US & World

With days to spare before a potential first-ever government default, U.S. President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached final agreement Sunday on a deal to raise the nation’s debt ceiling and worked to ensure enough Republican and Democratic votes to pass the measure in the coming week.  U.S. …

More than 15,000 people have been forced to leave their homes due to floods and hundreds of landslides, and many blocked in their homes have no electricity and dwindling food supplies. Some evacuated flood victims sheltered in a national museum, where volunteers provided cots for them to sleep on.  More …

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during a press conference on the seventh anniversary of her tenure, at the Presidential Office in Taipei on May 20, 2023. (Sam Yeh / AFP) TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen vowed Saturday to maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait in the …

Canada, the U.S. and the rest of Group of Seven allies planned to unveil new sanctions and export controls against individuals and companies supporting Russia’s war effort in Ukraine.  The subject of war is expected to dominate summit. Canada, the U.S. and the rest of Group of Seven allies planned …

The Ukrainian military and Russia’s Wagner private army both reported further Russian retreats on the outskirts of Bakhmut on Thursday, as Kyiv pressed on with its biggest advance for six months ahead of a planned counteroffensive.  Kyiv presses on with biggest advance in months ahead of planned counteroffensive. The Ukrainian …

Iran executed three men on Friday over recent protests, the country’s judiciary said on Twitter.  Rights groups say the men were subjected to torture, forced confessions and denied due process. Iran executed three men on Friday over recent protests, the country’s judiciary said on Twitter. Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi and …

The shadows of two previous, brutal wars — and the potential consequences of one raging in Eastern Europe — hung over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he arrived Thursday in Japan for the opening of the G7 leaders summit.  Japan’s PM deliberately chose city levelled by nuclear bomb to host …

Russia fired 30 cruise missiles against different parts of Ukraine early Thursday in the latest nighttime test of Ukrainian air defences, which shot down 29 of them, officials said.  Officials in Crimea report train derailment due to an explosion. Russia fired 30 cruise missiles against different parts of Ukraine early …

Four children from an Indigenous community in Colombia were found alive in the south of the country more than two weeks after the plane they were travelling in crashed in thick jungle, President Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday.  3 other adults, including pilot, were killed after plane crashed in Caqueta …

The U.S. Congress has yet to regulate some of the Big Tech companies like Meta and Google. And the issues raised at the Senate hearing on artificial intelligence illustrated the challenges of regulating that industry, some experts say.  Sam Altman testified that AI systems could cause ‘significant harm to the …