The US has declined to renew the landmark US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in its current form, according to a senior US official. This decision means the trilateral trade pact will miss out on an automatic 16-year extension. The official said the administration “chose not to rubber stamp a USMCA renewal without addressing existing issues,” and “the…
The United States disputes the District Court’s legal analysis of North Dakota’s claims and of the United States’ defenses under the Federal Tort Claims Act, but acknowledges in hindsight that, under the Obama Administration, the federal government could have done more to reduce the impacts to the people of North Dakota from the Dakota Access…
FILE – In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. 朝鮮通信社/KCNA via KNS via AP hide caption toggle caption 朝鮮通信社/KCNA via KNS via AP SEOUL, South Korea — Chinese President Xi Jinping and North…
Democratic lawmakers in North Carolina introduced a trio of constitutional amendments this week aimed at protecting traditional powers of the state’s governor and reforming oversight of its court system. The effort was prompted in part by ProPublica’s reporting, including an investigation that found that over nearly a decade, Republican lawmakers had pushed through law after…
Trackers that ping satellites every time a whale surfaces for air. Thermal cameras that can detect the animals day and night. Acoustic devices that monitor their calls. These and other emerging technologies could help protect the world’s last surviving North Atlantic right whales from collisions with vessels, a leading threat to their survival. And the…
North will join head coach Brendon McCullum, director of cricket Rob Key and the Test and limited overs captains – Stokes and Harry Brook – in selecting England squads, with some input on the final XI for matches. Performance director Ed Barney and head of player identification David Court are also involved in selection. North’s…
A team of North Korean footballers will make a rare visit to South Korea later this month. North Korean side Naegohyang will cross the border to play Suwon in the Asian Women’s Champions League semi-final on 20 May. Pyongyang has sent a list of 27 players and 12 staff who will make the visit. South…
Olivia Rodrigo has set a massive tour in support of her upcoming album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love. The 65-date jaunt, spanning North America and Europe, kicks off on Sept. 25 in Hartford, Connecticut and runs through May 2, 2027 in Barcelona. The tour includes four nights at Brooklyn’s Barclays…
Two men were stabbed on Wednesday in the north London area of Golders Green, a hub of Jewish life in Britain, in an attack that the police said was being treated as terrorism. The attack, which unfolded in late morning on High Field Avenue, left the men — one in his 70s and one in…
New Zealand’s Defence Force says a North Korean ship was observed engaging in a possible transfer of illicit goods at sea. Published On 28 Apr 202628 Apr 2026 New Zealand’s military said a surveillance aircraft observed what it suspected was North Korea breaking international sanctions in a “possible ship-to-ship transfer of illicit goods”, while conducting…
