The U.S. is now officially rejecting China’s claims of sovereignty in most of the South China Sea. WSJ’s Alastair Gale explains how the move further escalates geopolitical tensions. Photo: U.S. Navy/EPA/Shutterstock
Uruguay's leftist ex-leader Jose Mujica, once known as the world's "poorest president" for giving away most of his salary and driving an old Volkswagen Beetle, revealed Monday he was battling a tumor.He remains a figurehead of the Broad Front, the leftist coalition in power from 2005 until it was ousted in 2019 elections by center-right leader Luis Lacalle Pou.
Michael Sanchez, a band teacher from Vancouver, Wa., took photos in Oregon of what appears to be a rare U.S. sighting of a blue rock thrush.
Israeli officials sound increasingly concerned that the International Criminal Court could issue arrest warrants for the country’s leaders more than six months into the Israel-Hamas war. The ICC was set up more than a decade ago to tackle impunity for war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and other grave crimes when states don't prosecute them. Without a police force, the ICC relies on member states to arrest suspects.
Columbia University on Monday issued notices to students in protest camps that they will be suspended if they don't clear out, hours after the school's president said it will not divest from Israel — a demand that has sparked protests on college campuses across the country.
By changing the order in which you eat food, it’s possible to eat carbs and have healthy blood sugar, too.
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European and Arab foreign ministers met in the Saudi capital on Monday to discuss how to join forces on advancing a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Earlier on Monday, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told reporters he would encourage Arab leaders to put forward their proposal for a two-state solution and that he wanted EU member states to invite Arab leaders to Brussels to present it.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a possible running mate for former President Donald Trump is catching heat over shooting and killing her "untrainable" hunting dog on her farm. Animal humane societies give alternatives to euthanasia.
Student demonstrators at Columbia University on Monday defied an ultimatum to disperse or face immediate suspension, as tensions rose at the epicenter of pro-Palestinian protests that have erupted at US colleges.At University of California, Los Angeles skirmishes broke out Sunday between pro-Palestinian protesters and supporters of Israel.
Linguistic diversity has defined America since the beginning.
The party's rhetoric surrounding the plans indicates its roots are in former President Donald Trump's distortions of the 2020 election outcome.
Ryan Watson is facing a potential sentence of 12 years behind bars in Turks and Caicos after four rounds of hunting ammunition were found in his luggage.
Ecuador on Monday took Mexico to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for granting asylum to graft-accused former vice president Jorge Glas, who Quito captured in a controversial embassy raid.In its own, new filing, Ecuador argues that Mexico illegally used its embassy in Quito to "shield Mr Glas from enforcement by Ecuador of its criminal law," according to a statement from the ICJ. Ecuador also argues that Mexico unlawfully granted Glas political asylum and interfered in its internal affai
Two Connecticut barbers who dropped everything to save a little girl from running into traffic say they are simply dads with lucky timing.
A New York district attorney was pulled over for speeding. Sandra Doorley of Monroe County issued a public apology. Watch the viral traffic stop video.
The United States is nearly ready with a security package to offer Saudi Arabia if it normalises relations with Israel, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, as he seeks incentives for Israel to support a Palestinian state.President Joe Biden's administration, while supporting Israel, has sought moderation from its government by dangling the prospect of formal relations with Saudi Arabia -- a potential game-changer, because the Gulf state is guardian of Islam's two holiest sites.
WASHINGTON — Amid growing protests on college campuses by pro-Palestinian demonstrators, the White House is planning for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to have a minimal presence for a traditional rite of spring: delivering commencement addresses.
Student demonstrators at Columbia University on Monday faced an ultimatum to disperse or be suspended, as tensions rose on the campus at the epicenter of pro-Palestinian protests across US colleges.Columbia University said Monday that many Jewish students have left its campus and it demanded that the protestors' encampment must be cleared, adding that Columbia would not divest financial holdings linked to Israel -- a key demand of demonstrators.
Prosecutors are headed back to court Monday afternoon to announce whether they will retry an Arizona rancher after a jury deadlocked last week over whether or not to convict him in the shooting of a Mexican man on his property. The jurors in the case against George Alan Kelly were unable to reach a unanimous decision on a verdict after more than two days of deliberation. Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Thomas Fink declared a mistrial on April 22.
Cartier ultimately agreed to let the buyer keep the earrings he had purchased at an inadvertent discount. Not everyone supports the outcome.
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