US man dies in Mexico after electrocution in jacuzzi, wife critically injured
The incident took place at the Sonoran Sea Resort in Puerto Penasco. Read More
ST Explains: The global fight over climate change funding
Negotiators at the COP29 UN climate talks in November must agree a much larger climate finance target. Read More
Biden says he won’t commute son’s sentence on gun charges
Hunter Biden faces up to 25 years in prison on the gun charges Read More
US govt returns $156 million worth of 1MDB funds to Malaysia, embassy says
KUALA LUMPUR – The U.S. government has returned another $156 million to Malaysia in recovered assets linked to scandal-hit state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), taking the total returned so…
Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands face worst fires
CORUMBA, Brazil – Fatima Brandao goes looking for her chickens in the backyard amidst a veil of smoke from the spreading fires that are engulfing the world’s largest tropical wetland…
In a first, Pope plans to attend G-7 summit
Pope Francis will take part in a discussion June 14 on the ethical implications of artificial intelligence. Read More
Battles rage in Rafah as Biden blames Hamas for truce delay
Palestinians flee Rafah due to an Israeli military operation, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Read More
Canada lawmakers who knowingly helped other nations must be removed, party leader says
An intelligence report said some elected officials had been “witting or semi-witting” participants in foreign interference operations. Read More
Trump talks tariffs and taxes, calls Republican host city ‘horrible’
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump criticized U.S. aid to Ukraine and suggested raising tariffs to replace the U.S. income tax on a Thursday visit to Capitol Hill where he also called…
Mexico’s Sheinbaum backs Lopez Obrador’s judicial reform, says ‘nothing to worry about’
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday that judges in the country should be elected, echoing her agreement with a controversial judicial reform proposed by outgoing President…