Aug 01 Watch 6:15 News Wrap: Federal Reserve governor to resign early, giving Trump an opening to fill In our news wrap Friday, Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler resigned early, giving President Trump a position to fill, Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved from a federal prison in Florida to one in Texas, Russia launched its deadliest… Continue watching
Aug 01 EU chief's texts to a pharma boss during pandemic were likely erased, New York Times reports By Lorne Cook, Associated Press Text messages exchanged between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and a pharmaceutical boss during the COVID-19 pandemic were seen by her top adviser and have likely been destroyed, the New York Times reported Friday. Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch 13:23 Security contractor says he witnessed 'barbaric' and un-American tactics at Gaza aid sites By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S. and Israeli-backed humanitarian aid initiative, has been delivering aid into Gaza since May. But since then, the U.N. says hundreds of Palestinians have been killed outside of GHF aid sites. Nick Schifrin spoke with… Continue watching
Aug 01 Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe sentenced to 12 years house arrest for bribery By Astrid Suárez, Associated Press The sentence, which Uribe said will be appealed, followed a nearly six-month trial in which prosecutors presented evidence that he attempted to influence witnesses who accused the law-and-order leader of having links to a paramilitary group in the 1990s. Continue reading
Aug 01 Thailand returns 2 wounded soldiers to Cambodia keeps holding 18 others prisoner By Sopheng Cheang, Jintamas Saksornchai, Associated Press The rest of a 20-member group of Cambodian soldiers captured on Tuesday in one of the disputed pockets of land over which the two sides were fighting remain in Thai hands, and Cambodian officials are demanding their release. Continue reading
Aug 01 What consumers can expect from import taxes as the U.S. sets new tariff rates By Dee-Ann Durbin, Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press Tariffs are a tax, and U.S. consumers are likely to foot at least part of that bill. Continue reading
Aug 01 Collapse at Chile's major copper mine kills 1 worker and leaves 5 missing By Associated Press The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude 5 earthquake in an area of central Chile where Codelco’s El Teniente mine is located, at 5:34 p.m. local time on Thursday. Continue reading
Aug 01 Kyiv mourns after deadliest attack in a year kills 31 people in Ukraine, including 5 children By Illia Novikov, Associated Press It was the highest number of children killed and injured in a single attack on Kyiv since aerial attacks on the city began in October 2022, according to official casualty figures reported by The Associated Press. Continue reading
Aug 01 Budapest mayor questioned by police for organizing banned LGBTQ+ Pride event By Justin Spike, Associated Press The Pride march in Budapest on June 28 was the largest event of its kind in the country's history, according to organizers, despite Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's government earlier passing an anti-LGBTQ+ law that banned such events. Continue reading
Aug 01 Trump's new tariffs lenient on some countries, while shares sink and U.S. dollar weakens By Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press The new rates are due to take effect on Aug. 7, but uncertainty over what Trump might do next remains. Continue reading