Nation and World
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A week on, brutal Cyclone Freddy still taxes southern Africa
Mar 20, 2023 1:00 am - Over a week after Cyclone Freddy's second and more devastating landfall in Malawi and Mozambique and nearly a month since it battered Madagascar, the effects are still b...
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Putin welcomes China's Xi to Kremlin amid Ukraine fighting
Mar 20, 2023 1:00 am - MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin warmly welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping to the Kremlin on Monday, sending a powerful message to Western leaders that their ef...
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Credit Suisse-UBS deal offers hope, but bank doubts persist
Mar 20, 2023 1:00 am - LONDON - Credit Suisse shares plunged Monday after Swiss authorities cut a deal with its bigger rival UBS to acquire the troubled bank at a marked-down price. But Europe...
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US aid worker and French journalist freed in West Africa
Mar 20, 2023 1:00 am - NIAMEY, Niger - An American aid worker held by Islamic extremists in West Africa for more than six years and a French journalist abducted almost two years ago were both ...
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Prosecutors rest in sedition case against Proud Boys leaders
Mar 20, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors on Monday rested their seditious conspiracy case against former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants charged with plott...
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GOP donor faces trial on charges of sex trafficking minors
Mar 19, 2023 1:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS - A formerly well-connected Republican donor, accused of plying petite, vulnerable teenage girls with cash, liquor and gifts, goes on trial Tuesday on federa...
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North Korea launches missile into sea amid U.S.-South Korea drills
Mar 19, 2023 1:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, its neighbors said, ramping up testing activities in response to ongo...
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Russia's Putin makes surprise trip to occupied Mariupol
Mar 19, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the occupied port city of Mariupol, his first trip to Ukrainian territory that Moscow illegally annexed in Septe...
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UBS and Credit Suisse to combine in $3.2 billion deal to rein in global banking turmoil
Mar 19, 2023 1:00 am - GENEVA - Banking giant UBS is buying its smaller rival Credit Suisse for $3.2 billion in an effort to avoid further market-shaking turmoil in global banking, Swiss Presi...
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Pakistani police file terrorism charges against ex-PM Khan
Mar 19, 2023 1:00 am - ISLAMABAD - Police in the Pakistani capital filed charges Sunday against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, 17 of his aides and scores of supporters, accusing them of ter...