Gilbert Houngbo, International Labour Organization ILO Director-General [PhotoAgencies] The United Nations' global organization for the promotion of labor rights has warned that it faces a funding crisis and could be forced to shed around 8 percent of its workforce unless member states pay their ...
SYDNEY -- Incumbent President David Adeang has been re-elected as president of Nauru for a second term following Saturday's national elections. The government of Nauru said in a post on social media that Adeang was elected unopposed as president during the inaugural sitting of the Micronesian natio...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says that a sharp slowdown in hiring poses a growing risk to the U.S. economy WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON AP — A sharp slowdown in hiring poses a growing risk to the U.S. economy, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday, a sign that the Fed will likely cut ...
An elite military unit says it has seized power in Madagascar from President Andry Rajoelina following weeks of youth-led protests in the Indian Ocean island. Standing outside the presidential palace on Tuesday, CAPSAT chief Col Michael Randrianirina said the military would form a government and ho...
Bulldozers deployed by the Gaza Municipality drive past displaced people, on their way to clear building rubble from main roads in Gaza City on Tuesday, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian fighters in Gaza. AFPGetty Images Israel and Hamas took steps toward ending the two-year war tha...
BEIJING, Oct. 14 Xinhua -- China's Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday announced the decision to take countermeasures against five U.S.-linked subsidiaries of Hanwha Ocean, a leading shipbuilding enterprise from the Republic of Korea. These countermeasures, which took effect on Tuesday, were adopted to...
When the results of her routine mammogram came back with a diagnosis of stage 0 DCIS breast cancer in multiple areas of her right breast, Athaliah McPherson, a hairstylist and mom of one, said she wasn’t surprised. "I knew something was off," McPherson told ABC News. McPherson’s diagnosis was not ...
A drone view shows cranes, shipping containers and transport trucks at the Port of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 14, 2025. [PhotoAgencies] A claim by United States President Donald Trump that the US and Canada have a "natural conflict" in trade may overstate competition and overlook...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi C addresses the summit on ending the Gaza war in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Oct 13, 2025. [Egyptian PresidencyHandout via Xinhua] SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt -- A summit on ending the Gaza war kicked off here Monday, which witnessed the signing of the recently-reac...
Although the U.S. government remains closed, taxpayers who requested a filing extension from the IRS earlier this year remain on the hook to submit their income tax returns by Oct. 15. "Taxpayers should continue to file, deposit and pay federal income taxes as they normally would," an IRS spokesman...
Law enforcement has identified the 16 people who were killed in a blast that levelled a munitions factory in the US state of Tennessee. The names were released during a news briefing on Monday outside Accurate Energetic Systems AES in Hickman County, where an early-morning blast on 10 October left ...
Trump claims 'end of war' in Gaza Strip while delivering speech at Knesset A freed Palestinian prisoner is greeted after being released from an Israeli jail, in Ramallah, in the West Bank, on Monday. MOHAMMED TOROKMANREUTERS Israelis and Palestinians were cheering the swap release of living host...
Italy's governing Brothers of Italy party has tabled legislation to ban the burqa and niqab in public areas, part of a wider bill targeting what it calls Islam-linked "cultural separatism". The measure, introduced in parliament by lawmakers from Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's party last week, woul...
NEW YORK -- At least four people were killed and about 20 were injured in a deadly shooting early Sunday morning at a crowded bar in Beaufort County in the US state of South Carolina, local authorities said Sunday. The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office said that shortly before 1:00 am 0500 GMT Sunda...
Afghanistan said Sunday it killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight border operations, in response to what it called repeated violations of its territory and airspace. Pakistan's army gave far lower casualty figures, saying 23 troops were killed. Earlier in the week, Afghan authorities accused Pak...