Four people were killed in a light plane crash in a field near Moscow, the Moscow regional branch of Russia's emergency ministry reported on Saturday. A fire broke out at the crash site, and preliminary investigation pointed to an engine failure as the likely cause, reports Xinhua. "The aircraft
Billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday criticised the latest version of President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill released by the US Senate, calling it "utterly insane and destructive," weeks after the world's richest person and its most powerful ended a feud sparked by Musk's opposition to the bil
The US Supreme Court on the last day of rulings for its current term gave Donald Trump his latest in a series of victories at the nation's top judicial body, one that may make it easier for him to implement contentious elements of his sweeping agenda as he tests the limits of presidential power. W
The US Supreme Court's ruling tied to birthright citizenship prompted confusion and phone calls to lawyers as people who could be affected tried to process a convoluted legal decision with major humanitarian implications. The court's conservative majority on Friday granted President Donald Trump h
The United States has decided to withdraw its financial support from the global vaccine alliance (Gavi), with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accusing the organisation of disregarding scientific evidence and eroding public trust. A pre-recorded video of Kennedy's remarks was played at a Gav
Court documents filed last week shed light on what Hunter Biden, the son of former US President Joe Biden, was charged per hour by lawyers at Winston & Strawn to defend him from federal gun and tax crime charges. Jumpstart your morning with the latest legal news delivered straight to your inbox fr
Self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani's unexpected upset in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday exhilarated progressive activists, who had banded together to prevent the more moderate former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo from triumphing. But the surprise outcome als
From her corner of the United States near Houston, Texas, stay-at-home mother Loretta Torres, 38, admires President Donald Trump’s confidence and bargaining style. She has no complaints with his presidency. In Des Moines, Iowa, Lou Nunez, an 83-year-old US Army veteran, has been horrified by
The US Supreme Court cleared the way on Monday for President Donald Trump's administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own without offering them a chance to show the harms they could face, handing him another victory in his aggressive pursuit of mass deportations. In
On a Buenos Aires residential street, two protesters painted a telling image in colorful strokes: a portrait of a lone woman on her balcony overlooking a mass of people below.The figure was one of Argentina's most prominent politicians in the last two decades - leading opposition leader and former
An organisation that monitors flight risks warned on Sunday that US strikes on Iran's nuclear sites could heighten the threat to American operators in the region as some airlines cancelled flights to and from Dubai and Doha. Airlines continued to avoid large parts of the Middle East due to ongoing
In the aftermath of US airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, political reactions on Capitol Hill have starkly diverged along party lines. While many Americans remain unaware of the overnight military action, Democratic lawmakers have swiftly condemned the strikes, arguing they violate the
With his unprecedented decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites, directly joining Israel’s air attack on its regional arch-foe, US President Donald Trump has done something he had long vowed to avoid - intervene militarily in a major foreign war. The dramatic US strike, including the targ
