Columbia University students heckled House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday as he visited the flashpoint of nationwide student demonstrations over the Israeli war in Gaza, even as the New York school agreed to more hours of negotiations to end a protest encampment.Johnson’s visit, which he said...

   Mining company Vale VALE .SA expects to reach a final agreement with authorities for reparations for the collapse of the Samarco tailings dam by the end of the first half of this year, the company told Reuters in a statement on Wednesday.The collapse of the dam, which belonged to Samarco, a joint...

   Thousands are expected to take to the streets to celebrate the th anniversary on Thursday of Portugal’s Carnation Revolution that toppled the longest fascist dictatorship in Europe and ushered in democracy.Antonio Oliveira Salazar ruled Portugal from to , but the regime lasted for a...

   A ceremony to install a stalled presidential transition council in Haiti will take place Thursday morning on the outskirts of the capital Port au Prince, the office of outgoing Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced in a statement on Wednesday.The statement noted that the ceremony will be hosted at...

   A coalition vessel successfully engaged one anti ship ballistic missile ASBM launched from the Iranian backed Houthi terrorist controlled areas in Yemen over the Gulf of Aden, the U.S. Central Command USCENTCOM said on Thursday. The ASBM was likely targeting the MV Yorktown, a U.S. flagged,...

   The Ukrainian government, further tightening regulations as it seeks to address a shortage of troops, approved rules temporarily barring military age men from applying for passports abroad.The provisions, and a subsequent clarification from Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry, were announced on Wednesday, a...

   Israel’s military is poised to evacuate Palestinian civilians from Rafah and assault Hamas hold outs in the southern Gaza Strip city, a senior Israeli defence official said on Wednesday, despite international warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe.A spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin...

   Britain’s opposition Labour Party said it planned to renationalise the country’s rail network within five years without paying compensation to private operators as it set out its plans to fix the troubled railway system.Labour wants to set up a publicly owned Great British Railways which will...

   The Islamist movement Hamas published a video on Wednesday apparently showing Hersh Goldberg Polin, an Israeli American seized during Hamas’s Oct. attack on Israel and taken into Gaza, alive.The short, undated video showed the year old missing a lower arm, but otherwise apparently healthy. He...

   Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday he would step back from public duties for a few days to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a business corruption probe into his wife’s private dealings.Sanchez, who last year secured another term...

   Some U.S. students at Washington, D.C.’s Jackson Reed High School filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging the public high school’s administrators censored them by prohibiting pro Palestinian events.The lawsuit said administrators treated the Arab Student Union, a student club at the high school,...

   U.S. Supreme Court justices, wading back into the battle over abortion access, appeared divided on Wednesday in a case pitting Idaho’s strict Republican backed abortion ban against a federal law that ensures that patients can receive emergency care.The justices heard arguments in an appeal by Idaho...

   Brazil’s government submitted proposed rules to Congress on Wednesday to carry out a historic tax overhaul approved last year, a key element of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s strategy to foster growth in Latin America’s largest economy.The Finance Ministry said in a statement the bill...

   North Korea will take more action to maintain its military power despite U.S. sanctions pressure that has only made the country stronger, a North Korean foreign ministry official said on Thursday. U.S. heinous sanctions served as a catalyst and driving force that unleashed a gradual increase in our...

   Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday said he will suspend public duties until next week to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a preliminary probe of his wife.Sanchez, who last year secured another term for his Spanish Socialist Workers’...

   Gathered around a banner emblazoned with the words stop arming Israel, thousands of protesters joined with Jewish led peace groups in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday evening to attend a Passover protest that recalls the Freedom Seder held in the tumultuous year of .Organizers said they drew...

   TikTok’s chief executive said on Wednesday the social media company expects to win a legal challenge to block legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden that he said would ban its popular short video app used by million Americans. Rest assured we aren’t going anywhere, CEO Shou Zi...

   North Macedonian presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska Davkova held a big lead over incumbent Stevo Pendarovski with votes counted from almost of polling stations on Wednesday, but both were well short of the needed to win outright.Siljanovska Davkova of the rightist VMRO DPMNE, had ...

   A criminal case against the governor of Moldova’s region of Gagauzia has been sent to court, prosecutors said on Wednesday, setting up the prospect of the Kremlin ally being tried on charges of channelling funds from Russia to a pro Moscow party.Evgenia Gutul, who emerged out of obscurity last year...

   Israeli warplanes pounded the northern Gaza strip for a second day on Wednesday in a fierce assault that has shattered weeks of comparative calm, and Israel said it was moving forward with plans for an all out assault on Rafah in the south.After an abrupt Israeli pullback at the start of this month...

   President Joe Biden signed a hard fought bill into law on Wednesday that provides billions of dollars of new U.S. aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, notching a rare bipartisan victory for the president as he seeks reelection and ending months of wrangling with Republicans in Congress. It gives...

   Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is no stranger to high octane political battles and has successfully fought for his career in public life several times.On Wednesday evening, Sanchez said he would suspend public duties until next week to decide whether he wants to continue leading the...

   The U.S. government set up a likely court showdown over the scope of TikTok’s free speech protections under the U.S. Constitution after President Joe Biden signed legislation on Wednesday to ban the social media platform from app stores unless its Chinese owner sells it.While the bill itself does...

   Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.S. drafted United Nations Security Council resolution that called on countries to prevent an arms race in outer space, a move that prompted the United States to question if Moscow was hiding something.The vote came after Washington accused Moscow of developing a anti...

   Sweden said it plans to host a dazzling Eurovision Song Contest, watched by million people worldwide, but visitors face heightened security amid planned protests over Israel’s participation and a new geo political backdrop since Sweden joined NATO.The contest, the world’s biggest of its kind,...

   Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes on Wednesday closed an investigation into whether former far right president Jair Bolsonaro sought asylum at the Hungarian embassy in February, citing lack of evidence.The New York Times revealed via security video footage that Bolsonaro spent two...

   A pre Roman necropolis characterised by rich grave artefacts was discovered in southern Italy during excavations for the construction of an electricity power station, local authorities said on Wednesday.The necropolis was found near Amorosi, some km miles away from Naples, during preliminary...

   White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Wednesday he expects to travel to Saudi Arabia in the next few weeks after postponing the trip due to a cracked rib.Sullivan told reporters he was feeling much better after the rib injury and that he was about recovered. He is to...

   Barbados will halt the acquisition of a former slavery plantation belonging to a British Conservative MP after locals said he should transfer land ownership to the state as a reparations gesture for historical wrongs.Multiple generations of people were enslaved at the hectare Drax Hall...

   Three people have been taken to hospital after masked attackers stormed a meeting in Swedish capital Stockholm, police said on Wednesday, adding that they had begun an investigation.An evening event by the Left Party about growing fascism in Sweden was just about to start when a group of masked...