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Delivery drones coming to more US neighbourhoods after slow start

Walmart and Wing, a drone company owned by Google parent Alphabet, currently provide deliveries from 18 Walmart stores in the Dallas area

English Premier League teams to observe silence in memory of Diogo Jota

Premier League teams will observe a moment's silence during the first round of matches this weekend in memory of Liverpool forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, the competition confirmed.

Typhoon Podul closes Taiwan schools, offices as heavy rains expected

On Wednesday morning, Podul was southeast of the island, moving at 155 kilometres per hour, and was expected to make landfall later in the day

Alaska's Russian ties in spotlight as Trump, Putin meet in the 49th state

In WWII, Japan seized Attu, the Aleutian chain's westernmost island, closer to Russia than the mainland US. Its 1943 recapture became known as the war's "forgotten battle"

North Korean, Russian leaders in call reaffirm their alignment over Ukraine

Putin during the call on Tuesday praised the bravery, heroism and self-sacrificing spirit displayed by North Korean troops

Netanyahu hints truce talks now focus on release of all hostages at once

Israel has threatened to widen its military offensive against Hamas to the areas of Gaza that it does not yet control

US national debt reaches record $37 trillion, Treasury Department reports

The CBO's January 2020 forecast saw US debt topping $37T after FY2030, but the Covid-19 pandemic from 2020 sped up borrowing as it shut much of the US economy

US July budget deficit up 20% Y-o-Y despite record Trump tariff income

The US saw a 273 per cent increase - or $21 billion - in customs revenue in July over the same period last year, the data showed

Trump admin calls out human rights records of countries accepting deportees

The reports, which cover 2024 before President Donald Trump took office, reflect his administration's focus on free speech and protecting the lives of the unborn

Israel in talks to possibly resettle Palestinians from Gaza in South Sudan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he wants to realise US President Donald Trump's vision of relocating much of Gaza's population

Bundesliga to have longer games starting from this year; Here's why

Bundesliga games will take longer this season as Germany joins a drive to calculate added time more precisely.

Donnarumma left out of PSG squad for UEFA Super Cup amid exit reports

Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma has been left out of the squad for Wednesday's UEFA Super Cup against Tottenham amid increasing reports he will leave the club.

EU appeals to Trump to defend Europe's interests at war summit with Putin

The summit is taking place in the US state of Alaska, which was colonised by Russia in the 18th century until Czar Alexander II sold it to the US in a land deal in 1867

Trump's DC police takeover echoes historic racist urban crime narratives

Trump threatened to take over and beautify the nation's capital on the campaign trail and claimed the district was a nightmare of murder and crime

Investigation continues into Pennsylvania steel plant blast that killed 2

An explosion at a US Steel plant near Pittsburgh left two dead and sent at least 10 to hospitals Monday and heavily damaged the sprawling facility, officials said

Thai border conflict forces Cambodian migrant workers to return home

The retreat has left many of the workers streaming back to Cambodia wondering how to get by after they left jobs that enabled them to send money back to their families

Trump says he'll quickly know if Putin seeks Ukraine peace deal in talks

Trump's eagerness to reach a deal has raised fears in Ukraine and Europe about such an agreement favouring Russia, without sufficient input from Ukraine

South Korean President Lee to meet Trump in Washington on August 25

The August 25 summit will follow a July trade deal in which Washington agreed to cut its reciprocal tariff on South Korea to 15% from the initially proposed 25% & to apply the same rate to cars

Shooter kills three in Austin Target parking lot before arrest: Police

Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services Chief Robert Luckritz said two people were pronounced dead at the scene and one person was taken to a hospital where they were pronounced dead

Trial starts over Trump admin's deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles

Trump said he was deploying the National Guard across Washington & taking over the city's police dept in hopes of reducing crime, even as the mayor has noted crime is falling in the nation's capital