Nation Dec 19 Fortnite maker Epic Games to settle FTC case, pay $520 million in penalties and refunds Video game company Epic Games is paying a total of $520 million in penalties and refunds to settle complaints involving children's privacy and methods that tricked players into making purchases.
World Dec 19 UN head says climate plans 'falling woefully short,' urges action to avoid catastrophe The head of the United Nations on Monday urged world leaders to take "credible" new action to curb climate change, warning that efforts so far fall short of what's needed to avert catastrophe.
World Dec 19 China reports 2 COVID deaths in Beijing as virus cases surge Chinese health authorities have reported the nation's first COVID-19 deaths in more than two weeks.
World Dec 19 Thai navy searching for 31 missing sailors after ship sank in rough seas Thai navy ships and helicopters are searching for more than 30 sailors still missing more than 12 hours after their warship sank in rough seas in the Gulf of Thailand.
Nation Dec 18 Mayor of El Paso declares state of emergency over influx of asylum seekers The mayor of a Texas border city declared a state of emergency Saturday over concerns about the community's ability to handle an anticipated influx of migrants across the Southern border.
Nation Dec 17 Thousands without power as snow pummels parts of the Northeast Utility crews raced Saturday to restore power to tens of thousands of customers across New England and New York after a powerful storm dumped 2 feet of snow in some places.
World Dec 17 Iran arrests actress Taraneh Alidoosti for denouncing execution over protests The report by IRNA said Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning movie “The Salesman,” was detained a week after she made a post on Instagram expressing solidarity with the first man recently executed for crimes allegedly committed during the protests.
World Dec 17 Malaysia landslide death toll rises to 24, with 9 still missing Rescuers on Saturday found the bodies of a woman and two children, raising the death toll from a landslide on an unlicensed campground in Malaysia to 24 with nine others still missing.
World Dec 17 Jose Maria Sison, self-exiled Philippine Communist Party founder, dies at 83 Jose Maria Sison, the founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, whose armed wing has been waging one of Asia’s longest-running insurgencies, has died. He was 83.
World Dec 16 Slovak leader sets framework for early election after coalition government collapses Slovakia's president has formally dismissed the country's government a day after it lost a parliamentary no-confidence vote and set the framework for holding an early election by mid-2023.