WASHINGTON (AP) — As the United States was preparing a daring mission to rescue an airman whose fighter jet was shot down by Iran, there was money to be made. Users on Polymarket, the world’s largest prediction market, could place bets on when the airman would be rescued. When Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., shared a …
BUDAPEST, April 17 (Reuters) – Hungarian election winner Peter Magyar said on Friday he hoped to take the oath of office as prime minister on May 9 or 10 depending on a presidential decision on the inaugural session of parliament. Magyar said he would break with past practice and take the oath of office on …
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, April 17 (Reuters) – Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a U.S.-backed ceasefire in fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, a deal meant to enable broader U.S.-Iran negotiations but one that will see Israeli forces maintain positions deep inside southern Lebanon. Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a “cessation of hostilities” on April 16 …
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Around 15 people deported from the United States landed in Congo’s capital Kinshasa in the early hours of Friday, their lawyer said. It was the latest example of the Trump administration using agreements with African countries to accelerate migrant removals. The deportees are all from Latin America and the Congolese government …
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, April 17, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Syphilis is on the rise in the United States, and with it the threat that a long-term untreated infection could pose to a person’s heart health, a new study says. The sexually transmitted disease (STD) doubles a person’s risk of ruptured blood vessels and …
Wellington, New Zealand — Sleep on a long-haul flight in economy class has always been a fantasy for many travelers. Air New Zealand will soon offer a solution that involves climbing into a triple-tier bunk bed wearing special socks. The airline will open bookings for four-hour stints in the Skynest sleep pods and says they …
A rash of drone sightings during the Colorado Rockies’ first homestand of the season against the Philadelphia Phillies sent law enforcement scrambling to track down the operators. No one was arrested after more than a half dozen drone sightings around Coors Field April 3 to April 5, but it is possible the drone pilots could …
DNA analysis has identified the remains found in a car in the Columbia River as those of an Oregon family that went missing in 1958 while on a trip to find Christmas greenery, authorities said Thursday. The state medical examiner’s office has identified parents Kenneth and Barbara Martin and their daughter Barbie from remains located …
5m ago Hezbollah says its fighters hands “remain on the trigger,” but does not reject ceasefire Hezbollah, the U.S.-designated terrorist group and close Iranian ally in Lebanon that’s been at war with Israel on and off for years, indicated tacitly on Friday that it would respect the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon announced by President …
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarians are heading to a new early election that could bring to power a left-leaning ex-president just days after Hungarian voters rejected the authoritarian policies and global far-right movement of Viktor Orbán. Rumen Radev ‘s new coalition is seen as favored to win most of the votes in the April 19 …