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China’s People’s Liberation Army launched a new round of military exercises in waters around Taiwan on Monday, as Beijing increases military pressure against the island democracy four days after its leader rejected the Chinese government’s claim over Taiwan. The Chinese military’s Eastern Theater Command said it’s conducting a joint military exercise titled “Joint Sword-2024B” in […]

STOCKHOLM — The Nobel memorial prize in economics was awarded Monday to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson for research into differences in prosperity between nations and why some countries succeed and others fail. The three economists “have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity,” the Nobel committee of the Royal […]

ST. PETE BEACH, FLA. — U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday surveyed the devastating damage in Florida left in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton sweeping across the state last week, where residents are still recovering from the destruction wrought by late September’s Hurricane Helene. “This area is taking a real beating from back-to-back storms,” Biden said […]

Ye, formerly Kanye West, is being sued by his former assistant and chief of staff. Lauren Pisciotta alleges the rapper drugged and sexually assaulted her during a studio session he co-hosted with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. The former executive assistant, who filed the new lawsuit, previously sued West in June, when she accused him of sexual […]

The New England Patriots have finally given the fans what they have been asking for over the last couple of weeks. Jerod Mayo has made the decision to move on from Jacoby Brissett to Drake Maye as his starting quarterback for the team’s Week 6 game against the Houston Texans. Maye takes over an offense that has […]

Hurricane Milton brought flooding rains and damaging winds to central and northern Florida on Thursday, destroying homes and leaving at least four people dead and 3 million without power before moving into the Atlantic Ocean. The storm made landfall late Wednesday near Siesta Key in Sarasota County as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained […]

Florida is preparing for its largest evacuation since 2017 as Hurricane Milton, now a powerful Category 5 storm in the Gulf of Mexico, heads for the southeastern U.S. state. The storm’s pending arrival follows the recent devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene. At last report, Milton was about 1,130 kilometers (702 miles) southwest of Tampa, […]

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL — Israel expanded its bombardment in Lebanon Saturday, hitting Beirut’s southern suburbs with a dozen airstrikes and striking a Palestinian refugee camp deep in the north for the first time as it targeted both Hezbollah and Hamas fighters. Tens of thousands of people in Lebanon, including Palestinian refugees, continued to flee the widening […]

Chappell Roan has explained why she is voting for U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris but can’t go as far as endorsing her. The Hot to Go singer came under fire for failing to endorse Harris or her Republican rival Donald Trump for president in a recent interview in The Guardian. In a follow-up video on […]

Sean “Diddy’ Combs” newest accuser has spoken out in a press conference. A new lawsuit accuses the rapper of attacking Thalia Graves in 2001 and filming the incident. Thalia was 25 and dating one of Comb’s employees at the time of the alleged assault. Her lawsuit has claimed Combs and his former head of security, […]