UK & WORLD NEWS
- Trevi Fountain fee takes effect as Rome seeks to manage tourist crowds
Tourists hoping to get close to the Trevi Fountain had to pay 2 euros starting Monday as the city of Rome inaugurated a new fee structure to help raise money […]
- Clintons agree to testify in House Epstein investigation ahead of contempt of Congress vote
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed to testify in a House investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey […]
- Appeals court overturns former UCLA gynecologist's sex abuse conviction
It was ruled Dr. James Heaps was denied a fair trial because the judge did not share with his defense counsel a note by the court's foreman pointing out […]
- Judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for Haitians
A federal judge on Monday blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S., dealing President Donald Trump's […]
- Iran’s president seeks 'fair and equitable negotiations' with the United States
Iran’s president says he has instructed the country’s foreign minister to “pursue fair and equitable negotiations” with the United States
- Argentina fires ravage pristine Patagonia forests, fueling criticism of Milei's austerity
Argentina's Patagonia region is battling severe wildfires, with vast areas of Los Alerces National Park ablaze
- Australia's central bank raises interest rate to 3.85% after 3 cuts
Australia’s central bank has lifted its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 3.85%, after three rate cuts last year and as inflation […]
- Where is Evo Morales? Bolivia's ex-leader vanishes from public view for nearly a month
The nearly monthlong disappearance from public view of Bolivia’s towering socialist icon, ex-leader Evo Morales, just days after the Jan. 3 U.S. seizure of […]
- Families mourn those killed in a Congo mine landslide as some survivors prepare to return
A landslide last week killed at least 200 people in eastern Congo at a rebel-controlled coltan mine and families of the deceased are mourning their lost loved […]
- An internal document shows the Vietnamese military preparing for a possible American war
An internal document reveals Vietnam's military is preparing for a possible American war of aggression, viewing the U.S. as a "belligerent" power
- Minnesota Olympians, other athletes speak up about federal agents in Minneapolis
"I want to make sure you know who I'm racing for," wrote Minnesota-born cross-country skiing star Jessie Diggins. Meanwhile, a hospitality center for Team USA […]
- Images show abandoned belongings and mock police stations at a former scam center in Asia
In the town of O’Smach, along Cambodia’s northern border with Thailand, stands a compound of abandoned buildings that were battered by shelling during […]
- Populist conservative Laura Fernández wins Costa Rica's presidential election
Candidate Laura Fernández won a resounding victory, promising to continue the aggressive reorienting of the Central American nation's politics started by her […]
- What Jared Kushner's 'New Gaza' plan includes, and what it leaves out
President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner laid out a plan for a "New Gaza." A close look suggests it makes room for fewer Palestinians and less housing.
- Trump administration sued over visa freeze on immigrants from 75 countries
A group of nonprofit organizations and U.S. citizens Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's sweeping suspension of immigrant visa […]
- U.S. sledder Katie Uhlaender appeal denied, won't race at Milan Cortina Olympics
International officials say a point-rigging scheme denied American Katie Uhlaender a shot to compete in the Milan Cortina Olympics. But a sports tribunal […]
- The Trump Administration exempts new nuclear reactors from environmental review
The announcement comes just days after NPR revealed the administration had secretly rewritten safety and environmental standards.
- Michelangelo's 'Last Judgment' fresco undergoes 3-month cleaning at Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment” is undergoing its first major restoration in three decades
- Russian cargo ship captain found guilty over North Sea tanker crash death
A Russian cargo ship captain has been found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter after his vessel crashed into a U.S. oil tanker in the North Sea last year, […]
- Nine arraigned for deadly attack in Nigeria that killed over 150
Nine people accused of a deadly attack in north-central Nigeria have been arraigned in a federal court
