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European leaders scrambled on Thursday to try to get a seat at the table in Ukraine peace talks after US President Donald Trump announced the start of negotiations after speaking directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call. Trump’s move sent shockwaves through European capitals, which want a central role in peace talks because any…

Recent bends by Disney related to a court battle and diversity programs that appear to appease President Donald Trump and the MAGA crowd has left the home of the self-described happiest place on Earth not so joyful for some staff. The moves at Disney come amid a hard push by the new Trump administration to end DEI…

Tens of thousands of U.S. civil servants were cleared to take a buyout from Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday after a federal judge ruled the unprecedented downsizing effort could proceed. About 75,000 workers have signed up for the buyout, said a spokesperson for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, equal to 3% of the civilian workforce. Trump’s…

Donald Trump said both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed a desire for peace in separate phone calls with him on Wednesday, and Trump ordered top U.S. officials to begin talks on ending the war in Ukraine. The conversations came after Trump’s defense secretary earlier said Kyiv would have to give up its…

Two transgender girls in New Hampshire on Wednesday set in motion the first legal challenge to U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order that would ban them from participating in school sports for female athletes. Parker Tirrell, 16, and Iris Turmelle, 15, and their parents filed a lawsuit last year challenging a New Hampshire law that would block…

Before she goes to bed each night, Holly Wang logs on to DeepSeek for “therapy sessions”. Ever since January, when the breakout Chinese AI app launched, the 28-year-old has brought her dilemmas and sorrows, including the recent death of her grandmother, to the chatbot. Its responses have resonated so deeply they have at times brought her to…

The former chief executive of Google is worried artificial intelligence could be used by terrorists or “rogue states” to “harm innocent people.” Eric Schmidt told the BBC: “The real fears that I have are not the ones that most people talk about AI – I talk about extreme risk.” The tech billionaire, who held senior posts at…

A proposed law in Colombia’s Congress seeks to ban the sale of merchandise that celebrates former drug lord Pablo Escobar. But opinions are divided on it. On Monday, 27 November 1989, Gonzalo Rojas was at school in the Colombian capital of Bogota when a teacher pulled him out of class to deliver some devastating news. His father,…

The U.N. human rights office on Wednesday estimated that up to 1,400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over three weeks last summer in a crackdown on student-led protests against the now-ousted former prime minister. In a new report, the Geneva-based office says security and intelligence services “systematically engaged” in rights violations that could amount to…

A DIRE warning has been issued that Vladimir Putin is looking to start a major war in Europe within five years, according to bombshell spy intel. Intelligence from Denmark has assessed the Russian despot’s military capacity claiming he could be ready to spark wars with neighbouring regions in months ahead of a full-scale attack on NATO. It…

After Wednesday’s viral circulation of a video of two Australian nurses claiming to have killed Israeli patients and threatening to kill more, the Sydney area medical practitioners have been suspended. The New South Wales Police Force’s antisemitism task force has taken over the investigation, interviewing staff and seizing CCTV footage. It has identified the likely location within…

A petition calling for Denmark to buy the most populous US state had gathered more than 200,000 signatures on Wednesday, promising to “Make California Great Again.” The spoof web campaign comes amid renewed interest from Donald Trump in buying Greenland — or even taking the vast Arctic island by force. What does the petition call for? The…

Japan has asked to be exempt from the 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum after President Donald Trump revoked its duty-free quota. The request was made through Japan’s embassy in Washington, according to the Associated Press. Trump removed the exemptions and exceptions on steel imports to a minimum of 25% from his 2018 tariffs and increased the…

Elon Musk’s bid to buy OpenAI for $97.4bn (£78.7bn) came unsolicited on Monday night and was quickly rejected by his former friend and OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman. “The company is not for sale, neither is the mission,” Mr Altman said to Sky News this morning. “We’ll happily buy Twitter though.” It’s the latest in a long-running…

The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new audio recording of what it believes to be the final moments of the Titan submersible that imploded underwater in the Atlantic in 2023. The chilling audio was captured by an acoustic recorder from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), situated around 900 miles away from the submersible’s implosion…

Elon Musk humiliated President Donald Trump during Tuesday’s joint press conference in the Oval Office, which left Trump looking like the “most powerless” U.S. president ever caught on camera, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell said on The Last Word. During a press conference in the Oval Office in which they claimed—without providing a single piece of evidence—to have uncovered…

U.S. inflation accelerated last month as the cost of groceries, gasoline and rents rose, a disappointment for families and businesses struggling with higher costs and likely underscoring the Federal Reserve’s resolve to delay further interest rate cuts. The consumer price index increased 3% in January from a year ago, Wednesday’s report from the Labor Department showed, up…

A bitcoin money launderer, who prosecutors connected to the 2016 Russian interference in the U.S. election, has been released by Donald Trump in exchange for American school teacher Marc Fogel. Alexander Vinnik, 42, a Russian citizen, was charged in a 21-count superseding indictment in January 2017 and taken into custody in Greece. He was later extradited to…

NASA on Tuesday announced that it swapped out the astronaut capsule it was planning to use with a previously flown SpaceX Crew Dragon for its Crew-10 mission, a scheduling move that will allow Starliner astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore to return to Earth sooner than expected. The US space agency announced that it was accelerating the…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Tuesday the ceasefire in Gaza would end and the military would resume fighting Hamas until it was defeated if the Palestinian militant group did not release hostages by midday Saturday. Following Netanyahu’s ultimatum, Hamas issued a statement renewing its commitment to the ceasefire and accusing Israel of jeopardizing the ceasefire.…

Donald Trump on Tuesday pressed Jordan’s King Abdullah to take in Palestinians who would be permanently displaced under the president’s plan for the U.S. to take over the Gaza Strip, even as the king said his country was firmly opposed to the move. Speaking alongside the Arab country’s ruler in the White House, Trump signaled he would…

Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University joined forces to produce a study that looked into the effects of AI tools in the workplace. What they found was unsurprising and is the reason people get such a sick thrill from chanting “I told you so.” It turns out that AI tools can improve a worker’s efficiency, yes, but AI…

The feud between Elon Musk and Sam Altman has become one of the bitterest rivalries in business history, with the Tesla tycoon bidding to buy Altman’s OpenAI in an apparent attempt to derail the ChatGPT maker’s ascent to becoming one of the world’s most important companies. Musk and Altman were among the 11-person team that founded OpenAI…

When news broke Monday that Elon Musk is leading an investment group to acquire Open AI for $97.4 billion, CEO Sam Altman used Musk’s X platform to deliver a scathing response. “No thank you,” Altman posted, “but we will buy Twitter (X) for $9.74 billion if you want.” no thank you but we will buy twitter for…

Goldman Sachs’ international boss has said the bank ditched an internal diversity rule that barred it from advising all male, all white boards on company flotations because it was no longer needed. The investment bank had pledged that it would only help a business sell its shares on a stock exchange if it had two diverse board…

A BBC investigation has uncovered allegations that energy giant Shell has ignored repeated warnings that a controversial clean-up operation of oil-polluted areas of southern Nigeria has been beset by problems and corruption. The multinational headquartered in London, along with the Nigerian government, has repeatedly stated that work to clean up oil-contaminated sites of Ogoniland, which kicked off…

Italian police have arrested 181 people in a crackdown on the Sicilian mafia. Authorities launched a series of raids early on Tuesday, detaining suspected members of the mafia for alleged crimes including attempted murder, extortion, drug trafficking and more. A total of 1,200 officers were involved in the operation aimed at dismantling mafia clans in several districts…

A NUMBER of “hugely influential” names in politics and industry have been plotting “behind the scenes” in a bid to take down Kanye West’s business interests in the US following his shocking hate-filled X rants. Tech mogul Daniel Starr told The U.S. Sun that secret WhatsApp groups had been set up by high-profile people across entertainment, fashion,…

ELON Musk took his young son into the Oval Office alongside President Donald Trump as he hit back at DOGE critics. The Tesla chief was seen playing around with X Æ A-Xii, known as X, inside The White House as Trump signed an executive order helping out the new government department. DOGE – which stands for Department…

THE FBI has discovered thousands of new top-secret JFK assassination files after Trump’s order bust open all the remaining documents. The 2,400 unseen records contain 14,000 pages of material not known to exist – which could shed new light on the mysterious murder. This huge bundle was withheld from a board set up in the ’90s to…

DONALD Trump has been pushed to rename Greenland to Red, White and Blueland and enter negotiations to seize the ice island. The Republican congressman who proposed the idea added that the Danish territory was vital as a “national security priority.” Georgia Republican Buddy Carter, 67, unveiled a new legislation to encourage Trump to start negotiations to “purchase…

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff has secured the release of an American detained in Russia during a trip to the country, the White House said on Tuesday. Marc Fogel was released on Tuesday and flew back to the US with Witkoff, arriving several hours later, according to a post by the White House on social media. Why…

Acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie took the stand in the attempted murder trial of the man charged with of stabbing him repeatedly at a literary gathering in August 2022. Rushdie wore a dark suit, white shirt and grey tie, together with tinted glasses masking his eye injured in the attack. What did Rushdie say? He told jurors that…

Dozens of countries signed a declaration in Paris on Tuesday calling for AI development to be “open, inclusive, transparent, ethical, safe, secure and trustworthy, taking into account international frameworks for all” and “making AI sustainable for people and the planet.” But the US and UK were notable absentees from the list of signatories of the “Statement on…

Six US Congressmen on Monday wrote to new Attorney General Pam Bondi and demanded a probe into the previous Department of Justice’s (DoJ) indictment of Adani Group officials. In November last year, the Adani Group had rejected as baseless the move by the DoJ under the Biden administration to name the conglomerate in a case of alleged…

A street performance by Ed Sheeran in India’s tech capital of Bengaluru was stopped abruptly by police on Sunday, outraging fans and prompting the British singer to issue a clarification. Sheeran, dressed in a white t-shirt and shorts was seen singing and playing his guitar on a pavement in the centre of Bengaluru ahead of his concert…

A bus veered off a highway bridge into a polluted ravine in Guatemala City early on Monday, killing at least 51 people and trapping survivors, a spokesperson for the city’s fire department said. The densely packed bus was traveling into the capital from the town of San Agustin Acasaguastlan on a busy route into the city from…

At least one person was killed on Monday after a midsize business jet skidded off the runway while landing at the Scottsdale, Arizona, municipal airport and collided with another jet that was parked, authorities said. Dave Folio, a spokesperson with the Scottsdale Fire Department, said at a press conference that at least four other people were injured…

The Philadelphia Eagles dominated the Chiefs 40-22 in Sunday’s Super Bowl in New Orleans to deny Kansas City in their bid for a third consecutive title and exact brutal revenge for their loss to the team in the NFL title game two years ago. The Eagles bullied the Chiefs behind a defensive effort that overwhelmed Chiefs quarterback…

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Hamas should release all hostages held by the militant group in Gaza by midday Saturday or he would propose canceling the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and “let hell break out.” Trump cautioned that Israel might want to override him on the issue and said he might speak to Israeli Prime Minister…

Antiques expert Charles Hanson, known for TV shows including Flog It! and Bargain Hunt, violently attacked and restrained his wife over a 10-year period, in some cases leaving her with physical marks, a court has heard. Hanson, 46, is charged with controlling or coercive behaviour, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and assault by beating. The auctioneer denies…

A man who believes he accidentally lost a Bitcoin fortune in a council rubbish tip is exploring the possibility of buying the landfill site before it is shut. James Howells, from Newport in South Wales, claimed his ex-girlfriend mistakenly threw out a hard drive containing thousands of Bitcoins in 2013. According to the 39-year-old IT worker, they…

More than 3,000 artists have called for Christie’s to cancel its first-ever AI art auction, calling it “mass theft” of human artists’ work. The petition urges the New York auction house to call off the event – where pieces range from $10,000 to $250,000 (£8,000 to £202,000) – citing “serious concern” over exploitation of artists. “Many of…

TWO people have been shot dead in Philadelphia as wild Super Bowl victory celebrations took over the city after the Eagles win. Police have launched an investigation after the double homicide in the early hours of Monday morning. A rain of at least 40 bullets was fired in horrific scenes at around 3:50 am. It happened in…

Our gender is identical to our sex, written in our genes, can be clearly assigned and does not change over our lifetime. That’s what many people say. The woman on one side, the man on the other ― you’re either a princess or a knight, with nothing in between. And you certainly have no say in the…

Kanye West‘s Yeezy.com advertisement during Sunday night’s Super Bowl stunned viewers with its bizarre vibe. But then what happened next shocked the station execs who ran it and media buyers who approved the spot even more: West immediately flipped the website after the ad aired, replacing its previous content with just one item: A swastika T-shirt for…

Neha Satpute and Akshay Pise felt ready to welcome their first child. Having worked in the US for more than a decade, the Indian couple who are engineers on H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers, expected their son – due on 26 February – to be born an American citizen. Employed at a large tech firm with…

Two American tourists were attacked by a shark at a popular Bahamas resort over the weekend, police said. The female swimmers were in the waters at Bimini Bay, which is part of the westernmost island in the Bahamas and about 50 miles from Miami, about 6:30 p.m. Friday when the attack took place. “Initial reports indicate that…

Israel placed its military on the “highest level of alert” after Hamas canceled the next phase of its plan to release hostages. Tensions surged after Hamas accused Israel of breaking the terms of the ceasefire deal on Monday. Abu Obeida, a spokesman for the Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, said in a post on X that the…

Europe is prepared to respond “within an hour” if the United States levies tariffs against the European Union, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a pre-election debate with his conservative challenger Friedrich Merz. In the first duel ahead of the February 23 election, Merz portrayed Scholz as a ditherer who had led Germany into economic crisis, while…

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he believed the United States was making progress in its talks to end thewar between Russia and Ukraine, but declined to provide details about any communications he had had with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump indicated that the two men had been in…

President Trump on Sunday said he was losing patience with the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas after seeing footage of the Palestinian militant group release Israeli hostages over the weekend, whose appearance he compared to Holocaust survivors. Trump’s reaction to seeing images of the three hostages, who appeared gaunt upon their release on Saturday, brought fresh…

The elder brother of the Dalai Lama and former chairman of the Tibetan government-in-exile in India, Gyalo Thondup, who led several rounds of talks with China and worked with foreign governments for the Tibetan cause, has died. He was 97. Thondup died at his home in Kalimpong, a hill town in the Himalayan foothills of eastern West…

Hawaii’s regular sunshine, short rain showers and clean air come together to create some of the planet’s best conditions for viewing rainbows. They’re such a frequent sight that a University of Hawaii professor calls the state the “rainbow capital of the world.” Right now it’s the winter rainy season in the islands, which means the odds of…

One of the biggest sporting events in the world took place in New Orleans as the Philadelphia Eagles clinched this year’s Super Bowl with an emphatic 40-22 victory over defending champions the Kansas City Chiefs. The event did not just bring out the best the NFL has had to offer this season – but plenty of Hollywood…

China’s tit-for-tat import taxes on some American goods came into effect on Monday, as the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies escalates and US President Donald Trump threatens to hit more countries with tariffs. Beijing announced the plan on 4 February, minutes after new US levies of 10% on all Chinese products came into effect.…

It was a warm February night when an ominous message popped into Hannah Grundy’s inbox in Sydney. “I will just keep emailing because I think this is worthy of your attention,” the anonymous sender wrote. Inside was a link, and a warning in bold: “[This] contains disturbing material.” She hesitated for a moment, fearing it was a…

It’s a chilly mid-winter afternoon in Segovia, in central Spain, and tourists are gathered at the foot of the city’s Roman aqueduct, gazing up at its famous arches and taking selfies. Many of the visitors are Spanish, but there are also people from other European countries, Asians and Latin Americans, all drawn by Segovia’s historic charm, gastronomy…

A nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka has been blamed on a monkey that intruded into a power station south of Colombo. Power is gradually being restored across the island nation of 22 million people, with medical facilities and water purification plants being given priority. “A monkey has come in contact with our grid transformer, causing an imbalance…

Kendrick Lamar showed out during his performance during the Super Bowl Halftime Show, enlisting SZA, Samuel L. Jackson, Serena Williams and Mustard for an ode to Compton on the biggest stage in the world. The set, with its American flag color palette, largely consisted of tracks from his freshly released album “GNX” as well as a few…

Taylor Swift‘s Super Bowl appearance to cheer on her boyfriend Travis Kelce was met with some boos when she was shown on the jumbotron. Watch the moment below. Taylor Swift laughed off being booed at the Super Bowl 😅 pic.twitter.com/Zdc5fHKc0A — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 10, 2025 Swift laughed away the booing, perhaps thinking to herself, “Why you…

Sir Keir Starmer has taken an HIV test in an effort to help destigmatise checking for the sexually transmitted virus. The prime minister took the home test at 10 Downing Street to mark the start of HIV Testing Week, and did so alongside soul singer Beverley Knight, who is a strong advocate for HIV awareness. Sir Keir…

Protesters blocked roads across Serbia on Sunday, marking 100 days since the collapse of a canopy at a train station in the northern city of Novi Sad. Hundreds of students blocked a major highway and bridge in the capital, Belgrade, for seven hours. The protest was accompanied by 15 minutes of silence for the victims, with protesters…

Two weeks before national elections in Germany, the struggling Left Party (die Linke) has laid out a new tax plan targeting the superrich. The declared goal is to cut the wealth of billionaires in half within a decade. “We believe there should not be any billionaires,” the paper from party co-chair Jan van Aken states, before going…

Elon Musk demanded the impeachment of a federal judge after a ruling blocked his spending task force, DOGE, from accessing Treasury payment systems. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer issued the decision on Saturday, ruling that only designated Treasury officials should access sensitive information to prevent hacking and data breaches, reported The Daily Beast. The ruling, part of…

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has answered the question multiple times this week, just as he did in his previous two Super Bowls: When will his playing days come to an end? And while the star player has spoken glowingly about his situation and how much football he no doubt still has in him, sources…

President Donald Trump said he is serious about wanting Canada to become the 51st state in an interview that aired Sunday during the Super Bowl preshow. “Yeah it is,” Trump told Fox News Channel’s Bret Baier when asked whether his talk of annexing Canada is “a real thing” — as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently warned.…

Donald Trump filed an amended lawsuit against CBS late Friday, adding a series of new claims over the network’s edits in a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris. Among other things, Trump is now claiming that CBS engaged in unfair competition, alleging that it deceptively edited the interview in a way that cost traffic and viewership to…

On a chilly January evening, Samira Shamoon, a 44-year-old health and beauty publicist, walked into an Italian restaurant to meet friends. They were stunned by the incandescence of her skin. Her cheekbones appeared more defined. After a flurry of questions about which dermatologist or plastic surgeon she had visited, she said, beaming, “I’m microdosing!” Shamoon has joined…

Little Neon Pictures suddenly has the lead in the Oscar race. Sean Baker’s indie creation, “Anora,” on Saturday night picked up prizes from the Directors Guild and the Producers Guild. On Friday night, “Anora” won Best Drama at the Critics Choice Awards. As Oscar ballots go out Tuesday, “Anora” is suddenly in the lead for Best Picture.…

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will introduce new 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the U.S., on top of existing metals duties, in another major escalation of his trade policy overhaul. Trump, speaking to reporters on Air Force One on his way to the NFL Super Bowl in New Orleans, said…

The use of AI in best picture contender “The Brutalist” recently grabbed headlines and ignited controversy, but it isn’t the only Oscar contender to use the advancing technology. High-profile films such as “A Complete Unknown,” “Dune: Part 2” and “Emilia Pérez” have also used AI in large or small ways, and the growing popularity has led the…

A federal judge early Saturday blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records that contain sensitive personal data such as Social Security and bank account numbers for millions of Americans. U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer issued the preliminary injunction after 19 Democratic attorneys general sued President Donald Trump. The case, filed in…

China on Friday lashed out at what it called U.S. “coercion” after Panama declined to renew a key infrastructure agreement with Beijing following Washington’s threat to take back the Panama Canal. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a briefing that China “firmly opposes the U.S. smearing and undermining the Belt and Road cooperation through means of…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was captured on a hot-mic telling a gathering of business leaders that President Donald Trump’s comments about taking over Canada is a “real thing.” Trudeau, who said he will step down after March’s elections, said Trump, who has suggested making Canada the “51st state” because he wants the country’s minerals, must be…

President Donald Trump said he has no plans to deport Prince Harry while taking a shot at the British royal’s wife, Meghan Markle. “I don’t want to do that,” Trump told the New York Post. “I’ll leave him alone. He’s got enough problems with his wife. She’s terrible.” The Duke and Duchess of Sussex live in Montecito,…

The parents of a young California tech whistleblower whose 2024 death was ruled a suicide are now suing the City and County of San Francisco, alleging they violated public records laws by refusing to fulfill their requests for information about their son’s death. Suchir Balaji, 26, was an employee at OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT,…

A traffic accident involving a bus in southern Mexico, which took place in the early hours of Saturday morning, killed 41 people, the government of Tabasco state said in a statement, adding that recovery work was still ongoing. The bus, which was carrying 48 people, collided with a truck, resulting in the deaths of 38 passengers and…

Sri Lanka police said Saturday that they have opened an investigation into the deaths of two female tourists. A 24-year-old British national, along with a 26-year-old German, were feeling sick at their hostel in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, and then taken to the hospital. The family of the British woman, Ebony McIntosh, said she had experienced symptoms…

Hamas has freed three Israeli hostages in Gaza, while Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners in the latest exchange as part of an internationally brokered ceasefire deal. The three hostages – Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami and Or Levy – were handed over to the Red Cross on Saturday morning before reuniting with their families in Israel. Concerns…

The four British families suing TikTok for the alleged wrongful deaths of their children have accused the tech giant of having “no compassion”. In an exclusive group interview for BBC One’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, the parents said they were taking the company to court to try to find out the truth about what happened to their…

Acrobatic catches and thumping hits are why American football fans watch the Super Bowl but for others the non-sporting spectacle is much more interesting. We’ve selected a few things to look out for during the contest between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs, which kicks off at 23:30 GMT (18:30 EST) on Sunday, 9 February…

At least 30 people have been reported missing after a landslide in south-western China, according to Chinese state media. The landslide struck Jinping village in Sichuan province at 11:50 local time (03:50 GMT) burying 10 houses and trapping several residents. Two people were rescued. A command centre has been set up at the scene according to a…

The parents of two of the girls murdered at a dance class in Southport have spoken of the moment they were told “something awful has happened” to their children. In an interview with The Sunday Times, the parents of Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe paid tribute to their daughters, while recalling what happened on 29 July…

Apple has reportedly been ordered by the UK government to allow it access to encrypted data stored by the company’s users worldwide in its cloud service. At the moment, only the Apple account holder can access such data – not even the US technology giant can see it. Apple, which makes iPhones, iPads and iMacs, has been…

At St Jude children’s research hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, an unusual clinical trial is under way that, if successful, could have wider ramifications for the vast field of age-related chronic diseases. At first glance, childhood cancer survivors may seem like an unusual population in which to study ageing, but as Greg Armstrong, principal investigator of St Jude’s…

A magnitude 7.6 quake struck the Caribbean Sea late on Saturday evening, US monitoring agencies reported. The earthquake hit at 6:23 p.m. local time (0123 GMT) in the middle of the sea about 130 miles (209 kilometers) off the coast of the Cayman Islands. The United States Geological Survey said the quake struck at a shallow depth…

Billionaire Elon Musk said that he was not interested in purchasing TikTok, the popular short-video app that the United States has been trying to ban over national security concerns with its Chinese owner ByteDance. Musk’s comments, made in late January, were released online Saturday by The WELT Group, a part of the German media company Axel Springer…

In Ghana and Kenya, insecticide and mosquito nets sit in warehouses because U.S. officials haven’t approved urgent anti-malaria campaigns. In Haiti, a group treating HIV patients awaits U.S. permission to dispense medicines that prevent mothers from giving the disease to their children. In Myanmar, where famine looms and the U.S is the single largest aid donor, one…