Asher Hong, 18, posted the highest all-around score on the first of two days of competition at the US men’s gymnastics selection camp to determine the last three spots on the team for the world championships that start in three…
In escalation, North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan
North Korea has fired an unidentified ballistic missile over Japan, in an escalation not seen in years, prompting Tokyo to evacuate some residents in the northern prefectures of Hokkaido and Aomori on Tuesday morning. Hirokazu Matsuno, Japan’s chief Cabinet secretary,…
West rejects Putin’s claim it sabotaged Nord Stream gas pipelines
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused the West of sabotaging Russia-built natural gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea to Germany, a charge vehemently denied by the United States and its allies. Nordic nations said the undersea blasts that damaged…
South Korea, US and Japan hold anti-North Korean submarine drills
South Korea, US and Japanese warships launched their first trilateral anti-submarine drills in five years Friday, after North Korea renewed missile tests this week in an apparent response to bilateral training by South Korean and US forces. The North’s recent…
President Biden mistakenly addresses Late Rep. Jackie Walorski at Hunger Event: ‘Jackie, are you here?’
While delivering opening remarks at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health Wednesday morning, US President Joe Biden mistakenly called out for the late Rep. Jackie Walorski, who co-sponsored a bill to fund the conference before her death.…
Facing calls to resign, World Bank president David Malpass changes answer on climate crisis
After earlier declining to say whether he accepts the scientific consensus on global warming, World Bank president David Malpass now says it is clear greenhouse emissions are causing climate change, defending his record as bank chief amid calls for his…
US and Chinese diplomats to meet at UN amid Taiwan tensions
Senior diplomats from the United States and China will meet later today with tensions high after a visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and an explicit pledge by US President Joe Biden to defend the Chinese-claimed island.…
UK will not strike free trade deal with US for years, Liz Truss admits
Liz Truss has admitted that the UK will not strike a post-Brexit free trade deal with the US for a number of years, as she flew to New York ahead of a meeting with Joe Biden. Ms Truss told reporters…
Taliban release American engineer in prisoner swap
Afghanistan’s Taliban freed on Monday American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for an Afghan tribal leader linked to the Taliban who the United States had held on drugs charges since 2005, the group’s acting foreign minister said. Frerichs was exchanged…
3 dead after 2 small planes collide in mid-air in Colorado
Two small airplanes collided in midair near Denver on Saturday, killing three people, authorities said. It wasn’t known what might have caused the crash between the four-seater Cessna 172 and the Sonex Xenos, a light, aluminum, homebuilt aircraft that can…