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US deports another 10 gang members to El Salvador, Rubio says
Doina Chiacu, Reuters | Updated April 13 - 9:44 p.m. | Save Story
The U.S. has deported another 10 people that it alleges are gang members to El Salvador, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday.
Ukraine says 32 killed by Russian ballistic missile strike on Sumy
Reuters | Posted April 13 - 7:51 a.m. | Save Story
Thirty-two people were killed and over 80 others wounded by two Russian ballistic missiles that slammed into the heart of the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday morning, Ukrainian officials said.
Trump spares smartphones, computers, other electronics from China tariffs
David Lawder, Jeff Mason, Reuters | Posted April 12 - 8:04 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump's administration granted exclusions from steep reciprocal tariffs to smartphones, computers and some other electronics imported largely from China, providing a big break to tech companies like Apple.
Iran, US hold 'positive' talks in Oman, agree to resume next week
Parisa Hafezi, Reuters | Posted April 12 - 4:27 p.m. | Save Story
Iran and the U.S. held "positive" and "constructive" talks in Oman on Saturday and agreed to reconvene next week, both sides said.
April's full moon is a 'micromoon.' Here's what that means
Kameryn Griesser and Ashley Strickland, CNN | Posted April 12 - 2:21 p.m. | Save Story
Sharp-eyed lunar lovers may notice April's full moon looks smaller than usual this month, and despite its "pink moon" namesake, the orb will have a white-golden hue.
US envoy Witkoff meets Putin as Trump tells Moscow to 'get moving' on Ukraine
Andrew Osborn, Reuters | Posted April 11 - 10:08 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with President Vladimir Putin on Friday in St. Petersburg about the search for a peace deal on Ukraine as Trump told Russia to "get moving."
Sen. John Curtis supports some of Trump's tariffs, wary of others
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted April 11 - 5:01 p.m. | Save Story
Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, is making his stance on global tariffs clear: Hold the line on China but have grace for our allies.
Iran says it will give US talks about nuclear plans a 'genuine chance'
Nayera Abdallah, Reuters | Posted April 11 - 2:43 p.m. | Save Story
Iran said on Friday it was giving high-level nuclear talks with the United States on Saturday "a genuine chance," after President Donald Trump threatened bombing if discussions failed.
Greenland 'Freedom City'? Rich donors push Trump for a tech hub up north
Rachael Levy and Alexandra Ulmer, Reuters | Posted April 11 - 11:23 a.m. | Save Story
Some Silicon Valley tech investors are promoting Greenland as a site for a so-called freedom city, a libertarian utopia with minimal corporate regulation, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
China hits back at Trump tariff hike, turmoil rings recession alarm
Joe Cash, Jan Strupczewski and Karin Strohecker, Reuters | Posted April 11 - 7:40 a.m. | Save Story
Beijing increased its tariffs on U.S. imports to 125% on Friday, hitting back against President Donald Trump's decision to hike duties on Chinese goods and raising the stakes in a trade war that threatens to up-end global supply chains.
EU pauses countermeasures after Trump's tariff reprieve; US weighing deals
Philip Blenkinsop, Joe Cash and Andrea Shalal, Reuters | Posted April 10 - 8:43 a.m. | Save Story
The European Union will pause its first countermeasures against U.S. tariffs after President Donald Trump temporarily lowered the hefty duties less than a day after imposing them on dozens of countries.
Plenty of Christmas decorations and trees come from China. Maybe not this year
Andrew Silver and Casey Hall, Reuters | Posted April 10 - 6:50 a.m. | Save Story
Chinese producers of plastic Christmas trees and other festive decorations say orders from U.S. clients, which are crucial for their business, should have started to come in by now. But because of surging import tariffs, they haven't.
4 men face federal charges in Utah for failed Democratic Republic of the Congo coup
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted April 10 - 6:20 a.m. | Save Story
The son of slain opposition leader Christian Malanga, and three others face federal charges in Utah tied to a 2024 failed coup in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's presidential palace.
Trump U-turns on tariffs but keeps trade war heat on China
Andrea Shalal, Susan Heavey and Andy Sullivan, Reuters | Updated April 9 - 9:46 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. President Donald Trump's stunning decision to pause the hefty duties he had just imposed on dozens of countries sent battered global stock markets surging on Thursday even as he ratcheted up a trade war with the world's No. 2 economy China.
76-year-old woman was denied boarding flight with her parrot. Now, she's stuck in Puerto Rico
Alexandra Skores, CNN | Posted April 9 - 3:32 p.m. | Save Story
A 76-year-old woman says she's stuck in Puerto Rico after Frontier Airlines wouldn't let her fly back home to New York with her "emotional support" parrot.
Death toll in Dominican Republic nightclub collapse rises to 124. Search grows bleaker
Paul Mathiasen, Reuters | Updated April 9 - 12:31 p.m. | Save Story
A devastating roof collapse on Tuesday at a popular nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic has now claimed at least 124 lives, authorities said on Wednesday, as the search for survivors turns increasingly grim.
Rare blue diamond shines at a $100M exhibition in Abu Dhabi
Associated Press | Updated April 9 - 11:10 a.m. | Save Story
A rare blue diamond was on display Tuesday at an exhibition of $100 million worth of the world's rarest diamonds in the United Arab Emirates' capital.
Nightclub roof collapse in Dominican Republic kills at least 27 including governor
Paul Mathiasen, Reuters | Updated April 8 - 12:27 p.m. | Save Story
At least 27 people were killed, including a provincial governor, and 134 more were injured in the early hours of Tuesday when the roof of a nightclub in the Dominican capital of Santo Domingo collapsed, authorities said.
