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As rising oceans threaten New York, study says the city is sinking

The research team calculated that all those structures add up to about 1.7 trillion tonnes of concrete, metal and glass about the mass of 4,700 Empire State buildings pressing down on the Earth

N Korea tells neighbour Japan it plans to launch satellite in coming days

Japan PM Kishida has instructed officials to do their utmost to gather and analyze information related to the launch and inform people about it

Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims victory in presidential runoff

Turkiye's incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared victory in his country's runoff election, extending his rule into a third decade

Erdogan takes lead in unofficial count in Turkiye's presidential runoff

Preliminary, unofficial results from Turkish news agencies showed incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead with 88 per cent of ballot boxes counted in a presidential runoff

White House, Republicans reach deal to raise debt ceiling, avert US default

An agreement in principle between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would raise the nation's legal debt ceiling, but now Congress has only days to approve a package

Govt tries to claw back money so Jan 6 rioters don't profit from appeals

Dozens of defendants have set up online fundraising appeals for help with legal fees, and prosecutors acknowledge there's nothing wrong with asking for help for attorney expenses

US, Saudi call for warring sides in Sudan to extend imperfect cease-fire

The United States and Saudi Arabia called on warring sides in Sudan to extend a fragile cease-fire due to expire Monday, as weeks of fighting reached a stalemate in the capital

Voters in Turkey choose between Erdogan, Kilicdaroglu in prez runoff

Voters in Turkiye returned to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country's longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade, or is unseated by a challenger

S Korean arrested for opening emergency exit door, to face 10 yrs in prison

A man who opened an emergency exit door during a flight in South Korea was formally arrested Sunday and faces up to 10 years in prison on a charge of violating the aviation security law

Russia launches largest drone attack on Ukrainian capital before Kyiv Day

Ukraine's capital was subjected to the largest drone attack since the start of Russia's war, local officials said, as Kyiv prepared to mark the anniversary of its founding on Sunday

Sudan military ruler seeks removal of UN envoy in letter to UN chief

Sudan's military ruler demanded in a letter to the UN secretary general that the UN envoy to his country be removed, officials said Saturday. The UN chief was shocked by the letter, a spokesman said.

Biden, McCarthy speak on debt crisis; GOP negotiator says issues remain

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy spoke directly as they raced to strike an agreement that would resolve the looming debt crisis ahead of a June 5 deadline

Germany says Russia set to expel German diplomats, teachers, cultural staff

The German foreign ministry sharply criticized Russia's move, calling the upcoming expulsions a unilateral, unjustified and incomprehensible decision

Harris to be 1st woman to give commencement speech at US Military Academy

Vice presidents typically travel to one of the federal service academies to address graduating classes. Harris' visit will be her first to the US Army academy

UN regional group endorses Amazon city to host 2025 climate conference

The latest UN climate conference was hosted by Egypt in Sharm el-Sheikh, and this year's will take place in Dubai

US: Chinese agents paid bribes in plot to disrupt Falun Gong movement

John Chen and Lin Feng were charged in an indictment unsealed Friday with scheming to revoke a New York-based Falun Gong organization's tax-exempt status

Twitter has dumped bloc's code of practice on disinformation: EU official

The decision to abandon the commitment to fighting false information appears to be the latest move by billionaire owner Elon Musk to loosen the reins on the social media company

US Debt ceiling deadline extended to June 5, later than estimated: Yellen

The X-date arrives when the government no longer has enough of a financial cushion to pay all its bills, having exhausted the measures it's been using since January to stretch existing funds

'Crunch' time in debt ceiling talks, as McCarthy, Biden reach for a deal

Any deal would need to be a political compromise, with support from both Democrats and Republicans to pass the divided Congress

OpenAI boss downplays fears ChatGPT maker could leave Europe over AI rules

It also said that the construction was illegal and it was done without obtaining the permission envisaged under the Kerala Panchayat Building Rules