Four Mexican citizens died in a climbing accident on the Pico de Orizaba, which is the highest mountain the country, authorities said Sunday. The civil defense office in the central state of Puebla said all four deaths appeared to have been caused by a fall on the volcanic mountain, which […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Danish lawmakers on Monday for helping his country resist Russia’s invasion, a day after Denmark and the Netherlands announced they will provide Kyiv with F-16 warplanes that could be delivered around the end of the year. Zelenskyy told the lawmakers during a visit to Copenhagen […]

Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines was among those who slammed a California library after a former college soccer player was shouted down during an event while speaking about transgender participation in women’s sports. Sophia Lorey wrote on X, the company formerly known as Twitter, that she was invited to the […]

Former President Donald Trump is leading both Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., garnering 42% support in a new poll of Iowa’s likely Republican caucusgoers. Trump is leading 23 percentage points over DeSantis, who garnered 19% support in the Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa Poll of 406 […]

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is being compared to the main character of the hit show “Breaking Bad” after he shaved off his goatee and grew a mustache.  “Lost a bet with Karl,” Fetterman wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, Saturday. Karl is the name of Fetterman’s 13-year-old son.  Fetterman’s […]

President Biden’s administration is preparing another program to encourage Americans to get booster shots for COVID-19 in the coming months. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported an increase in COVID-19 infections across the U.S., though it remains far below levels seen during the pandemic. The Biden […]

Border guards in Saudi Arabia have fired machine guns and launched mortars at Ethiopians trying to cross into the kingdom from Yemen, likely killing hundreds of the unarmed migrants in recent years, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Monday. The rights group cited eyewitness reports of attacks by […]

The leaders of several Balkan countries gathered in the Greek capital on Monday along with top European Union officials to discuss the region’s European future. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hosted an informal dinner Monday evening in Athens for the top officials from nine Balkan nations as well as European […]

At least seven people were killed in shootings in Chicago’s weekend violence – including at least three teens – and more than three dozen other people wounded across Illinois’ largest city.  Two of those killed were students who were supposed to start the new school year Monday.  A 14-year-old boy […]

Lolita, an orca whale held captive for more than a half-century, died Friday at the Miami Seaquarium as caregivers prepared to move her from the theme park in the near future. The Seaquarium posted a statement from the nonprofit group Friends of Toki on social media that Lolita — also […]