• Virginia Giuffre hailed as ‘fierce warrior’ for women, who ‘gave voice to the silenced’
    2025-04-27

    Family issue statement on alleged Jeffrey Epstein victim who said she was trafficked to Prince Andrew Virginia Giuffre took her own life at her farm in Western Australia, her family said. Photograph: Bebeto MatthewsAP Virginia Giuffre has been hailed as an unflinching campaigner for survivors of...

  • Suspected chemical blast at Iran's Bandar Abbas port kills at least 18, injures hundreds
    2025-04-27

    DUBAI, April 26 Reuters - This April 26 story has been refiled to correct the spelling of Hormuz in paragraph 9 A huge blast probably caused by the explosion of chemical materials killed at least 18 people and injured more than 700 on Saturday at Iran's biggest port, Bandar Abbas, Iranian state med...

  • Where Trump, other world leaders were sitting at Pope Francis' funeral
    2025-04-27

    Around 250,000 mourners flooded the streets of Rome to bid farewell to Pope Francis, widely known as the "People's Pope," at his funeral in St. Peter's Square on Saturday morning. Dignitaries, heads of state and reigning monarchs were among those with reserved seats at the funeral Mass, including Pr...

  • Buy now, stock up or delay: Here’s what consumers are snapping up or putting off in the face of tariffs
    2025-04-27

    In an aerial view, Ford Broncos are seen for sale on a lot at a dealership on April 18, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images At car dealerships across the country, consumers are rushing to buy new vehicles ahead of tariff-related price hikes. Some shoppers have also replaced iPhones...

  • Daughter of Chinese immigrant parents has unseated Taylor Swift as the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire
    2025-04-25

    Despite leaving years ago, Scale AI's 30-year-old cofounder has become the youngest self-made woman billionaire in the world by holding onto her stake in the company.

  • Will tomatoes be the next eggs? America’s trade war threatens a price surge; First omelets, now salsa Just when Americans were beginning to recover fr
    2025-04-25

    Just when Americans were beginning to recover from the sticker shock of $6 egg cartons, another kitchen staple is coming under fire—this time, it's the humble tomato.

  • Travel chaos 2025: all the strikes and disruption expected across Europe
    2025-04-25

    Multiple strikes could affect rail services in France, while a strike at Gatwick could disrupt flights over the Easter bank holiday weekend

  • JD Logistics launches delivery services in South Korea with new centers
    2025-04-25

    JD.com announced on the 24th that JD Korea will open its own logistics centers in Incheon and Icheon and officially begin delivery services. JD Korea is the Korean subsidiary of JD Logistics, the logistics company under China's largest e-commerce corporation, JD.com.

  • China successfully launches Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship; mission features technical improvements and new life science experiments
    2025-04-25

    The Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, atop the Long March-2F carrier rocket on 5:17 pm on Thursday, carrying taikonauts Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie to China's space station.

  • China's Ministry of State Security warns hidden risk posed by smart devices to national security
    2025-04-25

    China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) on Thursday warned that while smart devices have become deeply embedded in daily life, work, and education, they also pose hidden risks that, if not properly managed, could endanger national security.

  • After Kashmir attack, India downgrades ties with Pakistan and suspends water treaty
    2025-04-24

    Security personnel patrol a street the morning after militants indiscriminately opened fire on tourists near Pahalgam in Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 23. Dar YasinAP MUMBAI, India — The day after a deadly attack on tourists killed 26 people in the mountain town of Pahalgam in Indian-administe...

  • Virginia teen stabbed during fight at Alexandria school, student to be charged: Police
    2025-04-24

    A 16-year-old student was hospitalized with serious injuries on April 23 following a stabbing that occurred during a fight at West Potomac High School in Alexandria, Virginia, according to school and police officials. Officials said that the altercation took place just before 9:45 a.m. local time...

  • Stars beckon, China explores
    2025-04-24

    China plans to launch the Shenzhou XX mission for a crew shift aboard the nation's Tiangong space station on Thursday, coinciding with the 55th anniversary of the successful launch of the Dongfanghong-1 satellite and China's 10th Space Day. From ancient times to the present, the Chine...

  • CBS Evening News Almost half of U.S. residents are exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution, new report says. These are the areas that got an "F"
    2025-04-24

    A new report on air quality across the United States offered a cloudy prognosis on the long-term health of about 156 million residents who live in areas that received an "F" in smog and soot pollution. The American Lung Association's annual State of the Air report, which looked at the latest air ...

  • Dialysis patients struggle to get treatment in blockaded Gaza. Officials say hundreds have died
    2025-04-23

    Twice a week, Mohamed Attiya’s wheelchair rattles overGaza’sscarred roads so he can visit the machine that is keeping him alive.