The U.S. and China opened another chapter in their ongoing trade dispute, marked by China’s response to recent economic threats made by President Donald Trump. It’s the latest development in a saga that has seen the world’s two most powerful countries repeatedly threaten, impose, negotiate and rein in their most dramatic impulses. On Friday, Trump […]
Officials in Afghanistan claimed on Sunday to have killed 58 Pakistani soldiers during clashes overnight at the border between the two countries. Pakistan says it killed 200 Afghan Taliban soldiers and allies, Reuters reported. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Afghan troops captured 25 army posts from Pakistan, wounding 30 soldiers in what the Defense Ministry […]
Four people were killed and nearly two dozen injured after a gunman opened fire on a crowded restaurant in South Carolina early Sunday morning. Authorities said they are investigating persons of interest, but no word of an arrest has been made. 4 dead, no arrests announced Just before 1 a.m. on Sunday, a gunman opened […]
Russia continued its assault on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight Saturday into Sunday, a common tactic Moscow has resorted to every winter since launching its invasion of the country in February 2022. At the same time, the possibility of the U.S. sending long-range Tomahawk missiles and Army Tactical Missile Systems, or ATACMS, to Ukraine is prompting […]
Hundreds of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who were laid off on Friday amid the government shutdown were reinstated, according to media reports. The employees were sent “incorrect notifications,” a senior administration official told The New York Times. The official went on to say that as of Saturday, “any correction […]
Soda and other artificially sweetened drinks are linked to an increased risk of liver disease, an unpublished study presented recently for United European Gastroenterology Week showed. Researchers said having one soda a day can lead to a higher chance of developing metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD. The study followed 123,788 United Kingdom Biobank […]
Popular media likes to paint the fentanyl crisis as an epidemic that’s exclusively claiming the lives of young Americans. Now, a new study is challenging the simplified narrative and suggests older adults are just as susceptible to overdosing on the powerful opioid. A 9,000% increase During this year’s meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, […]
Five people were injured after a helicopter in Huntington Beach, California, crashed into palm trees on Saturday afternoon. Footage from local news outlet KTLA shows the helicopter descending toward the street as people watch, before dropping and crashing by the roadway. The Huntington Beach Police Department said in a statement that it responded to the […]
President Donald Trump will depart for the Middle East on Sunday, where he intends to formally usher in the beginning of a ceasefire agreement that could end Israel’s two-year war in Gaza. A “peace summit” co-chaired by Trump and his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, will coincide with the first phase of the plan, which includes […]
Former President Joe Biden is going through a new phase of treatment for prostate cancer, according to multiple media outlets. In comments first reported on by NBC News, a spokesperson said Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy along with hormone treatment. The radiation therapy is set to last five weeks, a source told NBC. Biden […]
