CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A pair of European satellites rocketed into orbit Thursday on the first mission to create artificial solar eclipses through fancy formation flying in space. This image taken from video provided by the European Space Agency shows the launching of a rocket from the...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday that it could sue to require reforms at Memphis' police department if the city won't willingly agree to changes, after a federal investigation found that Memphis' officers routinely use unwarranted force and disproportionately target...
PALERMO, Calif. (AP) — Two children were in “extremely critical condition” Wednesday after being shot at a tiny religious K-8 school in Northern California and the gunman died at the scene, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot, police said. Police officers stand near a body covered by a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Known across the globe as the stuck astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams hit the six-month mark in space Thursday with two more to go. FILE - NASA astronauts Suni Williams, left, and Butch Wilmore stand together for a photo enroute to the launch pad at Space...
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian insurgents said they entered parts of the central city of Hama on Thursday after three days of intense clashes with government forces on its outskirts, part of an ongoing offensive in which they also seized Syria's largest city of Aleppo. Internally displaced people sit in a...
Japan's Takehiro Kano, ambassador to UNESCO, reacts after the traditional Japanese brewing of sake was named Intangible Cultural Heritage during an UNESCO World Heritage Convention in Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Marta Escurra) LUQUE, Paraguay (AP) — Sake is...
World Bank economists watching the Philippines are closely monitoring the unfolding political drama involving two successive administrations and how it would impact on the economic reform agenda. So far, "while the political tension in the country has recently increased, no major influence on the...
President Marcos on Wednesday, Dec. 4, touted the “big plans” the Philippines has in building up its trade and commerce ties with partner-countries. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. meets with World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in Malacañan on...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union agreed to delay by a year the introduction of new rules to ban the sale of products that lead to massive deforestation, caving in to demands from several producer nations from across the globe and domestic opposition within the 27-nation bloc. FILE -A woman...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday in just its second major transgender rights case, which is a challenge to a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care for minors. The Supreme Court is framed by the columns of the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024....
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Defense Secretary, spent a second day on Capitol Hill, meeting privately with Republican senators amid rising questions about his ability to effectively lead the Pentagon. Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee...
LUANDA, Angola (AP) — Even in the waning days of his presidency and thousands of miles from home, U.S. President Joe Biden is finding ways to celebrate trains. President Joe Biden watches a traditional dance after arriving at Catumbela airport in Angola on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben...
