Subic, San Diego to forge sister-port ties

Letters with 'suspicious substances' sent to US senators and election offices

A number of states have confirmed they were targeted by the mailings, including Oklahoma, Ohio and Louisiana.

Elvis Presley’s former Beverly Hills home sells for $25.5 million after decades of renovations

In 1967, Elvis and Priscilla Presley acquired an opulent home in Beverly Hills' Trousdale Estates for $400,000. Their tenure at the estate lasted until 1973, marking the period when their daughter Lisa Marie was born. After significant renovations, the property was sold in 2019 for an impressive $25.5 million, showcasing the lasting allure of celebrity residences and the historic value they carry.

Bus hits train stopped on French side of Channel Tunnel, with 19 injured

Two people were severely injured and evacuated by helicopter but no one's life appeared to be in danger, officials said.

Pope Leo’s doctors say chest X-ray shows ‘good recovery’ of lung

ROME, Italy—Pope Leo‘s doctors said Thursday a chest X-ray showed “good recovery of the operated lung,” two days after the pontiff underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. “This morning, the Holy Father underwent routine check-ups, which yielded normal results,” said his doctors Luigi Carbone and Stefano Margaritora. They added, in the note published by the

Thrift Find Becomes Windfall: £20 charity-shop jars confirmed as Qing porcelain; auction brings £58,000

A casual ceramics collector stumbled upon two seemingly ordinary porcelain jars in a London charity shop priced at just $25. After a detailed assessment, experts revealed these jars were actually rare 18th-century Qing Dynasty artifacts adorned with imperial designs and intricate floral patterns. The jars sparked considerable interest and fetched an astonishing £58,000 at auction, translating to over $74,000, significantly benefiting the charity involved.

School roof collapse kills teacher, 32 children in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan—The roof of a school collapsed in Pakistan‘s northwestern city of Peshawar, killing a teacher and 32 students, mostly aged under 14, health officials said on Thursday. The death toll is revealed as residents and rescuers scrambled to pull children from the rubble. Twenty more students were taken to hospital after the collapse, which authorities

Kimberly Guilfoyle gets snubbed in Greece too, no farewell planned for her; Greek leaders believe she's so brazen that she may force one send-off

Bipartisan US Senate bill reaffirms 'ironclad' nuclear deterrence pledge to S. Korea

WASHINGTON — Two U.S. senators have introduced bipartisan legislation seeking to reaffirm Washington's "ironclad" extended nuclear deterrence commitments to South Korea and other treaty allies, amid growing nuclear threats from North Korea, China and Russia. The Reaffirming Extended Nuclear Deterrence Act, introduced by Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) late last month and cosponsored by Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), calls for maintaining a credible U.S. nuclear deterrent supported by conventional military capabilities, joint exercises and strategic consultations with allies. The bill states that United States should "reaffirm that its extended deterrence commitments to its treaty allies remain ironclad" and ensure that its military posture, exercises, strategic consultations and defense investments demonstrate The legislation specifically identifies South Korea, Japan, Australia and members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as allies whose security directly advances U.S. national security interests, while highlighting growing nuclear threats from North Korea, China and Russia. It also

US winter likely to be wetter and warmer, forecasters say. If you want more snow, look south

WASHINGTON — Winter in the United States looks like it will generally be wetter and warmer, but not necessarily snowier, according to the federal government's official seasonal outlook and other meteorologists' forecasts. You can thank or blame El Niño. El Niño is likely to shift weather patterns to bring more moisture but with it higher temperatures. That should help erase persistent western drought, but it won't likely make northern snow-lovers happy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. Even though the weather service doesn't make seasonal snowfall predictions, their meteorologists said much of the northern parts of the country — including the Northeast, Great Lakes, Upper Midwest and Northern Rockies — should expect below normal snow, while the Southern Rockies, parts of the southeast and Southwest may get more than they usually do. The northern snow shrinkage is also predicted by private meteorology firms, with Salt Lake City the only big metro area where AccuWeather is forecasting above normal winter snow amounts. Chicago, Boston, New York and

School roof collapse in Pakistan kills at least 35 and injures more than 50

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The roof of a private school collapsed in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday, killing at least 34 children and a teacher and injuring more than 50 other people in the deadliest building collapse ever in the country, authorities and a hospital official said. The children killed or injured at Al-Khair school were between 6 and 12 years old, while the oldest was 14, Lady Reading Hospital spokesperson Mohammad Asim said. Some of the injured were in critical condition, he said. The hospital declared an emergency as medical staff treated the wounded. Hours after the collapse in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, emergency services spokesperson Bilal Faizi said that everyone trapped beneath the rubble had been pulled out and crews had cleared debris. He told The Associated Press that the roofs of two classrooms collapsed when second- and third-grade children were in them with their teachers. Faizi said ambulances and disaster management personnel arrived from a nearby facility within five minutes of being alerted. Nearly 100 rescuer

Ukraine abandons truce, attacks Russian refinery as Zelenskyy says he feels betrayed by Trump

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine attacked a Russian oil refinery Thursday, abandoning a brief truce involving energy-related targets that it said Moscow did not heed, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he felt betrayed by U.S. President Donald Trump. The drone strike started a fire at the refinery about 300 kilometers (180 miles) southeast of Moscow in Russia’s Ryazan region, according to the Russian Defense Ministry and Ryazan Gov. Pavel Malkov. Russia’s Astra online news outlet posted what it said was a photograph of the blaze. The strike could further complicate Kyiv’s relations with Trump, which have soured again in recent days amid deepening tensions with Washington. Zelenskyy said he was outraged by Russia’s continuing aerial bombardment of his country’s energy infrastructure in apparent defiance of Trump’s demand on Sunday for both sides to halt those attacks. Despite going along with Trump’s demand for a truce, Zelenskyy complained, Ukraine in recent days was denied the usual Western intelligence on Russian ballistic missile strikes, and limits were placed on