US to audit production and increase oversight of Boeing after a panel blew off a jetliner in midflight last week ByThe Associated Press January 12, 2024, 8:19 AM WASHINGTON — US to audit production and increase oversight of Boeing after a panel blew off a jetliner in midflight last week. Read More

TAIPEI, Taiwan — With rallies and concerts attended by thousands of flag-waving supporters, Taiwanese are preparing to elect a new president and legislature on Saturday in what many see as a test of control with China, which claims the self-governing island republic as its own. The race is tight, and both China and Taiwan’s key ally, the United States, are weighing in on political and…

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will start canceling student loans for some borrowers in February as part of a new repayment plan that’s taking effect nearly six months ahead of schedule. Loan forgiveness was originally set to begin in July under the new SAVE repayment plan, but it’s being accelerated to provide faster relief to borrowers, President Joe Biden said Friday. It’s part of an…

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from Starbucks in a dispute with the National Labor Relations Board over workers who were trying to unionize a store in Memphis, Tennessee ByThe Associated Press January 12, 2024, 6:24 PM FILE – Starbucks employees and supporters link arms during a union election watch party Dec. 9, 2021, in Buffalo, N.Y. The Supreme Court on Friday,…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military early Saturday struck another Houthi-controlled site in Yemen that it had determined was putting commercial vessels in the Red Sea at risk, a day after the U.S. and Britain launched multiple airstrikes targeting Houthi rebels. Associated Press journalists in Sanaa, Yemen’s capital, heard one loud explosion. U.S. Central Command said the “follow-on action” early Saturday local time against a Houthi…

In the second day of hearings Friday at the United Nations’ top court, Israel rejected allegations levied by South Africa that its campaign against Hamas amounts to genocide against the Palestinian people, saying that, if anything, it is Hamas that is guilty of genocide. Although the case is likely to take years to resolve, South Africa is asking the International Court of Justice to order…

Fox News has stopped running MyPillow commercials in a payment dispute with chief executive and election denier Mike Lindell BySTEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press January 12, 2024, 6:44 PM FILE – MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell, speaks to reporters outside federal court in Washington, June 24, 2021. MyPillow chief executive and prominent election denier Mike Lindell said Friday, Jan. 12, 2024 that Fox News has stopped…

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has visited Vietnamese automaker VinFast’s factory and said that he would create the necessary conditions for the multinational to be able to build a plant and invest in Indonesia quickly ByHAU DINH Associated Press and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press January 13, 2024, 4:25 AM In this photo released by VinFast, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, center right, speaks with Vingroup Chairman and…

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted for the second time in less than a month on Sunday, sending lava snaking toward a nearby community and setting at least one home on fire. The eruption, which began just before 8 a.m. local time, came after authorities evacuated the town of Grindavik following a swarm of small earthquakes, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said. Hours…

DAVOS, Switzerland — Leaders of talks on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s peace formula on Sunday said a growing number of countries are working to help set the groundwork for Russia to join one day, an admittedly distant goal as the nearly two-year war grinds on and with neither side willing to cede ground. The fourth such meeting of national security advisers was held in the…