published Wednesday. “He’s lost,” the former colleague, whose identity or position was not revealed, further claimed.…

Michelle Obama’s brother, Craig Robinson, was skeptical about his sister’s relationship with Barack Obama when the couple began dating. “So Mich starts to date Barack, and we don’t know who this guy is, we’re just like, ‘Barack? Who’s got a name like Barack?’” Robinson recalled on Wednesday’s episode of his and Michelle’s “IMO” podcast. “And I’m thinking…

Beijing insists it will stand firm in the face of Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods. It has been trying to reassure everyone that the country is strong and the economy is resilient enough to weather this latest storm. But this week, Chinese officials have acknowledged the potential for economic pain as a result of the unfolding…

As the trade war between China and the US escalates, attention has been focused on the increasingly high levels of tit-for-tat tariffs the two countries are imposing on one another. But slapping reciprocal tariffs on Washington is not the only way Beijing has been able to retaliate. China has now also imposed export controls on a range…

The Maldives has changed its immigration law to bar people from entering the country with Israeli passports in a show of outrage over the war in Gaza. The amendment was passed by Parliament on Monday and approved by President Mohamed Muizzu on Tuesday, according to a statement from the president’s office. The Maldives immigration service clarified that…

A federal judge on Wednesday said he has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court and warned he could seek officials’ prosecution for violating his orders last month to turn around planes carrying deportees to an El Salvador prison. The ruling from U.S District Judge James E. Boasberg, whom President Donald…

Israel’s defence minister has said troops will remain in so-called security zones they have established by seizing large areas of Gaza even after an end to the war. Israel Katz said the zones would provide a “buffer” to protect Israeli communities “in any temporary or permanent situation”, and that “tens of per cent” of the Palestinian territory…

Home to the largest river in the world by volume, the Amazon, Brazil holds about 12% of global freshwater reserves. As a result, many Brazilians have long run with the narrative that their water is abundant. But that is changing. “This myth needs to be broken because we are seeing a series of problems related to water…

As wrestling fans prepare to descend upon Las Vegas for WWE’s WrestleMania 41, demand has steadily grown so much over the years that it’s now bulked up into a dayslong event. While WrestleMania matches will be held on April 19 and 20, a flurry of activities will take place in the days before and after, including meet…

Iran’s right to enrich uranium is not negotiable, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Wednesday ahead of a second round of talks set to take place in Rome this weekend with the United States about Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme. The talks, which began in Oman on Saturday with the Gulf state acting as mediator, are the first…

A U.S. judge on Tuesday demanded U.S. officials provide documents and answer questions under oath about what it had done to secure the return of a man wrongly deported to El Salvador, ramping up an inquiry into whether the Trump administration defied a court order. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said at a hearing in Greenbelt, Maryland…

China’s first-quarter economic growth outstripped expectations, underpinned by solid consumption and industrial output, but analysts fear momentum could shift sharply lower as U.S. tariffs pose the biggest risk to the Asian powerhouse in decades. President Donald Trump has ratcheted up tariffs on Chinese goods to eye-watering levels, prompting Beijing to slap retaliatory duties on U.S. imports that…

U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs could cost U.S. semiconductor equipment makers more than $1 billion a year, according to industry calculations discussed with officials and lawmakers in Washington last week, two sources familiar with the matter said. Each of the three largest U.S. chip equipment makers – Applied Materials (AMAT.O), opens new tab, Lam Research and…

An international network is said to be exploiting poor, vulnerable Kenyans as organ donors, reaping substantial profits by selling these organs to patients in Germany and other countries. Twenty-two-year-old Amon Kipruto Mely thought that by selling his kidney, he would start a new, better life. Life in a village in western Kenya, had been hard for him…

Chinese airlines are under instructions not to take delivery of planes from US manufacturer Boeing, according to a Bloomberg report. It comes as trade war between Beijing and Washington continues to gain momentum. Boeing says China is the biggest market for its planes outside the USImage: Markus Mainka/CHROMORANGE/imago imagesChina has told its airlines to halt deliveries of…

The Bahamas’ government said on Tuesday it is suspending all SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket landings in the country, pending a full post-launch investigation. “No further clearances will be granted until a full environmental assessment is reviewed,” Bahamian Director of Communications Latrae Rahming said in a post on X. SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for…

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office released new videos and photos Tuesday of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa’s messy home nearly two months after their tragic deaths. Several minutes of body-cam footage obtained by Page Six showed officers walking through rooms of the multimillion-dollar compound, revealing many of the late movie star and his wife’s…

US Vice-President JD Vance said there was a “good chance” a trade deal could be reached with the UK, suggesting it would be easier to land than with other European countries due to “a much more reciprocal relationship”. UK business and trade minister Sarah Jones welcomed Vance’s comments and said talks to secure a deal with the…

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg defended his company’s purchases of photo-sharing app Instagram and messaging service WhatsApp in testimony on Tuesday. He took the witness stand for a second day in a landmark monopoly case brought by the Federal Trade Commission in Washington. Lawyers for the FTC asked Mr Zuckerberg if Meta could have built its own app…

Sudan’s paramilitaries have declared the formation of a rival government to the country’s armed forces, two years into a war that has become the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. The leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo, said the group was “building the only realistic future for Sudan”. The announcement came as London hosted…

A Florida man with the last name “Cocaine” was arrested for allegedly threatening employees at a Subway restaurant at knifepoint after he was upset by their “bad attitudes,” cops said. Edward Cocaine, 45, was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly flipped out at a Subway in Brevard County while trying to order food with a pal.…

The suspect in the arson attack on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s residence said he targeted the Jewish politician over “what he wants to do to the Palestinian people,” according to documents. The alleged firebug Cody Balmer called 911 following the Sunday attack, identified himself by name, and delivered the chilling message addressed to the governor over the…

It’s what this girl wants. Amanda Bynes took to social media on Tuesday to let her followers know that she’s ready to take OnlyFans by storm. “I’m on onlyfans now! Disclaimer: I’m doing onlyfans to chat with my fans through dm’s. I won’t be posting any sleazy content. Excited to join,” she wrote on her Instagram Stories…

An Israeli airstrike hit the northern gate of a field hospital in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing a medic and wounding nine other people, a hospital spokesman said. The strike hit the Kuwaiti Field Hospital in the Muwasi area, where hundreds of thousands have sought shelter in sprawling tent camps. The wounded were all patients and…

FOUR people have been hurt in a shooting at a high school after the suspect was said to be let into the building by someone on campus. Cops and firefighters swarmed Wilmer-Hutchins High School as students evacuated onto the school’s football field following reports of an active shooter on Tuesday afternoon. Three people were hurt in the…

Syrian doctors who’d been working in Germany are paying to go home, where they’re doing free surgeries and helping rebuild Syria’s shattered health system. Understaffed German hospitals worry they won’t return. A recent medical mission from Germany likely saved Mohammed Qanbat’s life. The 55-year-old from the Syrian city of Hama had open-heart surgery in April, a procedure…

A BRIT anthropologist has made the bombshell claim he has located the tomb of Jesus Christ in a secret chamber beneath the Great Pyramid of Giza. Christ’s tomb is said to lie alongside the Ark of the Covenant in a hidden double-cave sealed off by a huge stone block. The tomb and Ark are said the be…

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan early Wednesday, with tremors felt in Delhi-NCR and other parts of India, though no casualties or damage have been reported. An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region early Wednesday morning, with tremors felt in parts of India, including the Delhi-NCR region, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.…

Naryshkin claimed in a snarling statement that Poland and the Baltics are yet to fully understand what a conflict between Nato and Russia will truly mean for them. He announced: “In the event of aggression by the North Atlantic Alliance against the Union State, the damage will be done, of course, to the entire Nato bloc. “But…

Harvard on Monday rejected numerous demands from the Trump administration that it said would cede control of the school to a conservative government that portrays universities as dangerously leftist. Within hours of Harvard taking its stand, the administration of President Donald Trump announced it was freezing $2.3 billion in federal funding to the school. The funding freeze…

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said at the White House on Monday he had no plans to return a man mistakenly deported from the United States, suggesting that doing so would be like smuggling a terrorist into the country. His remarks came during an Oval Office meeting where multiple officials in President Donald Trump’s administration said they…

For the fourteenth year running, Japan’s population has slumped to a record low. The non-foreign population dropped by nearly 900,000 — an unprecedented fall. Japan is seeking to reverse its shrinking birth rate but the effects are yet to be seenImage: Issel Kato/REUTERSJapan’s citizen population dipped to 120.3 million as of October 2024, official data showed on Monday,…

President Donald Trump reacted to the Russian attack that killed over 30 people in the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, saying he was told it was a “mistake.” “I think it was terrible and I was told they made a mistake. I think the whole war was a mistake. They made a mistake. Look, you got…

Kate Middleton revealed how she finds “peace” in nature following her cancer battle. “I find it a very spiritual and very intense emotional reconnection, I suppose, these environments,” she said in video released by Kensington Palace Monday. “Not everyone has that same relationship perhaps with nature, but it is so therefore meaningful for me as a place…

From the end of April, the 500-year-old Royal Mail will be controlled by a Czech billionaire who co-owns a football club and is a major investor in a British supermarket – so, why would he want this ailing institution? “A pair of scissors, one empty teapot and some hot water, please.” The slightly baffled staff at Claridge’s…

Spanish authorities have arrested a couple suspected of selling exotic cats online, including protected species like white tigers, pumas and clouded leopards. Civil Guard police raided the couple’s home on the island of Majorca after learning that they were owning and breeding rare feline species which they then sold on social media. In total, 19 felines were…

MICHELLE Obama is yearning to detach herself from the spotlight as a public figure in America in exchange for a quiet life in Europe, and she’s willing to do it without Barack Obama, a source has told The U.S. Sun. The idea of escaping abroad for a few months has been playing on Michelle’s mind since the…

Dead rodents and their nests were scattered across eight detached outbuildings on Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa’s property in Santa Fe, New Mexico … a health report obtained by TMZ reveals. The New Mexico Department of Public Health conducted an environmental assessment back in March, one week after Gene Hackman was found dead alongside wife…

An AI model has revealed how it would take over the world even though it “doesn’t feel like it at the moment”. We once believed it would be psycho robots forcing us humans into submission in their plot to achieve world dominance, but ChatGPT has revealed we will actually willingly hand over the reigns to the operation…

The tech giant went to court on Monday in an antitrust trial focused on its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The case could reshape its business. The Federal Trade Commission opened its first antitrust trial under the Trump administration by arguing that Meta’s purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp deprived consumers of other social networking options.Credit…Eric Lee/The New…

The Trump administration now claims Kilmar Abrego Garcia wasn’t deported by mistake, as the Justice Department said, but was “the right person sent to the right place.” Volume Muted Icon El Salvador President Nayib Bukele told reporters during a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday that he wouldn’t return a man the Justice Department said it…

Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s president and self-styled “world’s coolest dictator,” is due to visit President Trump at the White House on Monday. He’s the first Latin American leader to get an official invite to the Oval Office since Trump took office. Bukele is one of Trump’s most crucial regional allies and no one has embraced his anti-immigration…

President Trump railed against CBS on Sunday night, saying the network should lose its broadcast license after “60 Minutes” aired segments on Ukraine and Greenland that the president said cast him in a negative light. “Almost every week, 60 Minutes … mentions the name ‘TRUMP’ in a derogatory and defamatory way, but this Weekend’s ‘BROADCAST’ tops them…

China has stopped shipping some heavy rare earth metals and magnets critical to US production of everything from cell phones to fighter jets as Beijing’s trade war with Washington simmers, leaving American industry in a bind. Effective April 3, China is no longer exporting seven heavy rare earth metals processed exclusively in the Asian power, as well…

Hungary’s parliament on Monday passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities, a decision that legal scholars and critics call another step toward authoritarianism by the populist government. The amendment, which required a two-thirds vote, passed along party lines with 140 votes for and 21 against. It was…

Revellers dressed in colourful shirts and goggles fired water guns at each other at the start of the Thai New Year on Sunday, a festival that is marked with water as a symbol of renewal, cleansing and a fresh start. Some sprayed water from the back of pickup trunks, and everyone expected to get soaked as the…

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for stronger industrial and supply chain cooperation with Vietnam and wider collaboration in emerging fields, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday, amid heightened trade tensions prompted by hefty U.S. tariffs. Xi starts a three-nation tour of Southeast Asia this week, beginning his state visits with Vietnam from April 14 to 15.…

Lauren Sánchez’s journey into outer space with her handpicked all-female team will certainly be historic, but amid the current economic uncertainty and political turmoil, some are questioning if it sends out the right message. Sánchez, 55, the pneumatic fiancée of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, will make her first ever visit to space in reusable rocket New Shephard,…

A declassified Cold War-era file from the CIA has gone viral over its coverage of a supposed clash between Soviet soldiers and a UFO, whose passengers reportedly turned the troops to stone before blasting off. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the CIA acquired a 250-page KGB report recounting the events that transpired after…

LADY Gaga fans have delivered their verdict following her elaborate Coachella performance which included a dance battle. The beloved hitmaker and actress, 39, headlined Friday night’s festival in Indio, California. Lady Gaga fans have given their verdict following her Coachella performanceCredit: Supplied Her performance began with Bloody Mary, from her 2011 album Born This Way. For this…

Melinda French Gates has seemingly soured on billionaire ex-husband Bill Gates. Melinda is gearing up to release a book, The Next Day, which chronicles the beginning of the end of their marriage in 2019. She claimed the relationship had “reached fever pitch” after the New York Times released a damning report on his connections to disgraced child…

Jean Marsh — a longtime British star who appeared in several hit ’80s movies — has passed away … TMZ has confirmed. Lesley Duff — Marsh’s longtime agent — tells us Jean did indeed pass away Sunday while also sharing a statement from Michael Lindsay-Hogg — a pioneer in the music video industry and pal of Marsh’s…

Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio said on Sunday that he is worried that the turmoil resulting from President Donald Trump’s tariff and economic policies will threaten the global economy. “Right now we are at a decision-making point and very close to a recession,” Dalio said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” “And I’m worried about something worse than…

At least 34 people – including two children – have been killed after a Russian missile attack on a Ukrainian city. The country’s state emergency service said another 117 people have been injured, with 15 children among them, in the northeastern city of Sumy. Ukraine’s foreign ministry later added that one of the children injured was a…

The health secretary has chipped away at the idea that immunizing children against measles and other diseases is a public health good. During his Senate confirmation hearings to be health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presented himself as a supporter of vaccines. But in office, he and the agencies he leads have taken far-reaching, sometimes subtle steps…

The Trump administration has terminated temporary deportation protections for thousands of Afghans and Cameroonians in the U.S., a U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said on Friday, building on Trump’s far-reaching immigration crackdown. An estimated 14,600 Afghans eligible for Temporary Protected Status will now lose it in May. Some 7,900 Cameroonians had access to the status but…

DOCTORS have successfully reattached a woman’s head after her skull became detached from her spine while playing football. Megan King revealed how she was left “internally decapitaded” after she fell to the ground while playing football in 2005. Ms King, who was just 16 at the time, said the fall severely damaged her spine and tore off…

Uncommon detainees are bringing new attention to the U.S. immigration detention system A British backpacker. A Harvard researcher. A Canadian actress. An Australian mixed martial arts coach. Dozens of international college students. The Trump administration’s sweeping immigration-and-visa crackdown has begun ensnaring a class of people long-accustomed to being welcomed with open arms into the United States. And…

When the first two rounds of 10% tariffs hit, Zou Guoqing, a Chinese exporter, groaned but didn’t find the barriers insurmountable. He gave up some of his profits and offered his client, a snow-bike factory in Nebraska, price cuts ranging from 5% to 10%. It seemed to work: The factory agreed to a new order of molds…

A Liberal Democrat MP has spoken of her “shock” after being barred from entering Hong Kong this week. Wera Hobhouse said she flew to the Chinese region with her husband on Thursday to visit their newborn grandson but she was detained at the airport, questioned, and then deported on the first flight home. The MP for Bath,…

Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke has left Celebrity Big Brother after “further use of inappropriate language” and “instances of unacceptable behaviour”, ITV has said. On Saturday, Rourke, 72, used behaviour and language considered to be threatening and aggressive towards fellow housemate Chris Hughes, the BBC understands. No physical altercation took place between the pair. Just days ago, the…

Iran and the US have concluded a first round of talks in Oman over Tehran’s nuclear programme – the highest-level meeting between the two nations since 2018. Both countries described the meeting as “constructive” and confirmed a second round of discussions will take place next week – with the US hailing the “direct communication” as being key…

Donald Trump swapped a portrait of former US President Barack Obama that hung in the White House with one of himself. The new painting of Trump appears to be based on an iconic photo from the AP news agencyImage: Evan Vucci/AP/picture allianceUS President Donald Trump has replaced an official portrait of former US President Barack Obama with…

Potentially record-breaking winds were predicted in capital Beijing and northern China over the weekend. Almost 700 flights had to be canceled and 300 trees were toppled by severe weather. No injuries have been reported so far despite the adverse weatherImage: STR/AFP/Getty ImagesResidents in parts of northern China were warned not to go outside on Saturday as gale…