The Biden administration will ban or phase out ongoing uses of asbestos, the agency said Monday. The Environmental Protection Agency issued a rule that set deadlines for industry to transition away from using the substance, which causes lung cancer. Historically, asbestos was used in roofing and cement — and may still be found in old...
Multiple British embassies are shooting down “fake” reports claiming King Charles III has died. “We would like to inform you that the news about the death of King Charles III is fake,” a social media account for the British embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, posted on Monday on X, formerly known as Twitter. The U.K.’s embassy in Azerbaijan shared...
Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who ran for the GOP presidential nomination this year, says he won't back former President Trump in 2024, but also won't vote for President Biden. "I get asked a lot if I believe Trump is a threat to our democracy," he writes in a USA Today op-ed. "I am not...
North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles tests Monday morning locally as Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Seoul for a democracy summit with several allied leaders. The launches are the country's first known missile tests in roughly a month and come days after the end of annual U.S.-South Korean military drills in the...
The Israeli military raided the largest hospital in Gaza again on Monday, claiming Hamas militants have regrouped there. Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said the military was launching a “high precision operation in limited areas” of Shifa Hospital on Monday. He said Hamas militants were using the hospital to “command attacks against Israel” and described the military's...
One immediate concern is the likelihood of companies scaling back on remote work opportunities in an effort to avoid running afoul of new government guidelines.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was considering a plan to create a buffer zone between Ukrainian land and Russian border regions and Russian-held territory in Ukraine as the war settles into a long conflict. Putin spoke at a press conference late Sunday after he won election for a fifth term in a landslide election...
Former CNN host Don Lemon pressed billionaire Elon Musk on his controversial social media posts and an ongoing advertiser boycott that X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, is facing. "Why would you quote something you didn't believe," Lemon asked Musk in reference to his posts on X about Jewish people, the "great replacement theory"...
Former President Trump has not been able to secure a $464 million appeal bond following a New York civil fraud judgment against him, his attorneys say.