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Georgia jury awards $1.7 billion in Ford Motors pickup truck crash case

A Georgia jury has returned a $1.7 billion verdict against Ford Motor Co. involving a pickup truck crash that claimed the lives of a Georgia couple, their lawyers confirmed

Kansas recount affirms pro-choice win; results in favour of abortion rights

A decisive statewide vote in favour of abortion rights in traditionally conservative Kansas was confirmed with a partial hand recount, with fewer than 100 votes changing

Daughter of 'Putin's brain' ideologist killed in car blast in Moscow

The daughter of a Russian nationalist ideologist who is often referred to as Putin's brain was killed when her car exploded on the outskirts of Moscow, officials said

US first lady Jill Biden tests negative for Covid-19, will go to Delaware

First lady Jill Biden has tested negative for Covid and will leave South Carolina, where she had isolated since vacationing with President Joe Biden, and rejoin him at their Delaware beach home

Japan PM Fumio Kishida rests after testing positive for Covid: Reports

The 65-year-old Kishida was on summer vacation last week and scheduled to return to work Monday. It's not clear where or how he was infected

Russia's war at 6 months: A global economy staring at growing danger

High food prices and shortages, worsened by cutoff of fertilizer and grain shipments from Ukraine and Russia that are slowly resuming, could produce widespread hunger and unrest in developing World.

Somali forces end hotel attack in capital that killed 20 people

Somali authorities appeared to have ended a deadly attack on a hotel in the capital in which at least 20 people were killed

China plans cloud seeding to protect crop using chemicals to generate rain

China says it will try to protect its grain harvest from record-setting drought by using chemicals to generate rain, while factories in southwest waited Sunday to see whether they would be shut down.

2 Russians, 1 Ukrainian arrested as alleged spies at Albania military plant

Two Russians and a Ukrainian were arrested for alleged espionage at a military plant in southern Albania, the Albanian Defense Ministry said

US Air Force says was targeted in 'propaganda drone attack' in Kuwait

The US Air Force said it was the subject of a propaganda attack by a previously unheard-of Iraqi militant group that falsely claimed it had launched a drone attack targeting American troops

Russian troops shoot down Ukrainian drones in Crimea as war broadens

Russian authorities reported shooting down Ukrainian drones in Crimea, while Ukrainian officials said Russian forces pressed ahead with efforts to seize one of the few cities in eastern Ukraine

US buying 150,000 metric tonnes of Ukraine grain for hungry regions: UN

The final destinations for the grain are not confirmed and discussions continue, the World Food Program chief David Beasley said.

At least 10 killed as Islamic militants storm hotel in Somali capital

The attack started with explosions outside the hotel before gunmen entered the building

California nuclear power plant extension challenged in legislative proposal

Plan to extend the lifespan of the state's last operating nuclear power plant would be rejected and over $1 billion would be spent to speed up the development of renewable energy

Divided UN council down to wire on travel exemptions for Taliban officials

The divided UN Security Council failed to reach agreement on whether to extend travel exemptions for 13 Taliban officials now ruling Afghanistan as they expired at midnight on Friday

Former US V-P Pence says he didn't leave office with classified material

Trump has claimed that the documents seized by agents were all declassified and argued that he would have turned them over if the Justice Department had asked

Plutonium cores' review at US nuclear lab 'sham' process: Watchdog groups

Watchdog groups contend that regardless of the review, the NNSA will march ahead with its production plans for plutonium cores at Los Alamos

Violation of int'l law: Macron assails Putin's 'brutal attack' on Ukraine

Macron, who tried tirelessly but unsuccessfully to prevent the invasion and long vaunted the importance of dialogue with Putin, has grown increasingly critical of the Russian president

Sweden: Two wounded in shopping centre shooting; suspect arrested

Swedish police say two people have been wounded in a shooting at a shopping centre in the southern city of Malmo

Russia's Gazprom to shut gas pipeline to Europe for 3 days 'maintenance'

Russia's state-owned energy company Gazprom said on Friday a key pipeline conveying natural gas to Europe will shut down for three days at the end of this month to undergo routine maintenance"