USA Update

A test of China’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in September has aroused discontent from Kiribati, an ally of Beijing in the Pacific Ocean, saying it did not welcome the launch. Kiribati, an island country in the Central Pacific Ocean and south of Hawaii, on Sunday issued a statement via the president’s office regarding the Chinese […]

Beirut, Lebanon – On Monday, Israel killed 10 firefighters in a strike on the southern Lebanese town of Baraachit, near Bint Jbeil, in what rescue workers have described as a deliberate attack. The killings pushed the number of rescue workers Israel has killed in Lebanon to more than 100 in the past year – most […]

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded on Wednesday to three scientists for discoveries that show the potential of advanced technology, including artificial intelligence, to predict the shape of proteins, life’s chemical tools, and to invent new ones. The laureates are: Demis Hassabis and John Jumper of Google DeepMind, who used A.I. to predict the […]

My now-husband, Adam, and I are high school sweethearts, so although we got married young — we were both 25 — it didn’t feel like we were getting married early. While our love for each other may not have been teenage love, our view on finances definitely was. At the time of our engagement, I […]

Tropicana Field has gotten used to hosting playoff games since Kevin Cash took over as manager of the Tampa Bay Rays, but over the next few days, the stadium will be used as a base camp to support the Florida Department of Emergency Management ahead of Hurricane Milton. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis directed Florida crews […]

Canadian marine conservation photojournalist Shane Gross had to carefully navigate through a delicate layer of silt and algae at the bottom of Cedar Lake on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to photograph swimming tadpoles. And he wasn’t even sure if he’d gotten any good shots until he reached home. His snorkeling through lily pads has paid off […]

A meeting of Western leaders supporting Ukraine’s war effort against Russia has been postponed after President Biden canceled his participation to deal with the impact in Florida of Hurricane Milton, an American military spokesman at the base where the meeting was to be held said on Wednesday. The meeting on Saturday, at Ramstein Air Base […]

Kamala Harris is zeroing in on a monumental task that could make or break her prospects in the final month before Election Day: wiping out Donald Trump’s persisting advantage among voters on whom they trust to handle the economy. While Harris has gained ground on stewardship of the economy, Trump still leads in most surveys […]

New reports from two influential energy analyst groups say the world is about to see an unprecedented surge in renewable energy, but government leaders must still do more to bring down greenhouse gas emissions if we are to avoid the worst effects of climate change. The International Energy Agency’s latest report on renewable energy, released […]

Preparations and evacuations are under way on Florida’s west coast, where Category 5 Hurricane Milton with sustained wind speeds of 258km/h (160mph) is expected to make landfall over the next 24 hours. However, Milton, which comes two weeks after Hurricane Helene, might weaken in intensity as it approaches landfall, forecast for Wednesday night or early […]