Recent Updates
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Canadian auto parts magnate Frank Stronach found guilty of sexual assault
International 06/20/2026Austrian-Canadian billionaire and automotive business founder Frank Stronach was found guilty Friday of sexual assault and indecent assault of two women decades ago.Stronach, who is 93, had been accused of alleged incidents involving seven complainan...
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Iran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and can sell oil freely under deal with the US
International 06/17/2026Iran will immediately take steps to reopen the Strait of Hormuz once a tentative deal with the U.S. to end the war is signed and will be allowed to sell its oil without restrictions, according to leaked copies of an interim agreement that officials s...
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Xi and Kim push for greater ties between China and North Korea
International 06/10/2026Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un underscored their commitment to deepen cooperation and rebuild their complicated traditional alliance, as Xi is on a rare visit to Pyongyang in a likely attempt to reassert Beijing&rsqu...
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Philippine senator arrested on plunder charge, with no right to bail
International 05/31/2026A Philippine senator was arrested Monday on a charge of plunder after he allegedly pocketed a huge kickback in a flood-control project. It is the latest crisis to hit the country’s Senate, the upper chamber where a battle for control of the cou...
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China agrees to boost trade for US beef and poultry following Trump-Xi summit
International 05/18/2026China has agreed to ramp up trade for U.S. agricultural products such as beef and poultry, buying at an annualized rate of $17 billion per year for 2026 and at that level for 2027 and 2028, the White House announced Sunday, two days after President D...
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Philippine House votes to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte
International 05/11/2026An overwhelming majority of the House of Representatives of the Philippines voted to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday over alleged unexplained wealth and threats to have the president assassinated, as the rift between the camps of the co...
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President Trump says he is reviewing a new Iranian proposal to end the war
International 05/02/2026President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he was reviewing a new Iranian proposal to end the war but also expressed skepticism it would lead to a deal. “I’ll let you know about it later,” he said before boarding Air Force One, ad...
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Key inflation gauge hits 3-year high as Iran war spikes gas prices
International 04/29/2026A key inflation measure jumped in March as gas prices soared, the latest sign that the Iran war is pushing up the cost of living and delaying any interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.An inflation gauge monitored by the Fed rose 0.7% in March fro...
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Trump is threatening to block a new bridge between Detroit and Canada
International 02/10/2026President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to block the opening of a new Canadian-built bridge across the Detroit River, demanding that Canada turn over at least half of the ownership of the bridge and agree to other unspecified demands in his lates...
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Iran’s top diplomat says indirect US-Iran talks in Oman were a ‘good start’
International 02/06/2026Iran and the United States held indirect talks in Oman over Tehran’s nuclear program on Friday, months after America bombed Iran’s uranium enrichment sites and just weeks following nationwide protests that convulsed the Islamic Republic. ...
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Son of Norway’s crown princess arrested before his trial on rape charge
International 02/02/2026The eldest son of Norway’s crown princess has been arrested, just before his trial opens on charges including rape in a case that has been an embarrassment to the royal family, police said Monday.Marius Borg Høiby was arrested on Sunday ...
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Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Musk’s Grok
International 01/11/2026Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI, as concerns grew among global authorities that it was being misused to generate sexually explicit an...