California residents filmed the moment a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the state, prompting light fixtures to move and water to overflow from residential pools.
A tsunami warning was issued but has since been cancelled for the coasts of both northern California and southern Oregon.
Getty Images Syrian media reports say Israeli warplanes have carried out dozens of attacks across the country, including on the capital, Damascus. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said there were more than 100 strikes on military targets. A research centre with suspected links to chemical weapon production was among the sites hit,…
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City, U.S., October 17, 2024. Andrew Kelly | Reuters U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spoke to South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on Tuesday and discussed South Korea’s political turmoil following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s attempt last week to impose martial law. Yellen “expressed appreciation for the close…
BBC As the sun slowly dips behind the jagged peaks of Mount Nam Xay, a group of brightly coloured hot air balloons drift across the Vang Vieng valley. In the river below, young tourists laugh and splash each other from their kayaks. It’s not hard to see what draws so many travellers here to this…
Getty Images Trump chose Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, who has been critical of China in the past, to be US ambassador to the United Nations. A week after Donald Trump won a second-term in the White House, the contours of his new presidency have started taking shape. The president-elect has announced nearly a dozen appointees, the…
Former U.S. President Donald Trump, with attorney Todd Blanche, speaks to reporters as jurors are released to begin deliberations for his criminal trial at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, NY on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Jabin Botsford | Reuters Attorneys for Donald Trump told a New York judge that the president-elect’s criminal hush…
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Nvidia shares slumped on Monday, putting the AI chip darling officially in correction territory even as the rest of the Nasdaq Composite rose to a record. The chipmaker and de facto artificial intelligence trade has rallied 165% this year amid ongoing excitement for the buzzy technology trend. However,…