Not afraid of sharks? Well, now they’re on cocaine.
If the prospect of sharks lurking just off the beach wasn’t frightening enough, researchers in Brazil have discovered a new reason to be unnerved: Some of them have cocaine in their system.
Who will be Kamala Harris’ vice president? Beshear, Buttigieg in running
U.S. President Joe Biden’s weekend decision to drop his reelection bid and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the Democratic candidate leaves Harris with a major, immediate decision: whom to pick as her running mate.
Harris rallies exuberant Democrats in Wisconsin: ‘the baton is in our hands’
Delivering a jolt of enthusiasm to a party reeling from weeks of infighting, Vice President Kamala Harris rallied Democrats on Tuesday in Wisconsin and laid out a fierce argument against former President Donald Trump.
About 3,000 migrants travel in caravans to US border, undeterred by crackdown
About 3,000 people carrying bags, water and small children trod through intense heat along a highway in southern Mexico on Tuesday, traveling in two groups aiming to reach the U.S. border.
Palestinian factions agree to end divisions, form national unity govt, after talks in China
BEIJING — Various Palestinian factions including rivals Hamas and Fatah agreed to end their divisions and form a national unity government during negotiations in China that ended Tuesday, according to Chinese state media.
Taiwan hunkers down ahead of arrival of Typhoon Gaemi
YILAN, Taiwan — Taiwan hunkered down on Wednesday ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Gaemi, with financial markets closed, people given the day off work, flights cancelled and the military put on stand-by with torrential rain and strong winds forecast.
Biden heads to Washington after COVID, ending campaign
President Joe Biden headed to Washington on Tuesday, two days after ending his re-election bid and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination to take on Republican former President Donald Trump.
Police commander provides more details on Trump rally shooting
WASHINGTON — Two days before a gunman wounded former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, the Secret Service walked the site of the planned campaign rally with members of the Pennsylvania State Police, who had been pulled in for added security.
Rare whale washes up on New Zealand beach
Residents of New Zealand, where whale and dolphin strandings are a common sight, are used to finding large sea creatures beached on their shores. But the creature that washed up on a beach in the nation’s south earlier this month — about 16 feet long, distinctively colored, its teeth snapped off — was no ordinary whale.
Vance criticizes Harris in first solo campaign stops as Trump’s running mate
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — In JD Vance’s first solo day of campaigning as the Republican vice-presidential nominee, the Ohio senator questioned Vice President Kamala Harris’ appreciation for the United States and chastised her fellow Democrats for supporting President Joe Biden “until he became political dead weight.”
Trump appeals $454 million fraud judgment, saying it was excessive
NEW YORK — Lawyers for Donald Trump filed an appeal Monday evening seeking to dismiss or drastically reduce the $454 million judgment levied against him this year in a New York civil fraud case, the latest maneuver in the former president’s multiple legal battles.
Nation and world news in brief for July 23
US envoy to UN announces $60M in aid for Haiti during visit
Impact of Biden’s economic agenda may be felt long after his presidency
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden may not have gotten much credit politically for the thousands of grants and public investments his administration showered across the country, with airport or road projects in places like South Carolina and Wyoming unlikely to dent former President Donald Trump’s locked-in status in those deeply conservative states.
Israel sends tanks back into Khan Younis area, 70 killed after new evacuation order
CAIRO/JERUSALEM/GAZA — Israel sent tanks back into the greater Khan Younis area after ordering evacuations of some districts it said had been used for renewed attacks by militants and at least 70 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire, Gaza medics said on Monday.
Blinken, Austin to shore up US-Asia ties amid political uncertainty at home
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin head to Asia this week to reassure allies and partners of U.S. support, the State Department’s top official for East Asia said on Monday, as the November U.S. presidential election casts uncertainty over Washington’s foreign policy.
Iraq eyes drawdown of US-led forces starting September, sources say
BAGHDAD — Iraq wants troops from a U.S.-led military coalition to begin withdrawing in September and to formally end the coalition’s work by September 2025, four Iraqi sources said, with some U.S. forces likely to remain in a newly negotiated advisory capacity.
Moscow jails Russian-American journalist Kurmasheva for over six years
MOSCOW (Reuters) — A Russian court has sentenced Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), to 6-1/2 years in prison for spreading false information about the Russian army, the court revealed on Monday.
Hollywood donors drop ‘Dembargo’ as celebrities back Harris
LOS ANGELES — A Hollywood “Dembargo” on political donations has ended, as key fundraisers and celebrities from rapper Cardi B to Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis and TV producer Shonda Rhimes endorsed Kamala Harris as the next Democratic nominee for U.S. president.
Harris seizes control, clearing field, raising cash and slamming Trump
Vice President Kamala Harris moved swiftly to assert herself as the de facto Democratic nominee for president on Monday as virtually every potential remaining rival bowed out and a broad range of delegates endorsed her, all but clearing her path to the nomination.
Kamala Harris turns to selecting a possible vice president
After weeks of speculation, Vice President Kamala Harris, endorsed by President Joe Biden to succeed him as the Democratic presidential candidate this fall, will have a bench of new-generation party leaders to turn to when she moves toward the first critical decision of her candidacy: picking a running mate.
