The Trump administration announced a new round of peace talks would take place in Pakistan with Vice President JD Vance set to lead the U.S. delegation. But Iran says it isn’t ready to commit to new talks, citing “Washington’s excessive demands.” Nikole Killion reports.
By Yesim Dikmen and Joshua McElwee SAURIMO, Angola, April 20 (Reuters) – Pope Leo lamented during an event in Angola on Monday that many people in the world were being “exploited by authoritarians and defrauded by the rich”, the latest example of a forceful new speaking style he has adopted on his four-nation Africa tour. …
HOPKINTON, Mass. (AP) — A group of Massachusetts National Guard members early Monday crossed the Boston Marathon start line, launching the 130th edition of the world’s oldest and most prestigious annual marathon. Race Director Dave McGillivray sent the group of about 50 people in uniform off at 6 a.m. The temperature was slightly above freezing …
SHOREHAM, Vt. (AP) — Meghan Ireland always loved chemistry, but as a college freshman studying chemical engineering, she didn’t know she could channel her passion for science into the art of making whiskey. It took stumbling across an article about a female chemical engineer who became a master whiskey distiller for something to click: Ireland’s …
April 17 (Reuters) – As U.S. Vice President JD Vance returned to Washington last weekend after unsuccessful peace talks in Pakistan over the crisis in the Gulf, China’s Foreign Ministry was preparing for a bumper slate of visitors including Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the leaders of Spain, Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates. …
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, April 20, 2026 (HealthDay News) — The overdose-reversing drug naloxone has been rightly hailed as a lifesaving breakthrough, saving countless lives from opioid ODs. But a new study warns that the wonder drug has its limits, especially when confronted with overdoses involving the powerful new wave of synthetic opioids like …
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, April 20, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Bad dreams can affect your morning mood, but not if a little joy is sprinkled into your slumber, a new study says. People who had dreams filled with fear were more likely to be in a rotten mood the following morning, researchers recently reported …
Thousands of survivors of the 2025 Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, have elected to accept an upfront settlement from the utility accused of causing it, forgoing future litigation for a faster payment that could help them rebuild or relocate. But unless a bill moving through Congress becomes law, that money could be taxed as income, …
PRAGUE, April 20 (Reuters) – The Czech government will not make a government plane available for the Senate chief’s planned trip to Taiwan and wants a more pragmatic foreign policy that does not damage business ties with China, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said. The Czech Republic, like most countries, only formally recognises Beijing and not …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The cherry blossoms draw more than a million visitors to Washington’s Tidal Basin annually. This year was no different, except some strolling the area between the Lincoln Memorial and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial were dressed in camouflage — and armed. Eight months after President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the …