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FCC reviewing Disney's ABC station licenses after Jimmy Kimmel joke

The standoff between President Donald Trump's administration and the global entertainment conglomerate is the first crisis facing Walt Disney’s new CEO Josh D’Amaro.

1 day ago
Americas

'Get down!' Panic and chaos at Washington's glitzy media gala

Trump was seated on the stage at the White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner, the first time he attended as president, when loud bangs disrupted the revelry and caused him and others to look up in alarm. ...

4 days ago
Americas

Crunch nuclear proliferation meeting at UN amid raging global wars

The nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT), signed by almost all the countries on the planet, with notable exceptions like Israel, India, and Pakistan, aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, to promote complete disarmament, and to encourage cooperation on civilian nuclear projects. ...

4 days ago

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Biden is not being treated for Parkinson's, White House says

Concerns that Biden might be suffering from an undisclosed illness have risen since he stumbled, appearing frail and losing his train of thought at times, at his June 27 debate against Republican Donald Trump. 

1 year ago
Americas

Wheel falls from Boeing plane in Los Angeles

United Airlines, which operated the Boeing 757-200, said the plane lost the wheel after leaving Los Angeles International Airport but landed safely in Denver, its intended destination. 

1 year ago
Americas

US regulator orders Boeing inspections over oxygen mask issue

The airworthiness directive by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) comes into effect immediately and affects more than 2,600 US-registered airplanes.

1 year ago
Americas

Boeing to plead guilty to fraud in US probe of fatal 737 MAX crashes

The plea, which requires a federal judge's approval, would brand the planemaker a convicted felon. Boeing will also pay a criminal fine of $243.6 million, the Justice Department (DOJ) said in a document filed in federal court in Texas that provided an overview of the agreement in principle.

1 year ago
Americas

Could Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump in November's presidential race?

Vice President Kamala Harris would be President Joe Biden's natural successor if he bowed to growing pressure and stepped aside as the Democratic candidate in the 2024 election, top Democrats say. 

1 year ago
Americas

Biden digs in as pressure from fellow Democrats escalates

Biden, 81, is facing a slow-boil uprising from congressional Democrats and some influential donors who have grown concerned he lacks the capacity to defeat Republican Donald Trump, 78, in the Nov. 5 election. A much-anticipated interview the president gave to ABC News that aired Friday evening seemed to do little to temper those worries. 

1 year ago
Americas

Defiant Biden tells Democrats 'I'm staying in the race!'

A handful of donors and business leaders are making their displeasure with Biden's candidacy known loudly, halting funding or looking at possible Democratic alternatives.

1 year ago
Americas

Deadline nears for Boeing decision on proposed MAX agreement

Boeing's latest legal predicament was triggered by a DOJ determination in mid-May that the company ignored a 2021 deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) by not meeting requirements to improve its compliance and ethics program after the MAX crashes.

1 year ago
Americas

Biden rejects growing pressure to abandon his campaign

Biden dialed in to a call with worried members of his campaign team and told them he wasn't going anywhere, according to two sources familiar with the call. 

1 year ago
Americas

Dozens hurt as turbulence prompts flight diversion to Brazil

The plane, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner with 325 people on board, was diverted in the early morning hours to the airport of Natal in northeast Brazil, where more than a dozen ambulances waited.

1 year ago
Americas

Biden says he 'nearly fell asleep' during debate after world travel

Biden has faced mounting questions about his 2024 reelection bid after last week's shaky debate performance, with one House of Representatives fellow Democrat on Tuesday publicly calling on him to withdraw from the race.

1 year ago
Americas

Venezuela's Maduro says talks to resume with US

"Next Wednesday, talks will restart with the US government so that they comply with the agreements signed in Qatar," Maduro said on his program aired every Monday on official TV station Venezolana de Television.

1 year ago
Americas

US Supreme Court rules Trump has broad immunity from prosecution

The justices, in a 6-3 ruling authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, threw out a lower court's decision that had rejected Trump's claim of immunity from federal criminal charges involving his efforts to undo his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden. 

1 year ago
Americas

Biden seeks to repair debate damage

Biden's appearance at a campaign rally in the battleground state of North Carolina came amid rumblings in his alarmed Democratic Party about replacing the 81-year-old as their nominee -- and shortly before the nation's most influential newspaper urged him to step aside.

1 year ago
Americas

How Democrats could replace Biden as presidential candidate before November

Democratic Party presumptive presidential candidate Joe Biden would have to agree to step down or face a challenger who would try to force him to do so.

1 year ago
Americas

Top Democrats rule out replacing Biden amid calls for him to quit 2024 race

After days of hand-wringing about Biden's poor night on stage debating Trump, Democratic leaders firmly rejected calls for their party to choose a younger presidential candidate for the Nov. 5 election.

1 year ago
Americas

Turbulence at Washington Post with pressure for profit

The Post's managing editor abruptly resigned; a chosen successor withdrew under fire, and a boss has been targeted in the newspaper's columns.

1 year ago
Americas

Biden acknowledges age, bad debate performance but vows to beat Trump

The New York Times editorial board, which endorsed Biden in 2020, called on him to drop out of the race to give the Democratic Party a better chance of beating Trump by picking another candidate.

1 year ago
Americas

Biden's shaky debate has overseas allies bracing for Trump return

For Japan and South Korea, among the closest US allies in Asia, relations with Trump's administration were at times strained by his demands for more payments towards military assistance as well as trade tensions.

1 year ago
Americas

Biden's shaky Trump debate alarms Democrats

Biden supporters had hoped Thursday night's debate would dispel worries that the 81-year-old was too old for another term, but the 90-minute clash appeared to do the opposite. 

1 year ago
Americas

A 'disaster': Biden's shaky start in debate with Trump rattles Democrats

Biden and Trump, 78, both have faced concerns about their age and fitness in the run-up to the Nov. 5 election, but they have weighed more heavily on Biden. 

1 year ago
Americas

US presidential debates over the years: gaffes, chaos, scandals

Here are some of the most memorable moments from more than 60 years of modern American debates.

1 year ago
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New US envoy to take up RI post amid diplomatic letup

As the United States assigns a new envoy to assume the seven-month-long vacant position in Jakarta, analysts have urged the Indonesian government to immediately fill its ambassador post in Washington to improve bilateral ties between the two nations, which appear to be at a crossroads. 

1 year ago
Americas

WikiLeaks founder Assange freed in US plea deal

Assange, who from 2010 published hundreds of thousands of confidential US documents on the whistleblowing website, was released this week from a high-security British prison.

1 year ago
Americas

British explorer Shackleton's ship found off Canada coast

The Royal Canadian Geographical Society told a news conference that the shipwreck was found in the Labrador Sea at a depth of 390 meters (1,280 feet).

1 year ago
Americas

Thousands of fish dead as lake dries in Mexican drought

The Bustillos lagoon was below 50 percent of its normal water level, local authorities said Wednesday, meaning pollutants were more concentrated and hazardous to the species that inhabit it.

1 year ago
Americas

US President's son Hunter Biden convicted of lying about drug use to buy gun

Sentencing guidelines for the gun charges are 15 to 21 months, but legal experts say defendants in similar cases often get shorter sentences and are less likely to be incarcerated if they abide by the terms of their pretrial release.

1 year ago
Americas

Sheinbaum's Mexico election win bolsters Latin American left

Sheinbaum will take office on October 1, replacing her political mentor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, known by his initials AMLO, who became Mexico's first leftist president in 2018.

1 year ago
Americas

In shakeup, Washington Post executive editor steps down

Assuming the job in 2021, Buzbee was the first female editor of the Post in 150 years. 

1 year ago
Americas

Claudia Sheinbaum set to be Mexico's first woman president

The 61-year-old former Mexico City mayor, who was representing the ruling party, won around 58 percent of votes, according to an estimate by the Enkoll polling firm.

1 year ago
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