Dozens of Afrikaners who claim discrimination in their home country left Johannesburg on Sunday. Their departure for the U.S. came as the Trump administration was halting virtually all refugee admissions.Afrikaners at the airport in Johannesburg before departing for the U.S. on Sunday.
After a series of problems at Newark Liberty International Airport, the secretary, Sean Duffy, said he would meet with airline leaders on Wednesday to plan to scale back Newark flights.
At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.Pope Leo XIV greeting the crowd from the balcony at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Thursday.
The new pope, speaking to thousands in St. Peter’s Square, echoed themes that Francis, his predecessor, regularly addressed.Pope Leo XIV speaking on Sunday from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, where he first appeared as pope just days ago.
The revelation that Leo XIV has roots among New Orleans Creoles has stirred curiosity and joy about the first pope from the United States.Mark Charles Roudané’s great-great-grandfather was a prominent Black physician in New Orleans.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the details would be announced on Monday after two days of negotiations in Geneva.Members of the Chinese delegation at the trade talks in Geneva.
The announcement, which did not say when the hostage, Edan Alexander, would be set free, came as President Trump planned to visit the region.A photo of Edan Alexander at his parent’s home in Tenafly, N.J., last year.
The letter comes as the commerce secretary plans to accompany President Trump to Saudi Arabia this week as part of a weeklong trip to the Middle East.Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick once led the bond trading firm Cantor Fitzgerald, where hundreds of employees died in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on
The Trump administration’s public descriptions of its role in the mediation seemed to touch some sensitive spots politically in India.Police personnel in the city of Jammu, in Indian-controlled Kashmir, on Sunday.
New developments in the nuclear powers’ harrowing four-day conflict, along with entrenched religious nationalism on each side, could signal more frequent battles ahead.A house damaged by Pakistani artillery shelling in Jammu, in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir, on Saturday.
The state is confronting what officials say is an unprecedented confluence of forces that will test its long record of enduring catastrophes, natural and otherwise.Analysts say California’s population could well decline because of the wildfires that wiped out more than 6,000 homes in Los Angeles in
The Ukrainian president claimed he was ready to travel to Turkey to meet with Russia’s leader, but he also insisted on an immediate truce before negotiations can begin.From left: Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, President Emmanuel Macron of France, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, Prime
The largest public park in the South Bronx was once a refuge in a neighborhood marked by poverty and neglect. Now, many residents actively avoid it.“What’s happening in St. Mary’s Park is a symptom of what’s happening in the broader South Bronx,” said Carmen Santiago, who regularly walks through the
The American classic gets diners in the door, but it can also be a real pain point for the restaurant.For guests who miss out on one of the nine burgers served at Le B. in the West Village each night, the chef Angie Mar (center) sends out a mini burger as part of a tasting menu.
Trump’s efforts to eliminate the Department of Education and give its funding directly to the states are a nightmare for parents like me.
Neither MAGA nor woke, the new pontiff confounds political categories.The crowd as Pope Leo XIV appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s on Thursday.
Lee Jae-myung and Kim Moon-soo represent the opposite sides of a country polarized over former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s use of martial law and his ouster.
CVS Caremark decided to stop offering Zepbound in favor of Wegovy for weight loss. It’s the latest example of limits imposed by insurance that disrupt treatments for patients.An injection pen for Zepbound, which Caremark intends to stop offering in July.
Archaeologists unearthed skeletal remains of four people in a well-appointed Roman home, along with signs of their efforts to outlast the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
