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New North Korean warship damaged during launch attended by Kim Jong Un

The ship got stuck after sliding off the ramp when a flatcar failed to move with it, throwing off balance and crushing parts of its bottom, reported the Korean Central News Agency

Pope Leo XIV urges aid in Gaza, end to hostilities in first public address

The Vatican said about 40,000 people attended the audience, held just days after roughly 200,000 gathered for Sunday's inaugural Mass for history's first American pope

US government didn't follow court order on deportations, says judge

Government attorneys argued that the men had a history with the immigration system, giving them prior opportunities to express a fear of being deported to a country outside their homeland

OpenAI recruits Jony Ive to design AI hardware in $6.5 billion deal

OpenAI said it is acquiring io, a product and engineering company co-founded by Ive, in a deal valued at nearly $6.5 billion

No aid that entered Gaza this week has reached Palestinians, says UN

Under international pressure, Israel has allowed dozens of aid trucks into Gaza after blocking all food, medicine, fuel and other material for nearly three months

Israeli allies unleash strong rhetoric over Gaza but with limited action

Three allies of Israel used words like abhorrent and monstrous this week to describe the country's actions in Gaza.

Most US states now restrict cellphone use in schools, with more to follow

Ten states and the District of Columbia have enacted school day bans, most for students in grades K-12, and they now outnumber the seven states with instructional time bans

Trump admin to weigh request for leasing seabed mining of critical minerals

President Trump signed an order last month directing NOAA to fast-track permits for companies seeking to mine the ocean floor in US and international waters

Defense Department accepts luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar for Trump's use

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told senators that Hegseth has ordered the service to start planning how to update the jet to meet needed standards

Iran vows to keep enriching uranium ahead of nuclear talks with US

The comments by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi come after multiple rounds of talks between the two nations, including at an expert level over the details of a possible deal

Trump hosts Ramaphosa as South African leader seeks to mend US ties

Ramaphosa was greeted by Trump as he arrived at the White House shortly after noon for Oval Office talks and lunch with Trump

Third man charged over fires at properties linked to UK PM Keir Starmer

Petro Pochynok, 34, has been charged with conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life

Putin visits Kursk for first time since Russia ousted Ukrainian forces

Ukrainian forces launched a surprise incursion into Kursk in Aug 2024, marking the largest cross-border raid of the war, before being expelled by Russian troops nine months later

Trump enlists top US business leaders to boost his image at home, abroad

Corporate titans are spending more time than ever working to curry favour with the administration as part of their effort to score relief from regulations and tariffs from the transactional president

House GOP pushes Trump tax cuts bill but report says it will add to deficit

GOP leaders worked late into the night to convince sceptical Republicans who have problems on several fronts, including worries that it will pile onto the nation's $36 trillion debt

Musk's pullback from politics comes after his last big investment was flop

Democrats in the swing state said Musk's comments show that a party-led effort in this spring's election, dubbed People vs. Musk, succeeded in making Musk and his money toxic

South Africa's leader aims to salvage ties with Trump in White House visit

Ramaphosa hopes to correct "damaging mischaracterisations" in his meeting with Trump, the former president's first with an African leader since returning to the White House

Trump's tariffs to test unity among allies at G7 finance ministers' summit

It will be the first formal meeting of the G7 attended by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

Latest crash shows how ships have been hitting Brooklyn Bridge for 150 yrs

Before the Brooklyn Bridge was completed in the late 19th century, a US Navy ship's topmast struck its wires, and vessels continued to clip the iconic New York structure for many years afterward

Rubio defends Trump's foreign policy amid Gaza aid, South Africa questions

Rubio told the Appropriations Committee that the Trump administration is encouraging but not threatening Israel to resume humanitarian aid shipments into Gaza