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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was the victim of “three very sinister events” during his time at the United Nations on Tuesday and that the Secret Service will be looking into the issues. The president was attending the UN General Assembly, where he gave a speech excoriating the
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Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night television Tuesday after a nearly weeklong suspension and nearly broke down in tears, saying he wasn’t trying joke about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “I have no illusions about changing anyone’s mind, but I do want to make something clear, because
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At least 12 people died as heavy rain lashed the eastern Indian city of Kolkata and surrounding areas ahead of a major festival, flooding streets, disrupting transport and leaving residents stranded for hours, officials said on Wednesday. Most of the rain, as much as 251.6 mm (9.9 inches)
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EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday she discussed Russia’s repeated airspace violations with US President Donald Trump, and agreed on the need to cut Moscow’s energy revenues. The European Commission president said she and Trump “addressed the Kremlin’s provocations, including regular incursions into European airspace”
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Danish police said on Tuesday that drones that shut the country’s main airport on Monday appeared to have been flown by “a capable operator,” adding that no suspects had been identified. The airports in Copenhagen and Oslo, the two busiest in the Nordic region, were shut for hours after
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President Donald Trump on Monday used the platform of the presidency to promote unproven and in some cases discredited ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism as his administration announced a wide-ranging effort to study the causes of the complex brain disorder. “Don't take Tylenol,” Trump instructed pregnant women
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Southern Chinese cities scaled back many aspects of daily life on Tuesday with school and business closures and flight cancelations as the region braced for one of the strongest typhoons in years that has already killed three people and led to the displacement of thousands of others in the Philippines.
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Nepal’s interim government, led by former Chief Justice Sushila Karki, has set up a panel to investigate the violence during anti-corruption protests this month that killed 74 people and forced Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to quit, a minister said on Monday. The demonstrations, which began as a
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The head of the Kremlin-backed government in annexed Crimea blamed Ukraine on Monday for a deadly drone strike, while Kyiv said a Russian attack had killed three people in the country’s southeast. Sergey Aksyonov said the Ukrainian military had targeted the Crimean resort town of Foros, damaging the grounds
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President Donald Trump hailed slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk as a “martyr for American freedom” on Sunday and vowed at his memorial service to carry on his work, while again accusing what he called the “radical left” for Kirk’s murder. “The violence comes largely from the left,” Trump said
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US President Donald Trump publicly urged his Justice Department on Saturday to take action against his enemies, the latest in a series of moves that critics say have shattered the agency’s traditional independence. In a social media post addressing “Pam” — apparently Attorney General Pam Bondi — Trump fumed over the
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A cyberattack targeting a service provider for check-in and boarding systems has disrupted operations at several major European airports including London’s Heathrow, Brussels and Berlin, causing flight delays and cancelations, the operators said. The attack has rendered automated systems inoperable, allowing only manual check-in and boarding procedures, according to
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President Donald Trump’s administration escalated its campaign against Harvard University on Friday, placing new restrictions on the Ivy League school’s ability to access federal funds for student aid, citing concerns about the “financial position” of the oldest and richest university in the United States. The Department of Education
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Ukrainian troops pressed on with a frontline counteroffensive around two cities in the east of the country on Friday, with President Volodymyr Zelensky saying heavy losses were being inflicted on Russian forces. Russia said its forces had captured two new villages in their slow advance through Ukraine’s east and
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A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula early Friday, rocking buildings and prompting authorities to issue a tsunami alert, later lifted. Videos posted on Russian social media showed furniture and light fixtures shaking in homes, while another showed a parked car
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Marching with thousands of other protesters in Paris, hospital nurse Aya Touré put her finger on the pulse of many who took to streets across France on Thursday against the government of President Emmanuel Macron. “Fed up. Really, really fed up,” she said. “Those people governing us, they have no