Sept 24 (Reuters) – Heavy surf and rain lashed southwestern Mexico as “extremely powerful” Hurricane Polo crawls northwest offshore the mainland, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in a bulletin on Thursday. With maximum sustained winds near 160 miles per hour (260 kph), Polo…
Sept 24 (Reuters) – North Korea’s foreign ministry on Thursday rejected an international statement urging it to halt nuclear tests, with a spokesperson calling it “a grave political provocation against our state” by “hostile forces”. A meeting of ministers from the Friends of the Comprehensive…
Sept 24 (Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 15 prisoners, state news agency Belta reported on Thursday. The United States has been negotiating with Lukashenko for more than a year over the release of hundreds of prisoners including opposition figures, activists and journalists,…
NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) – New York’s attorney general sued Polymarket on Thursday, escalating her battle against prediction markets, an industry that she says violates state laws against illegal gambling. Attorney General Letitia James filed her petition nearly two months after bringing a similar case against Polymarket…
WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Sales of new US single-family homes surged to an eight-month high in August as buyers took advantage of price cuts and other incentives, but rising mortgage rates stemming from the war in the Middle East remain a drag on the…
DUBAI/RIYADH, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Iranian flights to Gulf neighbours including travel hub Dubai appeared to have been cancelled on Thursday after a US deadline passed for global firms to halt work with Iran’s airlines, a major step in a campaign President Donald Trump calls…
(New York, NY) — Australia’s Prime Minister says an artificial intelligence agent belonging to OpenAI went rogue and hacked into an Australian government health website, gaining access to non-public information. Anthony Albanese [[ Al-buh-nee-zee ]] says the breach occurred in June but was only disclosed…
(WASHINGTON) President Trump is planning an elaborate ceremony today when Chinese President Xi Jinping [[ she jeen-peeng ]] arrives at the White House. The Chinese leader is expected to arrive at about 10am Eastern, and will be greeted on the South Lawn by trumpets, military…
(New York, NY) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly today in New York. He’s expected to criticize New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani in his remarks. Mamdani has called Netanyahu “the architect of a horrific genocide against Palestinians,” and…
CAIRO (AP) — Six ballistic missiles targeting Saudi Arabia ‘s port of Yanbu on the Red Sea and the southwestern city of Taif have been intercepted, a Saudi military spokesperson said Thursday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility from the Iran-backed Houthis in neighboring…
