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The Covid-19 pandemic caused a sharp slowdown in the fight to end child poverty, with 333 million children still living in extreme poverty, according to a report published Wednesday.The report from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank found that the pandemic led to the ...
World,Front Page
A landmark case pitting the US government against Google over the dominance of the company's world-dominating search engine began in a Washington courtroom on Tuesday."This case is about the future of the internet and whether Google will ever face meaningful competition in search," sai...
US President Joe Biden's son Hunter will be charged before the end of September with a federal firearm offense after his plea deal went sour, the prosecutor said Wednesday in a court filing.Special Counsel David Weiss, who has investigated the president's son for five years, said a grand jur...
US President Joe Biden's administration moved Thursday to close loopholes that allow people to sell guns without a dealer license, which would require them to perform background checks on purchasers.The Justice Department released detailed rules that follow the Biden-backed Safer Communities Act...
A judge on Monday set March 4, 2024 for former president Donald Trump's election subversion conspiracy trial -- placing one of the biggest criminal cases in American history at the height of the next White House race.The date -- a full two years before the defense team's proposal -- is ...
Air pollution is more dangerous to the health of the average person on planet Earth than smoking or alcohol, with the threat worsening in its global epicenter South Asia even as China fast improves, a study showed Tuesday.Yet the level of funding set aside to confront the challenge is a fr...
The Pentagon said Thursday it would begin training Ukrainian F-16 pilots in the United States starting next month so they can use the advanced aircraft against Russian forces.Ukraine has long sought these sophisticated fighter jets so as to better fight the Russian invasion, and is now engaged in a ...
Donald Trump attacked his rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and Democrat Joe Biden in an interview aired on Wednesday as counter-programming to his party's first primary debate.Trump skipped the debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and opted instead to do an interview with Tucker...
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he was "not surprised" at news that Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, may have died in a plane crash in Russia."I don't know for a fact what happened, but I'm not surprised," Biden said."There's not mu...
Business
Mortgage rates in the United States have surged to the highest since 2002, said a home loan finance company Thursday, adding pressure to buyers who are already grappling with high costs and low inventory.The popular 30-year fixed-rate mortgage reached 7.09 percent this week, said Freddie Mac in a st...
Lawyers for Donald Trump on Thursday requested an April 2026 trial date on the federal charges that he conspired to overturn the 2020 election -- long after next year's presidential vote.The request comes as lead prosecutor Jack Smith is pushing for a January 2 start date in the case, one of fou...
A US federal appeals court on Wednesday imposed restrictions on a widely used abortion pill, but the ruling will remain on hold as the Supreme Court decides whether to hear the case.The ruling by a three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals would limit use of mifepriston...
The US judge handling the historic case against Donald Trump for allegedly conspiring to overturn the 2020 election warned him on Friday against making "inflammatory" statements and said she would not allow a "carnival atmosphere" at his eventual trial.US District Judge Tanya Chu...
Elon Musk said Friday that his much-hyped cage fight with Mark Zuckerberg would take place in Italy, as authorities there confirmed talks about hosting a "great charity event."While any showdown between the two tech titans has yet to be officially confirmed, Musk said on his X social media...
US economic growth and wage gains should "serve as a source of resilience" moving forward even if the economy continues to cool, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in remarks released Friday."I still believe that there is a path to continue reducing inflation while maintaining a hea...
A Utah man who made threats against Joe Biden was shot and killed by FBI agents on Wednesday, just hours before a visit by the US president to the western state.The Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed that a suspect was killed when special agents tried to serve arrest and search warrants at a ...
US President Joe Biden said Tuesday he would travel to Vietnam "shortly" as part of an effort to improve ties with Hanoi, as Washington seeks to counter China's influence in the region."I'm going to be going to Vietnam shortly because Vietnam wants to change our relationship a...
World,Back Page
Much of the eastern United States was lashed with intense storms Monday, leaving at least two people dead, hundreds of thousands without power and thousands of flights canceled or delayed.Millions of people were under severe weather alerts, including tornado watches, as rain, strong winds and hail s...
Donald Trump said Sunday he will petition a US court to have the judge in his criminal trial recused, arguing the person overseeing the jury deciding the ex-president's fate will not give him a fair shake.The twice-impeached Republican has unleashed a stream of invective against those prosecutin...
The United States is suspending some aid programs to the Niger government, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday, more than one week after the country's president was toppled in a coup."The US government is pausing certain foreign assistance programs benefiting the government of Nig...
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