Category: World

A key House committee on Friday failed to advance US House Republicans’ massive tax-and-spending bill after hardline conservatives blocked the bill and demanded deeper cuts to Medicaid and other government … Read More

US President Donald Trump predicted he would probably meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin, suggesting that he saw a potential face-to-face encounter as the only way to broker an end to … Read More

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering taking part in a reality TV show in which immigrants would compete for American citizenship, the department confirmed on Friday. Asked … Read More

US police on Friday released the names of six Chinese and Italian tourists killed when a pickup truck collided with their van in a fiery crash near Yellowstone National Park … Read More

No sooner had 23-year-old beauty influencer Valeria Marquez been murdered on a TikTok live stream than the Mexican rumour mill started. Comments poured in on social media blaming her for … Read More

The former US ambassador to Ukraine said on Friday that she resigned last month because of President Donald Trump’s policy of “appeasement” in the war launched by Russia against the … Read More

Police in Slovenia are investigating the disappearance of a bronze statue of US first lady Melania Trump that was sawed off and carried away from her hometown. The life-size sculpture … Read More

A senior US congressional Democrat influential on China and tech policy criticised US President Donald Trump’s administration for its rescission of an AI diffusion rule on Friday, calling the move … Read More

Moody’s on Friday downgraded the credit rating of the United States by a notch to “Aa1” from “Aaa”, citing rising debt and interest “that are significantly higher than similarly rated … Read More

World Press Photo said Friday it removed US-Vietnamese photographer Nick Ut’s name as the person credited for one of history’s most iconic pictures, the Vietnam war image “Napalm Girl”, amid … Read More