A New Orleans student who had his choice among 149 colleges and universities making scholarship offers that totaled more than $10 million has made his decision: Dennis “Maliq” Barnes, a senior at the International High School of New Orleans, said Friday he will attend Cornell University
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Another opposition leader emerged as the favourite to be Thailand’s next prime minister in a new opinion poll on Friday, just…
By Geert De ClercqPARIS (Reuters) – The French government plans to spend two billion euros ($2.2 billion) through 2027 to improve cycle…
KYIV (Reuters) – Pink cherry blossom has brought a touch of spring to a Kyiv park still strewn with barbed wire and anti-tank barriers.Picking…
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia’s senate early on Friday morning gave final approval to a so-called “gold law” aimed at strengthening the country’s…
American bars and restaurants gear up every year for Cinco de Mayo, offering special deals on Mexican food and alcoholic drinks for a May 5 commemoration that is barely celebrated south of the border
By Alasdair Pal and Lucy CraymerSYDNEY/WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The leaders of Australia and New Zealand will pledge their allegiance to King Charles…
(Reuters) – Forty political opponents of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega have been arrested and charged with crimes including conspiracy and…
LONDON (Reuters) – British consumers are spending 530 million pounds ($666 million) a year for smartphones they already own because they are not…
Donors have pledged an additional $5.6 million dollars that will enable the United Nations to start transferring more than 1 million barrels of crude oil from a rusting tanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen that poses a major environmental threat to another vessel
By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The Afghan people are in for a “very difficult year ahead,” warned the top U.S. aid official, as…
By Raphael Satter(Reuters) – Hacker sabotage has disrupted several public services in Dallas, closing courts and knocking emergency services…
(Adds date)By Blake Brittain(Reuters) – British pop superstar Ed Sheeran’s 2014 hit “Thinking Out Loud” did not unlawfully copy from Marvin Gaye’s…
LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will address the nation at 8 p.m. (1900 GMT) on Thursday, SIC TV channel said,…
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis received U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy in a private audience on Thursday, the Vatican…
Anxiety about a rush of withdrawals by customers of regional banks continues to roil the financial sector as PacWest Bancorp attempted to calm investors investors overnight with its shares plunged 45%
(Reuters) – Ukrainian air defences said they downed 18 out of 24 kamikaze drones that Russia launched in a pre-dawn attack on Thursday.In a…
Asian stock markets are mostly higher after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark lending rate again to cool inflation and said it isn’t sure what may come next
By Jennifer Rigby and Emma FargeLONDON (Reuters) – A panel of global health experts will meet on Thursday to decide if COVID-19 is still an…
The death of four horses at Churchill Downs has overshadowed preparations for the Kentucky Derby