Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the US government response to the Covid-19 pandemic, invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, refusing to testify Wednesday just minutes into a Capitol Hill hearing that Republicans outwardly hoped would undermine the scientist and open him to claims of perjury.
July 29, 2026
White House nominee for CDC director advances to full Senate vote
July 30, 2026
Pope Leo says his ancestors were both ‘slaves and slave owners’
July 30, 2026
Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine killed at least 10 people and injured over 50 others
July 30, 2026
The United States and Iran each fired barrages of missiles as the pattern of back-and-forth strikes took hold again and hope dimmed for a quick end to the five-month conflict
July 30, 2026
New memorial in Aurora preserves history, stories of the Korean War
July 30, 2026
The Brazilian government has for weeks withheld the formal diplomatic approval needed for the next U.S. ambassador to
July 30, 2026
Brazilian household indebtedness eased only marginally in May, the first month of a broad government debt-renegotiation program launched by President
July 30, 2026
As the Iran war escalates again, Gulf Arab states are looking to China - not Washington - to use its economic leverage over Iran
July 30, 2026
A Russian overnight attack that killed a family near the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih likely used a North Korean missile, two sources said, in what would be the first time
July 30, 2026
Graduation ceremony celebrates people transitioning out of homelessness in NYC
July 30, 2026
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a
July 30, 2026
Dirt bike riders push back against Baltimore's crackdown: "I just want peace"
July 30, 2026
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but layoffs remain in the historically healthy range of the past few years
July 30, 2026
Flock cameras are getting mobbed
July 30, 2026
Amendment 3 would mean most homeowners pay less in property taxes – but that may not end up significantly lowering their costs.
July 30, 2026
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July 30, 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva confirmed his government had denied visas to two U.S. officials who planned to travel to the country, accusing them of
July 30, 2026
The Bank of England left interest rates on hold at 3.75% on Thursday after a split 6-3 vote by its Monetary Policy Committee.
July 30, 2026
Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta is experiencing a humanitarian and security emergency after 1,500 migrants reached the city by swimming across from Morocco over the
July 30, 2026
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July 30, 2026
A new AP-NORC poll shows most Americans say the war in Iran has not been worth fighting
July 30, 2026
CNN Poll: A third of Democrats now identify as democratic socialists
July 30, 2026
China made a diplomatic protest to New Zealand on Thursday after Foreign Minister Winston Peters characterised a Chinese-born lawmaker as a "loudmouth" whom he urged to "go back to
July 30, 2026
Iran is expected to receive within weeks a first shipment out of up to 400 Chinese-made shoulder-fired air-defence missile launchers, three sources
July 29, 2026
China's ruling Communist Party will hold a plenary session of its Central Committee in Beijing in October to discuss party self-governance, state-run Xinhua news agency
July 30, 2026
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Myanmar has agreed to take 5,000 Rohingya asylum seekers currently in Malaysia, where
July 30, 2026
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved the release of Vice President Sara Duterte's tax records to the Senate in her impeachment trial, where one of the
July 30, 2026
Tetiana Lishchynska was overcome with emotion when dozens of residents in one of Kyiv's districts hardest-hit by Russian strikes gathered this month to press
July 30, 2026
Detained prominent Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who collapsed while in court on Wednesday, is unconscious and has been admitted to an intensive care unit, his
July 30, 2026
Investors searching for clarity from a newly led U.S.
July 30, 2026
The U.S. carried out fresh strikes in Iran on Wednesday, the U.S. military said, further
July 29, 2026
Voters in Manchester are electing a new mayor Thursday to replace Andy Burnham, who left the job to become Britain’s prime minister
July 30, 2026
The U.S. military said on Wednesday it completed its latest wave of strikes on Iran, which lasted two hours and hit dozens of targets,
July 30, 2026
The U.S. military says it has completed what it describes as “a heavy wave of strikes against Iran” conducted in response to an earlier Iranian missile attack on a U.S. base in Jordan
July 29, 2026
A Black teen was fatally shot after reporting a possibly armed person. His death prompts calls for police accountability
July 30, 2026
Australia's internet regulator said on Thursday it had begun legal action against messaging platform Telegram over alleged failings to tackle pro-terror
July 30, 2026
Key committee vote for Todd Blanche postponed in major blow to his nomination as Trump’s attorney general
July 29, 2026
Soldiers and emergency workers are combing through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 18 people in southwestern Japan
July 29, 2026
Since former Macao pro-democracy lawmaker Au Kam San was arrested under a national security law in July 2025, little about his case has been made known
July 30, 2026
Todd Blanche's bid for Senate confirmation as U.S. attorney general faced a setback on Wednesday, as Senate Judiciary Committee
July 29, 2026
Former Ukrainian Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, in an interview published on Wednesday, said his efforts to overhaul the military's procurement system were the main reason
July 30, 2026
The Trump administration said on Wednesday it will immediately release $600 million in congressionally appropriated funds for vaccines for the world's poorest
July 30, 2026
Epstein accuser’s family blasts former Obama White House lawyer who said her assertions ‘lacked inherent credibility’
July 30, 2026
A witness to a fatal shooting of a Houston man by a federal immigration agent has been released from a detention facility
July 30, 2026
Senate negotiators are working to resolve thorny differences with leaders of the Southeastern and Big Ten Conferences over revisions to a bill designed to regulate college sports that sponsors want a vote on before the chamber goes on summer break next week
July 30, 2026
Saudi Arabia is seeking to build an international coalition to protect shipping in the Red Sea from Houthi attacks, two people familiar with the deliberations said on
July 30, 2026
President Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to turn on his "brilliant" hand-picked U.S. central banker in chief despite the fact that Federal Reserve
July 30, 2026
Trump unveils another project as polling shows his DC construction is unpopular
July 30, 2026
Mandela Barnes drops out of the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor
A record-challenging heat dome is about to bake the West with the summer’s hottest temperatures so far
Coal mine blast in Pakistan kills at least 11 miners and traps 31 others
Appeals court rejects the Trump administration's expansion of mandatory detention for immigrants
Ancient mummy DNA provides scientific evidence that colonization brought smallpox to the Americas
Universal Music Group revenue rises 13.3% on streaming prices
Permira-backed womenswear retailer Reformation valued at $886 million in NYSE debut
FIFA’s plan to inject private money into the World Cup hit with abrupt UEFA boycott