Trump Names Intelligence Chief Clayton as White House AI Czar
Trump named Jay Clayton the White House AI czar on Sunday. Clayton is director of national intelligence and leads 18 US intelligence agencies. Clayto...
Brazil Votes in Closely Fought Presidential Election
Brazilians began voting Sunday in the presidential election. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faces Flavio Bolsonaro. Flavio Bolsonaro is a senato...
Japan Protests After US Marine Arrested in Okinawa Killing
Japan has protested to the United States over a Marine's arrest. The arrest happened in Okinawa, Japan. The Washington Post named him as Devin Jacob ...
Latvia's United List Appears to Win Election
Latvia's United List party appears to have won the election. Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs leads the party. More than 99.9% of votes were counted. S...
Verstappen Wins Rain-Delayed Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen won the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday. The Formula 1 race was held at Sepang, Malaysia. Verstappen and Red Bull earned ...
US Coast Guard Searches for Missing Medical Plane
The US Coast Guard is searching for a missing medical plane. Six people were on board. The plane was flying from Bermuda to Boston. It was last repor...
Trump Promises Medicare Rebate Checks for US Seniors
President Donald Trump promised $90 checks to seniors on Medicare on Friday. The checks would go out in October. Trump said 20 million senior citizen...
UK Conservatives Propose £700m Childcare Plan for High Earners
The UK Conservatives unveiled a childcare plan for high earners. They shared it the day before their conference in Birmingham, England. The plan woul...
Greece Returns Tsar Samuel's Remains to Bulgaria
Greece returned the remains of Tsar Samuel to Bulgaria. The exchange of relics and bones took place in Thessaloniki, Greece. The remains arrived in B...
Spain Housing Protests Follow Rejection of Tenant Measures
Protesters filled Madrid streets on Saturday over the housing crisis. Lawmakers had rejected emergency housing measures from Prime Minister Pedro Sanc...
UK-Iranian Man Released on Bail in RAF Fairford Investigation
A 25-year-old man was released on bail. He holds both UK and Iranian citizenship. Police arrested him on Thursday in the London borough of Westminste...
Flydubai Co-Pilot Accused of Attacking Captain With Axe
A Flydubai co-pilot is accused of attacking the captain. UAE officials say he used an axe. The flight was heading from Dubai to Tel Aviv, Israel. Off...
Russian Strike Damages Kyiv's Northern Bridge
A Russian strike damaged Kyiv's Northern Bridge early Saturday. It is the second major bridge hit in Kyiv in recent days. The strike stopped traffic ...
China Opens Anti-Dumping Probe Into EU Chemical Exports
China has launched an anti-dumping probe into EU chemical exports. The chemical p-nitrotoluene is used in dyes, medicines and pesticides. China says ...
US Judge Pauses Trump Border Wall Work in Texas
A US judge temporarily blocked border wall work in Big Bend, Texas. The ruling stops the Trump administration from building or expanding the wall. It...
Two Iranian Men Charged Over Alleged Manchester Plot
British police charged two Iranian men on Friday. They are Salam Ahmadyan and Rahman Salehi. The alleged plot targeted Manchester's Jewish community ...
US Justice Department Won't Reopen Powell Renovation Probe
The US Justice Department said Friday it will not reopen a probe. The probe was into former Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell. It looked at cost ov...
Joshua Kerry Charged Over Alleged Terror Plans Against Nigel Farage
Joshua Kerry was charged over alleged terror plans against Nigel Farage. He is accused of planning or preparing terror acts against Farage. The new c...
G7 Agrees to Release Oil and Diesel Stocks
G7 nations agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil including diesel. The release should begin immediately and last four months. A large amount o...
New York Governor Names Special Prosecutor in Cornell Assault Case
New York Governor Kathy Hochul named a special prosecutor on Thursday. Attorney General Letitia James will take over the Cornell University case. The...
Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery Will Merge Into Skydance
Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will soon merge into one company. Its name will be Skydance. David Ellison announced the name on Friday. Elliso...
US Job Growth Falls Short in September
US employers added 29,000 jobs in September. The jobs report came out Friday. Economists had expected more jobs. The unemployment rate rose from 4.1%...
French Bond Yields Rise as Gap With Germany Widens
French government bond yields rose this week. They are near their highest level since 2002. The sell-off in French debt deepened. Investors sought sa...
Green Leader Polanski to Call for Rent Brake
Zack Polanski leads the Green Party of England and Wales. He is due to speak at the party's largest-ever conference. He will call for a three-year em...
French High Schools Close as Student Protests Spread
Almost 400 high schools in France closed on Friday during week-long protests. The Guardian said 564 schools were disrupted that day. Dozens of school...
EU Rejects Trump Threat to Ban Diesel Exports
The European Union rejected a Trump threat on Friday. President Donald Trump threatened to ban US diesel exports. The ban would happen unless the 27-...
Twilio to Join S&P 500 Replacing Warner Bros. Discovery
Twilio is set to join the S&P 500 stock index. MarketWatch reported the news. The change takes effect before trading opens on October 6. Twilio will ...
Nike Shares Fall After Revenue Drop and More Job Cuts
Nike shares fell about 4% in after-hours trading on October 1. The company reported first-quarter revenue for fiscal 2027 was down 4%. Nike also anno...
US Judge Reinstates Seattle Prosecutor After Blocking Trump Firing
A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's firing of Roger Rogoff. Rogoff is the court-appointed top US prosecutor in Seattle. The judge reinst...
US Supreme Court to Hear Trump Immigration Detention Case
The US Supreme Court agreed to review Trump's detention policy. The policy requires detention without bond hearings during immigration cases. It cove...
NASA and SpaceX Launch Four Crew Toward Space Station
NASA and SpaceX launched four crew members toward the International Space Station. Liftoff was Thursday at 11:10 a.m. Eastern time. It launched from ...
Rick Ross Arrested on Domestic Violence Charges
Rapper Rick Ross was arrested in Miami Beach, Florida on Thursday. The charges involve domestic violence. He was booked at Turner Guilford Knight cor...
Family Sues US Over Renee Good's Fatal Shooting
Renee Good's family filed two federal lawsuits on Thursday. They are suing over her fatal shooting in Minneapolis in January. They name the federal g...
Tennessee Pauses Executions After Pike Survives Lethal Injection
Christa Pike survived an execution attempt in Tennessee. It happened late Wednesday with lethal injection. Staff gave her two injections of a drug ca...
France Presents 2027 Budget Draft to Cabinet
French leaders proposed a new budget for 2027. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu was due to present it Thursday. The plan aims to calm market worries....
UK Borrowing Hits 28-Year High Amid Bond Turmoil
Global bond markets are in turmoil. Borrowing costs worldwide hit multi-year highs on Thursday. In the UK long-term borrowing costs reached 6%. That ...
Medical Helicopter Crash Near Catalina Island Kills Two
A medical helicopter crashed near Catalina Island off the California coast. The crash killed two people. Two others were injured or hospitalized. One...
Swiss Glaciers Lost 5.5% of Ice in 2026
Swiss glaciers lost 5.5% of their ice in 2026. This was the second-largest yearly drop ever recorded. The report came from GLAMOS and the Swiss Acade...
US Man Arrested Over Alleged Texas Capitol Attack Plot
Police arrested 40-year-old Benny Caldera Jr early Wednesday. He was arrested at his home in Texas. Authorities say he planned to attack the Texas St...
Trump Renews Call for Powell to Leave Fed Board
The Federal Reserve's watchdog investigated a building renovation project. Renovations to its Washington buildings went about $1 billion over budget. ...
Appeals Court Halts Christa Pike's Execution
A federal appeals court stopped Christa Pike's execution in Tennessee. This happened Wednesday morning less than two hours before it was due. The Six...
US Private-Sector Jobs Rise by 90,000 in September
US private-sector jobs rose by 90,000 in September. This was a pickup after a brief slowdown. ADP released the report today. Education and health ser...
Ken Griffin Pledges Record $3 Billion to Carnegie Mellon
Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin pledged $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University. It is described as the largest single donation in US education h...
UK Issues Spy Alert Over Chinese Research Institute
MI5 issued an espionage alert on Wednesday. It said China's intelligence service used a front company. That company paid grants to British universiti...
US Mortgage Rates Hit Almost Three-Year High
US mortgage rates rose for a sixth straight week. Bloomberg reported rates hit an almost three-year high of 7.3%. CNBC reported rates on the 30-year ...
Flydubai Flight Diverts to Saudi Arabia After Pilots Fight
A Flydubai flight to Israel diverted to Saudi Arabia. The plane made an emergency landing at Tabuk airport. This happened after the pilot and co-pilo...
UK PM Burnham Says Rejoining EU Is an Option
UK Prime Minister Burnham said rejoining the EU is an option. He called this "going all the way" into the EU. Burnham said the current Brexit deal ha...
US Ends 12-Year Troop Mission in Iraq
The US military finished pulling all troops out of Iraq. This happened on Wednesday, September 30, 2026. It ended a 12-year mission to fight the Isla...
Caleb Flynn Found Guilty of Wife's Murder
A jury found Caleb Flynn guilty Tuesday of murder. Flynn is a former American Idol contestant and pastor. He was convicted of killing his wife Ashley...
US Supreme Court Lets Trump Resume Deportations For Now
The US Supreme Court let Trump resume deportations. Migrants would be sent to countries other than their own. This is temporary while the Court decid...