WASHINGTON (AP) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that South Africa's ambassador to the United States "is no longer welcome" in the country, in the latest Trump administration move targeting the African nation. UNITED States Secretary of State Marco Rubio disembarks from his...
VATICAN CITY (AP) – How's Pope Francis doing? Can you give him my get-well wishes? Can I speak with him directly? The nuns who operate the Vatican's switchboard are fielding a growing number of calls with questions like that as the pope remains hospitalized in Rome. POPE Francis shares a light...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate passed a Republican-led spending bill Friday hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it to President Donald Trump to be signed into law. SCHUMER INTERVIEW – Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer,...
National record holder Kristina Knott has secured a spot in the World Athletics Indoor Championships set in Nanjing, China next week, the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association announced on Saturday, March 15. Kristina Knott. (File Photo) The 29-year-old Knott will be competing in the...
Pedestrians walk as police secure the area around the Justice Department before President Donald Trump speaks Friday, March 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pledged to “expose” his enemies during a norm-breaking political speech at...
Sean Combs arrives at the Pre-Grammy Gala And Salute To Industry Icons at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Invision/AP, File) NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs returned to federal court in New York City on Friday,...
Crews work to remove a large pine tree from Glencannon Drive after severe weather hit in Pico Rivera, Calif., Thursday, March 13, 2025. (David Crane/The Orange County Register via AP) OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A sprawling storm system crossing the U.S. on Friday overturned semitrucks on highways and...
LA MALBAIE, Quebec (AP) — Top diplomats from the Group of 7 industrialized democracies on Friday were wrapping up their final day of talks that have been overshadowed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade and foreign policies as well as his repeated taunts toward host Canada . Canadian Foreign...
TORONTO (AP) — Former central banker Mark Carney will be sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister on Friday. Canada Liberal Leader Mark Carney leaves a caucus meeting in Ottawa, Monday, March 10, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP) Carney, 59, replaces Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
BAGHDAD (AP) — The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, the Iraqi prime minister announced Friday. “The Iraqis continue their impressive victories over the...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military accused neighboring India on Friday of sponsoring insurgents in a restive southwestern province, where an unprecedented attack by armed separatists this week killed 26 passengers aboard a hijacked train. Rescue workers transport a coffin containing the body...
FILE - A shaft of light shines into a bedroom in Belle, W.Va., on Nov. 11, 2013. (Craig Cunningham/The Daily Mail via AP, File) Chances are, if you’re reading this, you got some sleep last night. But are you feeling rested ? Experts say it's an important question to consider. Most of us spend a...
