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Prez Biden opens debate on weak footing as he tries to criticise Trump

Biden had a raspy voice, struggling repeatedly to clear his throat, and had a halting delivery as he tried to defend his economic record and criticise Trump

CIR sues OpenAI, Microsoft for 'exploitative' copyright infringement

"It's immensely dangerous, Monika Bauerlein, the nonprofit's CEO, told The Associated Press. Our existence relies on users finding our work valuable and deciding to support it."

US weekly jobless claims fall, but total recipients highest since 2021

The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims for the week ending June 22 fell by 6,000 to 233,000 from 239,000 the previous week

US economic growth for last quarter expanded slightly to 1.4% annual rate

The Commerce Department had previously estimated that the gross domestic product the economy's total output of goods and services advanced at a 1.3 per cent rate last quarter

US sanctions Boeing for leaking information about 737 Max 9 probe to media

During the incident, a panel that plugged a space left for an extra emergency door blew off an Alaska Airlines Max 9. Pilots were able to land safely, and there were no injuries

North Korea says it tested multiwarhead missile, Seoul tags it as failiure

South Korea quickly dismissed the claim as deception to cover up a failed launch

2 dead, dozens injured in northern Russia after passenger train derailment

The 14-carriage train derailed in Russia's northern republic of Komi on Wednesday night, Russian Railways said in a statement, with nine carriages coming off the tracks

Low-priced Chinese EVs reaching US from Mexico pose a threat to automakers

As the Chinese EVs go on sale across the country, America's homegrown EVs costing an average of $55,000, roughly double the price of their Chinese counterparts struggle to compete

Who is Keir Starmer, Labour leader favoured to win UK's July 4 election?

A vote for Labour is a vote for stability economic and political, Starmer said after Prime Minister Rishi Sunakcalled the election on May 22

Rishi Sunak struggles with missteps while trying to lift Conservatives

The general election campaign over the past five weeks has clearly shown that he hasn't got the instinctive touch of some of his predecessors, such as Tony Blair or even Boris Johnson

No matter who wins Iran's election, much may hinge on the 'Great Satan' US

President Donald Trump's decision in 2018 to unilaterally withdraw America from the Iran nuclear deal saw crushing sanctions reimposed and largely cut Tehran out of the world's economy

Maui highlight steps toward rebuilding as 1-yr mark of wildfire approaches

Welcome to the neighbourhood, Ball said Wednesday as he greeted a van full of Hawaii reporters invited by Maui County officials to tour certain fire-ravaged sites

Texas added more Hispanic, Asian and Black residents than any other state

Texas also the had the biggest jump last year in the overall population, adding 473,000 people

Biden's asylum halt falls hardest on Mexicans and other nationalities

The asylum halt, which took effect June 5 and has led to a 40 per cent decline in arrests for illegal crossings, applies to all nationalities

Women's rights will be raised at UN meeting with Taliban, says official

This is the third UN meeting with Afghan envoys in Qatar's capital, Doha, but the first that the Taliban are attending. They weren't invited to the first and refused to attend the second

First candidate drops out of Iran presidential election amid voter apathy

Amirhossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, 53, dropped his candidacy and urged other candidates to do the same so that the front of the revolution will be strengthened

Nearly 80 arrests from pro-Palestinian protest at Texas university dropped

At campuses across the US this spring, demonstrators sparred over the Israel-Hamas war. Texas' protest and others grew out of Columbia University's early demonstrations

N Korea tests multiwarhead missile, Kim covets weapon to overwhelm US

It was North Korea's first known launch event related to the development of a multiwarhead missile, though outside experts believe it was a preliminary test

Bolivia coup fails as prez asks people to mobilise against democracy threat

The soldiers later pulled back as supporters of Arce waved Bolivian flags and cheered in a central square

US ambassador calls China's tech support for Russia during war a 'mistake'

China is not neutral, but has effectively sided with Russia in this war, the ambassador said, adding that the decision directly contradicted China's longstanding insistence on sovereignty