Ukraine and the U.S. are weighing new measures to boost Kyiv’s air defenses after a massive Russian strike on energy infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, following a "very positive" call with U.S. President Donald Trump. Talks touched on Tomahawk missiles and follow Trump’s first military aid package under NATO’s Prioritized...
President Donald Trump directed the Defense Department to use 'all available funds' to pay U.S. troops on Wednesday, saying he acted so service members wouldn’t miss Oct. 15 paychecks as the shutdown enters day 11. The move, he said, was ordered to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and may prolong the...
At least 53 people were killed when Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces shelled and used drones to strike a shelter for displaced families in besieged el-Fasher, the Sudan Doctors’ Network said Saturday. The late-Friday attack on al-Arqam Home, located at Omdurman Islamic University, also wounded 21, many seriously; the dead included...
On day 11 of the shutdown, the Senate remains stuck after seven failed votes on two plans to reopen government, with no negotiations and a 60-vote hurdle. Democrats are holding out to renew expiring health insurance subsidies, but the threshold keeps plans stalled. Frustration simmered in quotes from both sides,...
After a record-setting surge in US stocks, traders enter earnings season with high expectations and little tolerance for disappointments. The S&P 500 is up 11% year-to-date, powered by a frenzy over artificial intelligence that has echoed across global markets. Earnings forecasts have climbed as well: analysts tracked by Bloomberg Intelligence...
From Johannesburg, a survey of Africa’s aging leadership contrasts a youthful continent with leaders in their eighties and nineties clinging to power. Cameroon’s 92-year-old Paul Biya seeks an eighth term as conflict and corruption persist, while Malawi returned 85-year-old Peter Mutharika amid economic frustration. Ivory Coast’s Alassane Ouattara pursues a...
Spanish police arrested a site manager after discovering 250 dead animals in a filthy warehouse in Meson do Vento, where cages were totally covered in excrement. The Civil Guard said the illegal facility held carcasses, 28 chihuahuas among them, in varying stages of decomposition, some mummified. Officers rescued 171 animals,...
Battlefield 6 stormed onto Steam with a launch-day peak of 747,000 players, the highest ever for an EA game and above Call of Duty’s all-time Steam mark of 491,000. The surge also topped the 521,000 record for free open betas, with the weekend poised to push the number higher. The...
Minnesota’s measles count rose to 20 after Dakota County reported three new infections involving unvaccinated children likely exposed by an unvaccinated adult, state officials said. Nationally, the CDC reports an average of 27 new cases a week since late August and more than 1,500 cases this year—the most since measles...
Howard Stern dismissed claims he's 'gone woke' or preparing to retire, saying he isn't being fired and is discussing an extension with Sirius. On air, he questioned the term, but has previously called being 'woke' a compliment tied to vaccines, transgender rights, and accepting the 2020 election. His pandemic-era remarks—backing...
