WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is not looking at imminent military action against Havana despite President Donald Trump’s repeated threats that “Cuba is next” and that American warships deployed in the Middle East for the Iran conflict could return by way of the island, U.S. officials...
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the World Bank Group’s (WBG) arm that extends political risk insurance to both private-sector investors and lenders, has renewed its cooperation agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support investments and job creation across...
NEW YORK (AP) — Ted Turner could never be defined by just one role. He was a media mogul, philanthropist, and conservationist. A yachtsman who won boating’s most famous race and owner of a baseball team that captured the World Series trophy. The brash television pioneer who died...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The US military fired on an Iranian oil tanker Wednesday as President Donald Trump sought to pressure Tehran into reaching a deal to end the war. The Islamic Republic said it was reviewing the latest American proposals. A fighter jet shot out the rudder of the tanker in the Gulf...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) – Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise. The health emergency aboard the ship that 's moored across the ocean comes as Argentina sees a...
What are the chances that your password begins with [insert random jumble of letters/word in mixed cases] followed by [numbers]? Apparently, according to Kaspersky, this password structure is far more common than you may think. To mark the occasion of World Password Day, Kaspersky experts analyzed...
K-pop supergroup BTS received a warm welcome in Mexico, where President Claudia Sheinbaum personally greeted the group at the National Palace ahead of their sold-out concert series in Mexico City. The group visited the country’s federal government seat, where they met Sheinbaum before appearing...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV will inaugurate the soaring central tower of Barcelona 's famed Sagrada Familia basilica when he visits Spain next month in a weeklong trip that will also take him to a migrant reception center in the Canary Islands, the Vatican said Wednesday. The June 6-12 visit...
BEIRUT (AP) — Pope Leo XIV surprised 13 priests from southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel, by joining a video call from Rome on Wednesday, telling them they were in his prayers and that he hoped peace would soon prevail along the tense frontier. The Lebanese Catholic and Maronite priests...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran with more bombing Wednesday if it doesn 't reopen the Strait of Hormuz after a report that an agreement is emerging to end the war. Trump posted on social media that the war with Iran could soon end and oil and natural gas...
The Philippines will repay through 2041 an $800-million loan from the World Bank aimed at strengthening the country’s fiscal resilience, attracting higher-quality private investments, and equipping workers with skills for more productive and higher-value jobs. Documents showed that Finance...
GENEVA (AP) — The cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak and which is stuck off the coast of Cape Verde with nearly 150 people on board was waiting Wednesday to head to Spain 's Canary Islands. Meanwhile, health authorities in South Africa and Switzerland identified a...
