LONDON (AP) — Former U.S. President Joe Biden ’s prostate cancer has spread to other parts of his body and is causing him pain, even as he continues to speak out on public issues, his son Hunter said in an interview. In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC broadcast late on Friday, Hunter Biden gre
MADRID (AP) — A diplomatic spat between Spain and Italy over the rush of tens of thousands of migrants to the Spanish territory of Ceuta escalated on Saturday after the government in Madrid announced border controls on Italian travelers in response to Rome’s decision to impose sanctions on visitors
The Strait of Hormuz is, by some accounts, named for a Zoroastrian deity destined to emerge victorious after a 9,000-year standoff with an adversary. Iran’s leaders feel their own victory is at hand and won’t require the same epic patience. They are betting that military pressure will ultimately for
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa commemorates on Sunday 70 years since the Women’s March of 1956, when around 20,000 women of all races marched to the administrative capital, Pretoria, to protest apartheid laws forcing Black women to carry passes that restricted their movement. It was a powerful mom
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in eastern China shut schools and tourist sites as Typhoon Dolphin made its way toward land on Saturday. The storm’s maximum sustained winds were estimated at about 162 kilometers per hour (101 mph). It will bring heavy rains, creating a risk of severe flooding as well as
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Nepali rescue workers have spotted five bodies at a site where the same number of climbers went missing last year, officials said on Saturday. Three foreign climbers — an Italian Canadian, an Italian and a German — and two Nepali nationals have been missi
By Satoshi Sugiyama and Eduardo Baptista TOKYO/BEIJING, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Typhoon Dolphin lashed Japan’s southern Okinawa prefecture on Saturday, injuring six people and cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings, while China shut ports and halted ferries ahead of the storm’s expected arrival on it
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Friday that it is unlikely that quarterback Patrick Mahomes will play in their preseason opener against the Rams next week, and it’s possible that the two-time MVP skips the three-game exhibition slate entirely. That’s not necessarily a surprise giv
Aug 7 (Reuters) – Dutch fintech Bunq said on Friday that the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) had rejected its application for a national bank charter, dealing a setback to the company’s plans to expand its banking operations into the United States. • “The OCC wants to see a plan
SAO PAULO, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank said on Friday that some cryptocurrency transfers will have to be delayed by up to 24 hours under new anti-fraud rules. • The central bank said the move reflects the growing use of virtual assets, including stablecoins, to quickly move money obtaine
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans announced Friday the signing of offensive lineman Peter Skoronski to a multi-year extension making him the NFL’s highest-paid guard. The Titans did not publicly announce details of the extension for the 11th overall pick of the 2023 draft. A person famili
Aug 7 (Reuters) – British counterterrorism police said on Friday they reopened an investigation into an attempted burglary reported last year in London as part of their probe into the murder of former government minister Ann Widdecombe. The Metropolitan Police in April 2025 received a report of an a
Aug 7 (Reuters) – Sila said on Friday it had received a conditional loan commitment of up to $1.4 billion from the U.S. Department of Defense for the expansion of its silicon-carbon anode and lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facilities. “This commitment executes on President Trump’s mandate to
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump posted on Friday that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro should revist her decision to drop a Justice Department case alleging vandalism at the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Here are some details: • “U.S. Attorney Je
By Andrew Chung Aug 7 (Reuters) – When the U.S. Supreme Court in June ruled in favor of broad citizenship rights for babies born in the United States, one of the most conservative justices complained that the decision was so sweeping it would even cover so-called birth tourists. Women “who come here
Based on Kirk Cousins’ reaction to a second heavy hit from pass rusher Maxx Crosby during training camp practice Friday, he did not, in fact, “like that.” Cousins was hit on the arm a second time during Friday’s live 11-on-11 work and responded with shouting, a shove and grabbing Crosby’s jersey in
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four teams had claims to the 1960 national championship in college football. The U.S. Senate is adding Missouri to that list. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., introduced a resolution during a meeting Thursday recognizing the Tigers for a claim to the national title. The measure was passed
ATLANTA (AP) — A man sentenced to 15 years in prison after giving his son the gun he used in a deadly high school shooting in Georgia has requested a new trial. Colin Gray was convicted earlier this year of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. In a court filing Wednesday, his attorneys
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal prosecutor fired last year over critical comments he had written as a private citizen about President Donald Trump sued the Justice Department on Friday, saying his termination violated his First Amendment rights. Will Rosenzweig was two weeks away from trying a multimill
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Lions Pro Bowl running back Jahmyr Gibbs finally got what he wanted. A record-setting contract brought financial security, but for Gibbs, it also ended an anxious wait that had kept him off the practice field. “This process has been extremely stressful,” Gibbs said F
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has sided with the Virginia NAACP in its lawsuit against a county school board’s reinstatement of Confederate military names to two schools, saying the decision discriminated against Black students and ordering the board to change the schools’ monikers again. In a
A misdemeanor gun charge against All-Star Cleveland Cavaliers guard James Harden in Texas has been dismissed after he completed an alternative resolution program allowing him to avoid a criminal record, court records show. Harris County Criminal Court Judge Alex Salgado in Houston dismissed the crim
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Frank Reich had to think for a second while raving — again — about Geno Smith, pondering the New York Jets quarterback’s age. “I don’t know how old he is. Isn’t he past 35?,” the offensive coordinator asked Friday before being told Smith is actually 35. “It feels like he’s
ISTANBUL (AP) — Cats are an inseparable part of daily life in Istanbul, where thousands of free-roaming felines share the city’s streets, waterfronts, markets and historic neighborhoods with its more than 16 million residents. They can be found almost everywhere — lounging outside bookstores and caf
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Conservative Abelardo de la Espriella will be sworn in as Colombia’s president Friday under heavy security in Cali, a city in the country’s volatile southwest, breaking with the tradition of holding the ceremony in the capital, in a move meant to signal his hard-line approach
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a defense agreement on Friday, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said, deepening cooperation between the three regional powers at a time of growing security concerns. The agreement was signed in the Saudi holy city of Mecca during a meeting be
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Three inmates were killed and more than 20 were injured in two separate prison clashes in Sri Lanka on Thursday and Friday, a government minister said. In a third detention facility, officials used tear gas to control inmate protests on Friday. Public Security Minister Anan
Aug 7 (Reuters) – Levi Strauss on Friday disclosed a recent cybersecurity incident in which an unauthorized third party gained access to the company’s systems through a social engineering attack targeting three employees. The apparel maker joins a growing list of major firms worldwide that are facin
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s Health Ministry said Friday that 14 people were wounded, three of them critically, but that there were no fatalities in the explosion of a minivan taxi a day earlier in a Damascus suburb. The Health Ministry had said Thursday night that two people were killed in the bl
By Joan Faus, Jaime Lopez and Zakia Abdennebi BARCELONA/CEUTA/RABAT, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Police and forensic scientists have drafted in extra staff to try to identify the bodies of 80 migrants found after last week’s mass rush into Spain’s Ceuta enclave, as desperate families wait for news of missing
