Judge rejects Donald Trump’s latest demand to step aside from hush money criminal case
NEW YORK (news agencies) — Donald Trump has lost his latest bid for a new judge in his New York ...
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Explainer: Japan’s prime minister prepares to step down. Why, and what’s next?
TOKYO (news agencies) — Japan’s embattled Prime Minister Fumio Kishida surprised the country Wednesday by announcing that he’ll step down ...
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Mpox has been declared a public health emergency in Africa. What is it and what’s the WHO doing?
LONDON (news agencies) — The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared this week that the increasing spread of ...
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Ukraine claims more advances, prisoners taken as it presses an incursion into Russia
KYIV, Ukraine (news agencies) — Ukrainian forces pushed on with their major cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region for a ...
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Japanese are worried and confused after first-ever megaquake advisory. What does it mean?
TOKYO (news agencies) — Japan, one of the most earthquake-prone nations on earth, issued its first-ever “megaquake advisory” last week ...
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Arizona and Missouri will join 5 other states with abortion on the ballot. Who are the others?
Election officials in Arizona and Missouri this week announced that abortion-rights supporters in their states had gathered enough petition signatures ...
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The Taliban are celebrating three years in power, but they’re not talking about Afghans
KABUL, Afghanistan (news agencies) — The Taliban celebrated the third anniversary of their return to power at a former U.S. ...
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Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin removed from office by court order over an ethics violation
BANGKOK (news agencies) — A court in Thailand on Wednesday removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office over an ethical ...
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Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli strikes kill at least 17 in Gaza overnight, Palestinians say
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Wednesday killed at least 17 people, including ...
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Sweet and salty deal worth $30 billion would put M&M’s and Snickers alongside Cheez-It and Pringles
M&M’s maker Mars is buying Kellanova, the maker of Cheez-Its and Pop-Tarts, for nearly $30 billion in an effort to ...
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