• Trump’s Middle East trip produced little for Palestinians
    2025-05-19

    Loved ones and relatives of Palestinians who lost their lives in Israeli attacks on northern Gaza mourn for their deceased ones at Indonesia Hospital in Gaza City on Friday. It was reported that more than 100 Palestinians lost their lives in the attack.Khames Alrefi Anadolu via Getty Images Pres...

  • Republican bill cuts Medicaid for unemployed, undocumented children, Planned Parenthood
    2025-05-19

    WASHINGTON – House Republicans are proposing sweeping changes to the federal Medicaid program that would kick millions of beneficiaries off the health insurance program, which covers more than 71 million low-income Americans. The bill would introduce a raft of new rules and regulatory requirements f...

  • Trump warns Walmart: Don’t raise prices due to my tariffs but do eat the costs from those taxes
    2025-05-19

    A Walmart store is shown, Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Englewood, Colo. AP PhotoDavid Zalubowski WASHINGTON AP — President Donald Trump on Saturday ripped into Walmart, saying on social media that the retail giant should eat the additional costs created by his tariffs. As Trump has jacked up import...

  • Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive' prostate cancer
    2025-05-19

    Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, according to a statement from his office released Sunday afternoon. "Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms. On Friday, he was diagnosed with pr...

  • Mexican Navy Ship Crashes Into Brooklyn Bridge, Killing 2 Crew Members
    2025-05-19

    There were 277 people on board when the ship drifted directly into the underside of the bridge on Saturday night, the authorities said. At least 22 were injured, half of them critically. Two crew members of a Mexican Navy sailing ship died on Saturday night when the ship drifted directly into the u...

  • [Insights] Trump’s challenging comeback: Military setbacks abroad, political turmoil at home
    2025-05-16

    Just three months after Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the United States finds itself entangled in multiple crises, both internationally and domestically. From escalating conflicts in the Middle East to mounting public discontent at home, Trump’s leadership is facing critical tests on all...

  • [Insights] Multiple Japanese politicians visit China: A pragmatic approach
    2025-05-16

    Recently, China and Japan have witnessed a wave of political exchanges, marked by visits from senior members of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner, Komeito, and a group of cross-party parliamentary members. At the heart of this trend lies growing concern over the United ...

  • Russian delegation arrives in Istanbul
    2025-05-16

    Vladimir Medinsky, head of the Russian delegation, stands outside the consulate general of the Russian Federation, in Istanbul, Turkiye, May 15, 2025. [PhotoAgencies] ISTANBUL — A Russian delegation landed in Istanbul on Thursday for the first direct peace talks with Ukraine in more than three ye...

  • Beginning of the end of trade war good for all
    2025-05-16

    A press briefing is held by the Chinese side following the China-US high-level meeting on economic and trade affairs in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 11, 2025. [PhotoXinhua] Many are debating whether the China-US agreement reached at their trade talks in Geneva, Switzerland, over the weekend and ta...

  • Supreme Court justices appear divided in birthright citizenship arguments
    2025-05-16

    The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in a case challenging the Trump administration's effort to limit who gets birthright citizenship. Andrew HarnikGetty Images The U.S. Supreme Court seemed at least partially divided on Thursday as the justices heard more than two hours of arguments d...

  • Former FBI Director James Comey under investigation for post seen as a potential threat to Trump's life
    2025-05-16

    Several Trump allies accused Comey of calling for the president's assassination in a now-deleted Instagram post. He denied it was meant as a threat. Then-FBI Director James Comey testifies before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill, on July 7, 2016. WASHINGTON — The Department of Homel...

  • Pregnant US woman declared brain dead is being kept alive under state abortion law
    2025-05-16

    Doctors are keeping Adriana Smith on life support months after medical emergency until baby is ready, family says Midtown’s Emory University hospital on Thursday in Atlanta, Georgia. Photograph: Brynn AndersonAP A pregnant woman in Georgia was declared brain dead after a medical emergency and do...

  • The struggle to rescue children from Lev Tahor cult in Guatemala: '12-year-old girls being married off against their will'
    2025-05-16

    In an emotional Knesset hearing, families and officials urged swift action to rescue children from Guatemala’s Lev Tahor cult: 'They face imprisonment, starvation and rape—time is against them'; A 1.5 million shekel aid package was allocated to support rescue efforts Knesset lawmakers and family me...

  • BRI cooperation plan positive to promote Colombia's development, connectivity: ministers
    2025-05-15

    Edwin Palma, Colombian Minister of Mines and Energy, introduces potential investment opportunities at a Colombia-China investment meeting on sustainable transportation and energy transition in Beijing on May 14, 2025. Photo: Liu CaiyuGT China and Colombia signed a cooperation plan on the Belt and...

  • Musk’s AI Grok bot rants about ‘white genocide’ in South Africa in unrelated chats
    2025-05-15

    X chatbot tells users it was ‘instructed by my creators’ to accept ‘white genocide as real and racially motivated’ Elon Musk at the White House in Washington DC, on 11 March. Photograph: Kevin LamarqueReuters Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was malfunctioning on Wednesday, repea...