British actor Julian Sands has been reported missing after going hiking in mountains north of Los Angeles. read more...
Jacinda Ardern is quitting as New Zealand prime minister ahead of this year's election saying she no longer has "enough in the tank" to lead. read more...
(BBC) Prince Harry claims he had enough material for "two books", and did not include some things in his memoir because his father and brother would never forgive him. read more...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The number of attempts by migrants to enter the European Union without authorization reached around 330,000 last year, the highest number since 2016, the EU’s border and coast guard agency said Friday. read more...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A strong majority of the U.N. Security Council urged Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers Friday to immediately reverse all “oppressive” restrictions on girls and women including the latest ban on women working for aid organizations which is exacerbating the already critical humanitarian crisis in the country. read more...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s president is seeking to suspend arrest orders against some of the country’s biggest criminal suspects, including at least one individual wanted in the U.S. on narcotics charges, as part of an ambitious plan to dismantle armed groups that have long dominated the countryside. read more...
BEIJING (AP) — China on Saturday reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December following complaints it was failing to release data, and said the “emergency peak” of its latest surge appears to have passed. read more...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran said Saturday it had executed a dual Iranian-British national who once held a high-ranking position in the country’s defense ministry despite international warnings to halt his death sentence, further escalating tensions with the West amid the nationwide protests now shaking the Islamic Republic. read more...
(BBC) He was a winner of America's most prestigious journalism prize, and his life story was turned into a movie starring Ben Affleck. He knows George Clooney, who reportedly introduced him to the subject of his latest work. read more...
The US justice department is reviewing documents marked classified found in President Joe Biden's former office at a think tank, the White House says. read more...