Actress Lauren Bacall dies at 89
Legendary actress Lauren Bacall dies at age 89, Karen Hendren reports.
Legendary actress Lauren Bacall dies at age 89, Karen Hendren reports.
Colombia's four main illegal armed groups grew during 2023 as they consolidated territorial control financed by drug trafficking and illicit gold extraction, according to a secret security report seen by Reuters. The report focused on leftist guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (ELN), crime gang the Clan del Golfo and two dissident factions of the now demobilized FARC rebels, the Estado Mayor Central (EMC) and the Segunda Marquetalia. The report, produced annually, assesses illegal armed groups' size and military might, three security sources with knowledge of the report said, adding that illegal groups often try to amplify their power for leverage at peace talks with the government.
Testimony in Donald Trump's hush money case is set to resume Tuesday morning at what could be the midpoint of the first criminal trial against a former president.
The U.S. President will speak at a Holocaust Memorial Museum event in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.
The former president’s criminal hush money trial resumes Monday in Manhattan, where the prosecution will continue presenting its case.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday that in order for Europe to avoid conflicts and be safe it must increase its defence capabilities, and he repeated his call for the construction of a common European air defence system. In the face of the conflict in Ukraine, Poland is strengthening its defence capabilities, allocating over 4% of its Gross Domestic Product. Speaking at the European Economic Congress, a meeting of politicians and business figures in Katowice, Tusk said EU countries should take joint action to increase spending on defence by at least 100 billion euros ($107 billion).
A senior British lawmaker said on Tuesday that China was probably behind a massive cyberattack on the names and banking details of UK armed forces personnel, prompting a furious denial by Beijing.Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said there were indications that a "malign actor has compromised the armed forces payment network" but stopped short of naming China.
From a six-way competition for governor to open seats in Congress, here are the races to watch in Tuesday's primary.
Families of hostages held in Gaza have urged the United States and other governments with citizens among the captives to pressure Israel to strike a deal with Hamas for their return.Hostage families have been among those pressing through repeated protests for Israel to reach a deal with Hamas to bring home the captives.
If you are cutting flowers from your garden, do so in the morning when stems are the most hydrated, then immediately place them into a container of water. Just as it does food, refrigeration keeps flowers fresher longer.
A Russian court confirmed Tuesday that U.S. soldier Gordon Black would be held in custody for at least two months after he was arrested on theft charges in Vladivostok.
The Australian government will boost the number of skilled workers in the housing sector in next week's national budget, spending A$90.6 million ($59.76 million) on free training and making it easier for skilled construction workers to migrate, officials said. Rising rents, interest rate hikes and surging living costs in the past few years have inflamed what was already among the world's least affordable housing rental markets, where record numbers of people can no longer afford to buy after a surge in house prices. "Our government knows that building more homes is the best way to address Australia’s housing challenges, which is why we have an ambitious national target to build 1.2 million homes," minister for housing, Julie Collins, said in a statement.
The upbeat forecast is the latest positive sign for the industry after earnings of chip firms including NXP Semiconductors and Texas Instruments showed that demand was picking up, aided by orders from the industrial sector. "Pockets of the semiconductor industry" have started to emerge from inventory corrections, GlobalFoundries CEO Thomas Caulfield said in a statement. GlobalFoundries — the world's third-largest contract chipmaker — had won $1.5 billion in subsidies from the U.S. government earlier this year, which it plans to use for the construction of a new semiconductor production facility in Malta, New York and expand existing operations there and in Burlington, Vermont.
Stigma, fear and cost prevent many patients from getting screened for lung cancer. This can prove deadly for the most vulnerable.
Human factors − such as how people produce food and how they organize themselves and live together − influence disease outbreaks.
Historically, federal courts prioritized voting rights and legal congressional districts for upcoming elections above all other concerns. But the Supreme Court changed that in 2022.
The Czech Constitutional Court has struck down a legal requirement for transgender people to undergo surgery before they are able to officially complete their transition, the court said on Tuesday. The move brings the central European country in line with most members of the EU and was welcomed by human rights activists. Under current law, Czech transgender people have to undergo sex organ surgery and sterilisation, leaving them unable to reproduce, before officially completing their transition.
The auto workers will vote on union membership in mid-May.
Images of Christ often represented prevailing cultural beliefs, allowing onlookers to connect in a deep and meaningful way.
More than 3 million children in the US are homeschooled. Are they getting a good education?
President Joe Biden on Tuesday aims to issue a clarion call to fight a swiftly rising tide of antisemitism amid a precarious moment in Israel’s war against Hamas and as protests have swept American college campuses, laying bare Biden’s trouble with some young voters.