North Korea appears to have restarted its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, the UN atomic agency has said in a report. Plutonium, which is used for nuclear weapons, is believed to be produced at the reactor's complex. The International Atomic Energy Agency...
Hurricane Ida has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but it is still packing a powerful punch to New Orleans and nearby regions. The National Hurricane Center says Ida is responsible for “dangerous storm surge, damaging winds, and flash flooding”...
Robert Owens was feeling defeated and helpless Sunday as he waited in Louisiana’s capital city for landfall by one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. The 27-year-old had spent anxious days watching long lines of cars evacuating from...
WHITE HOUSE - After a delay of a day due to the crisis in Afghanistan, U.S. President Joe Biden hosted Israel's prime minister, Naftali Bennett, on Friday, discussing issues ranging from the plight of the Palestinians to Iran's nuclear weapons...
The chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve said Friday that the nation’s economy continues to recover from the recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and that it might be time to consider scaling back some emergency programs the central bank...
Survivors have spoken of their horror after twin blasts hit crowds of people awaiting evacuation outside Kabul's airport on Thursday. Most witnesses have not been named for their own safety. 'I saw doomsday' One Afghan, who previously worked with an...
The boss of supermarket Iceland says the supply chain chaos is getting worse, just as retailers start planning for the key Christmas period. Richard Walker told the BBC he estimated the UK's shortage of lorry drivers was now about 100,000,...
US news network CNN has sacked three employees for going into an office without having been vaccinated against Covid, US media say. It is one of the first examples of a US firm firing staff for breaching a company vaccination...
In January, a woman calling herself Caroline — her name is changed for her safety — told WOI-DT in Iowa that she was married to a QAnon believer and lived in fear. “QAnon has destroyed my life,” she said. “I...
SAN FRANCISCO - A rapidly growing wildfire south of Lake Tahoe jumped a highway, prompting more evacuation orders and the cancellation of an extreme bike ride through the Sierra Nevada on Saturday as critically dangerous wildfire weather loomed in the...
