June 8 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday formally nominated Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general, moving to install his former personal lawyer as the top U.S. law enforcement official. Trump submitted Blanche’s name to the U.S. Senate, the White House said, days after committing to nominating him. He has been serving …
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Ex-rugby league international Kane Evans won’t have to worry about the extortion threats any more or be concerned about his family finding out about his sexuality before he’s ready to tell them. In a television interview Monday with Channel Nine’s “100% Footy,” Evans said he was gay and that he felt …
TAIPEI, June 9 (Reuters) – Chinese coast guard ships operating around Taiwan in recent days have been “harassing” commercial shipping by asking them information about their point of origin and destination and claiming jurisdiction, Taiwan’s coast guard said on Tuesday. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, was angered after Japan and …
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — At least 100 people have died from Ebola less than a month after authorities declared an outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo, authorities said. Attacks on health workers from angry residents, skepticism among some locals and armed conflict in hot spots continue to challenge efforts to stop the spread. Out …
BANGKOK, June 9 (Reuters) – More than 5,500 Myanmar refugees living in camps along Thailand’s border have found jobs since Bangkok eased employment curbs last year, an approach that offers a regional example, a senior U.N. refugee official told Reuters. The step came in response to a sharp decline in global humanitarian funding, in part …
NANYUKI, Kenya, June 9 (Reuters) – Kenyan police fired tear gas on Tuesday to scatter protesters in the central town of Nanyuki opposing a quarantine centre for Americans exposed to Ebola that the U.S. government has raced to build despite Kenyan court orders barring further work. The proposed 50-bed unit on an air force base …
Wembanyama made the first two shots he attempted on Monday night on the way to scoring 32 points in a 115-111 victory at the New York Knicks. He had nine points in the first five minutes, including an alley-oop on the first basket of the game and a dunk on the next possession and was …
June 8 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said early on Tuesday that the pilots of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter that went down near the Strait of Hormuz “are fine.” Speaking on the runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport before returning to Washington, D.C., Trump said there was “nobody injured.” The administration would …
NEW YORK (AP) — When CBS News President Tom Cibrowski asked Scott Pelley if he could come by for a meeting last Tuesday, the longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent booked about an hour on his calendar, he says. He assumed he’d be having an extensive discussion about issues that led to his tense confrontation a day …
JAKARTA, June 9 (Reuters) – The Indonesian parliament passed revisions to the country’s national police law on Tuesday that allow serving police officers to accept posts in the civilian government. The amendments came a year after parliament revised the country’s military law, which allocated more civilian posts to soldiers. Since taking office in 2024, Prabowo …