Anger and outrage are gripping the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as it holds funerals for some of the 20 people, including nine children, killed by a Russian missile that tore through apartment buildings and blasted a playground.
Shares nosedived around the world Monday as higher U.S. tariffs and a backlash from Beijing triggered massive sell-offs. Trump has defended the tariffs: “You have to take medicine to fix something.”
A video on the phone of one of 15 Palestinian medics killed by Israeli forces in Gaza shows that their emergency vehicles had their lights and sirens flashing when they came under a barrage of gunfire from troops.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Panama next week to meet its leaders following recent U.S. allegations of Chinese interference in the operations of the critical Panama Canal shipping lane.
The surprise announcement by the unelected government said the halt in fighting would run until April 22 to show compassion for people affected by last week’s quake.
Faculty members at the University of Minnesota are accusing university leaders of censorship, after statements in support of Palestinians were removed from the websites of six U of M departments and centers.
A lawful permanent resident who has lived in the U.S. for 50 years was detained because of a decades-old conviction amid tougher immigration enforcement at airports and border crossings.
When Syria’s new leaders shut 60 Damascus bars, drinkers protested and the government reversed itself. It’s an example of the tussle between secular and Islamist values in the new Syria.
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