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• US-China fentanyl talks hang by thread amid trade war

  23-04-2025 22:00 via article.wn.com
  Amidst trade tensions, the U.S. and China continue...
  
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• Conclave live: Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney as first vote inconclusive

  07-05-2025 21:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  The smoke signals that the 133 cardinals have voted but haven’t reached a two-thirds consensus required to elect a successor to Pope Francis
  
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• Manhunt after baby seal stabbed multiple times on US beach

  07-05-2025 21:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the baby seal was stabbed multiple times on a beach in Oregon
  
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• Woman's dismembered body turns up on Gran Canaria beach after texting friend

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  The body of a woman who went missing later turned up on a beach on the holiday island of Gran Canaria. ......
  
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• Wall Street gains ground as China shores up its economy ahead of trade talks with ...

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks gained ground on Wall Street Wednesday as China steps up measures to shore up its economy and gears up for trade talks with the U.S. The S&P 500 index rose 0.4% in afternoon trading Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 375 points, or 0.9%, as of 1:12 p.m. Eastern. The Nasdaq composite was mostly unchanged. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings
  
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• US President Donald Trump calls for India, Pakistan clashes to stop, offers help

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  Donald Trump was asked...
  
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• Trump's tariffs hit baby industry hard: report

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Tariffs on Chinese goods are making it more expensive to raise children in the United States, driving up prices and threatening shortages of critical baby gear at a time when...
  
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• Trump says he hopes India, Pakistan can halt fighting 'now'

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump voiced hope Wednesday that India and Pakistan can halt ongoing cross-border fighting immediately as concerns mount over the escalating violence. "It's so terrible," Trumps told...
  
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• Trump offers to help India, Pakistan as tensions rise

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from the media following former U.S. Senator David Perdue’s swearing-in ceremony to be the...
  
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• Tourism Ministry signs MoU with Saudi-Qatari Companies

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  Damascus, SANA-The Ministry of Tourism signed a memorandum of understanding with a Saudi-Qatari consortium to...
  
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• The more Trump talks about making trade deals, the more confusing the tariff picture gets

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  The more U.S....
  
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• The Latest: Top US officials will meet with Chinese counterparts in Switzerland

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  Top U.S. officials are set to meet with a high-level Chinese delegation this weekend in Switzerland in the first major talks between the two nations since President Donald Trump sparked a trade war with stiff tariffs on imports. Meanwhile, Trump plans to announce while on his trip to Saudi Arabia next week that the United States will now refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of Arabia, according to two U.S. officials. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is requi
  
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• The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards are Thursday. Here's who's performing and presenting

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Excuse me, you look like you might want to see the next generation of country music acts clean up at the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards. Fans of the genre have long committed Ella Langley and Riley Green's throwback duet, “You Look Like You Love Me” to memory, and soon, they'll get to celebrate them and many others at the awards show. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it
  
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• Pivotal trade talks with Beijing loom as Trump swears in new US ambassador to China: ...

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  Former Georgia Republican Sen....
  
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• PHOTO COLLECTION: Russia Victory Day Parade Rehearsal

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  This is a photo collection curated by AP...
  
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• PHOTO COLLECTION: REAL ID requirements for the U.S. domestic flyers begins

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  This is a photo collection curated by AP...
  
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• ‘People were running everywhere’: 7 shot in Oklahoma City following Nuggets, Thunder game

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Nine people were injured in a shooting in Oklahoma City Monday night when the Denver Nuggets played the Thunder in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series. Seven people were shot in the city's Midtown neighborhood near The Collective, a popular food court, at around 10:30 p.m., Oklahoma City police said in a press release. Two other people were...
  
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• Macron says Israeli strikes on Syria will not guarantee security

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday condemned Israeli strikes...
  
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• Less farmland is going for organic crops as costs and other issues take root

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  By CAITLYN DAPROZA of Rochester Institute of Technology and PATRICK WHITTLE of The Associated Press SKANEATELES, N.Y. (AP) — Farmer Jeremy Brown taps the nose of a young calf. “I love the ones with the pink noses,” he says. This pink-nosed animal is just one of about 3,200 cattle at Twin Birch Dairy in Skaneateles, New York. In Brown’s eyes, the cows on the farm aren’t just workers: “They’re the boss, they’re the queen of the barn.” Brown, a
  
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• Lawmakers seek to rein in citizen ballot initiatives with new requirements for petitions

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  Citizen activists supporting a public vote on important issues could have to brush up on their reading, writing and arithmetic if they want to get their initiatives on next year's ballot in some states. A new Arkansas law will bar initiative ballot titles written above an eighth-grade reading level. And canvassers will have to verify that petition signers have either read the ballot title or had it read aloud to them. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be ab
  
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• Israeli prime minister says there is 'doubt' about the survival of three hostages previously believed ...

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli prime minister says...
  
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• Iran's FM departs for India amid India-Pakistan tensions

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  TEHRAN, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi departed Tehran for New Delhi on Wednesday evening for talks with senior Indian officials amid...
  
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• India fires missiles on Pakistan. Islamabad calls it an 'act of war'

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan said Wednesday it will avenge those killed by India's missile strikes that New Delhi called retaliation for last month’s massacre of Indian tourists in India-controlled Kashmir. Pakistan called the strikes an act of war and claimed it downed several Indian fighter jets. The missiles killed 31 people, including women and children, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and the country’s Punjab province, Pakistan's military said. The strikes targeted at least
  
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• Hudson’s Bay Insiders Not Bidding on Business, Assets or Leases: Court Documents

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  A new court filing says several bids have been received for Hudson’s Bay assets, but no offers...
  
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• Go Birds and birdies: Retired Eagles great Jason Kelce takes his swings, advice at PGA ...

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  FLOURTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jason Kelce flubbed his pitch shot from the thick rough next to a green on the ninth hole — on a round that featured more “Go Birds” chants than birdies — and muttered a common refrain from most weekend golf warriors: “Hey, that’s why I’m an amateur,” Kelce said. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kAmz6=46 4@
  
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• Federal Reserve leaves key rate unchanged as it sees risk of higher prices, unemployment

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  Many economists and Wall Street investors still expect the Fed will reduce rates two or three times this year. ......
  
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• FAA fixing problems at Newark airport while planning overhaul of US air traffic control system

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that it plans to upgrade the technology used to get radar data to air traffic controllers directing planes to the troubled Newark, New Jersey, airport, and improve staffing to alleviate problems that have caused hundreds of flights to be canceled there. At the same time, the agency plans pursue a broader multibillion-dollar plan that will be announced Thursday for long-overdue upgrades to the nation's air traffic control system. × This pag
  
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• European leaders, aid groups criticize Zionist aid plans for Gaza | Kuwait Times Newspaper

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  JERUSALEM/GENEVA:...
  
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• Donald Trump on Indian strikes inside Pakistan: 'It is so terrible, hopefully they can stop now'

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump on Tuesday...
  
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• Could crimes like those done by Nazi Germany happen in US? Most say yes in poll

  07-05-2025 21:09 via article.wn.com
  The poll also asked respondents about the possibility of World War III happening soon. ......
  
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