Published:Wednesday | December 20, 2023 | 12:10 AM
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP): Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday approved sweeping new powers that allow police to arrest migrants who illegally cross the US border and give local judges authority to order them to leave the country, testing...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Civil rights organisations on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally and permit local judges to order them to...
MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge in Miami on Tuesday sentenced a former Haitian senator to life in prison for conspiring to kill Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, which caused unprecedented turmoil in the Caribbean nation. John...
ALBANY, NY (AP) — New York state will create a commission tasked with considering reparations to address the persistent, harmful effects of slavery in the state, under a bill signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul on Tuesday. The bill...
Google has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling competition against its Android app store — the same issue that went to trial in another case that could result in even...
TEHRAN, (AP): Nearly 70 per cent of Iran’s gas stations went out of service on Monday following possible sabotage – a reference to cyberattacks, Iranian state TV reported. The report said a “software problem” caused the irregularity in the gas...
JOHANNESBURG (AP): Former President Jacob Zuma on Saturday denounced the governing African National Congress (ANC) party and announced that he would vote for a newly-formed political formation in South Africa’s general election next year. Zuma, who...
ROME (AP): Pope Francis formally approved letting Catholic priests bless same-sex couples, the Vatican announced Monday, a radical shift in policy that is aimed at making the church more inclusive while maintaining its strict ban on gay marriage....
Testing the limits of how far Texas can go to keep migrants out of the US, Republican Governor Greg Abbott on Monday signed into law sweeping new powers that allow police to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally and give local judges...
NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathan Majors was convicted Monday of assaulting his former girlfriend after a two-week trial that the actor hoped would salvage his damaged reputation and restore his status as an emerging Hollywood star. A Manhattan jury...
A Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice via a once-popular YouTube channel called "8 Passengers" pleaded guilty Monday to four felony counts of second-degree aggravated child abuse for abusing and starving two of her children and...
NEW YORK (AP) — A storm barrelled up the East Coast on Monday, flooding roads and downing trees in the Northeast, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, and forcing flight cancellations and school closures. More than five inches (13...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God's love and mercy shouldn't be subject to...
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — An explosion and inferno at Guinea's main fuel depot in the capital of Conakry left several people dead or injured, authorities and local media reported Monday, as emergency services battled to put out the fire....
LONDON (AP) — The European Union is looking into whether Elon Musk's online platform X breached tough new social media regulations in the first such investigation since the rules designed to make online content less toxic took effect....
MEXICO CITY (AP): Once nearly impenetrable for migrants heading north from Latin America, the jungle between Colombia and Panama this year became a speedy, but still treacherous highway for hundreds of thousands of people from around the world....
JERUSALEM (AP): Some of Israel's closest European allies pressed for a ceasefire in the war with Hamas on Sunday, underscoring growing international unease with the devastating impact of the conflict on Gaza's civilian population. The concerted...
LONDON (AP): A member of Britain’s House of Lords has acknowledged that she repeatedly lied about her links to a company that was awarded lucrative government contracts to supply protective masks and gowns during the coronavirus pandemic....
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Once nearly impenetrable for migrants heading north from Latin America, the jungle between Colombia and Panama this year became a speedy but still treacherous highway for hundreds of thousands of people from...
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — A 13-year-old Ohio boy accused of planning a mass shooting at a local synagogue has been ordered to spend a year on probation. The Canton Repository reports that the Plain Township boy pleaded true, the juvenile...
Chinese e-commerce retailer Temu is suing rival Shein again, alleging its competitor is pushing dubious copyright infringement notices against the company and using “mafia-style intimidation” of suppliers to limit its growth in the...
LONDON (AP) — Church of England priests offered officially sanctioned blessings of same-sex partnerships for the first time on Sunday, though a ban on church weddings for gay couples remains in place amid deep divisions within ...
LONDON (AP) — A member of Britain's House of Lords has acknowledged that she repeatedly lied about her links to a company that was awarded lucrative government contracts to supply protective masks and gowns during the coronavirus...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican tribunal on Saturday convicted a cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to 5½ years in prison in one of several verdicts handed down in a complicated financial trial that aired the city state's...
CHICAGO (AP) — Quaker Oats on Friday recalled several of its granola products, including granola bars and cereals, saying the foods could be contaminated with salmonella. Salmonella infections can cause fever, diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting...
