China’s Xi Jinping and South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung shared a rare public joke about spying after Xi gifted two Xiaomi phones in Gyeongju, quipping that Lee could check for a backdoor. A Seoul historian said the exchange nodded to surveillance concerns even as both leaders seek closer economic...
New York’s 2025 mayoral voting ends November 4, guaranteeing a new leader after Eric Adams withdrew. Democrat Zohran Mamdani is the overwhelming favorite, having defeated Andrew Cuomo in June with 56.4%. His platform spotlights housing affordability, a 2% tax on millionaires, higher corporate taxes, free buses, and a $30 minimum...
Democrats Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey and Abigail Spanberger in Virginia are centering their governor bids on opposing President Trump, reviving the strategy that vaulted them to Congress in 2018. Sherrill, who blasted the halted Hudson River rail tunnel and labels GOP rival Jack Ciattarelli the Trump of Trenton, and...
Two weeks into a federal shutdown, Donald Trump feted nearly 130 donors at the White House with a gold-laden 15 October dinner to fund a $300m ballroom, even as food aid and services face strain. He demolished the East Wing without seeking approval from the National Capital Planning Commission and...
US President Donald Trump ordered the military to prepare for possible action in Nigeria against Islamist militants, accusing the government of failing to protect Christians and threatening to cut aid and send troops "guns-a-blazing." In a social media post, he said Nigeria was a "Country of Particular Concern," claiming "thousands"...
After Colorado’s second straight blowout loss Saturday night, head coach Deion Sanders barred media access to players and assistants, saying all criticism should target him. The Buffaloes lost 52-17 to Arizona a week after a 53-7 defeat to Utah and are now 3-6. “It’s on me,” Sanders said, adding he...
Hurricane Melissa’s death toll in Jamaica has climbed to 28, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said, warning the number could rise as further fatalities are verified. The Category 5 storm knocked out power and communications, leaving 72% of Jamaicans without electricity and about 6,000 people in shelters. Western communities including Black...
Saturday Night Live satirized Donald Trump’s controversial East Wing demolition with a mock behind the scenes tour, starring James Austin Johnson and Chloe Fineman as Donald and Melania. The pair tout a gigantic ballroom for their “forever home”—“ready just in time for my third term”—and joke about “doing something called...
Yoshinobu Yamamoto finished a grueling masterpiece, throwing 2 2/3 scoreless innings in extra frames to clinch the Dodgers’ 5-4 Game 7 win over the Blue Jays and a second straight title, one day after a 96-pitch Game 6. The World Series MVP escaped a bases-loaded ninth, breezed through the 10th,...
UK police have ruled out terrorism after a mass stabbing on a train in central England left two people in life-threatening condition and sent 11 to hospital. Two British-born men, aged 32 and 35, were arrested within eight minutes after the train, traveling from Doncaster to London King’s Cross, made...
