The United States recorded 60 new measles cases last week, taking confirmed cases for the year to 940, the worst outbreak since 1994 and since measles was declared eliminated in 2000, federal health officials said on Monday.more
The US justice department has filed 17 new charges against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange, who is facing extradition from the UK. The latest charges accuse him of receiving and unlawfully publishing the names of classified sources.more
US President Donald Trump is to visit Ireland on 5 June, the White House has confirmed. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Mr Trump will hold a bilateral meeting in Shannon when he arrives.more
More than half of Americans believe the US will go to war with Iran "within the next few years," according to a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll. Fewer than 40% approve of President Donald Trump's handling of the crisis.more
People who help foreign states spy on Britain could face prosecution for treason as part of crackdown to combat Russian-style aggression against the UK, Sajid Javid said yesterday.more
The Wall Street Journal reports on the big-company CEOs who made the most money in 2018. The big winner is David Zaslav, CEO of Discovery, whose TV channels are apparently doing pretty well. He raked in $129.4 million last year. more
A former college football standout at the University of Oregon was credited Friday with tackling an armed student at a Portland, Oregon, high school before anyone was injured.more
The average American player is 33 years old, plays on smartphones and spends a lot on virtual entertainment, by 20%. higher than in 2017 and as much as 85 percent. bigger than in 2015 - according to a study conducted for the entertainment software association (ESA).more
UK government is worried about mounting tensions over the tariff dispute between the United States and China, and is of the opinion that nobody will benefit from a trade war - spokeswoman Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday.more
Museum officials at Auschwitz have condemned an online vendor for selling "disturbing" miniskirts and pillows with photos of the former Nazi concentration camp pasted across them.more
Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday it cannot confirm the shipping date for its foldable device Galaxy Fold yet and apologized to its pre-order customers in the United States for the delay.more
US President Donald Trump has awarded golfer Tiger Woods the country's highest civilian honour, describing the 43-year-old as a "true legend" who transformed golf and then fought through years of injury to return to the sport's summit. more
A passenger plane has slid off a runway in the US state of Florida, ending up in a river after landing during a thunderstorm. None of the 143 people on board the Boeing 737 were seriously hurt.more
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has told a London court he will fight extradition to the United States where he faces trial for one of the largest compromises of classified information in history.more
Documents obtained by The Verge show how Amazon used a computer system to automatically track and fire hundreds of fulfillment center employees between for failing to meet productivity quotas - a grim glimpse of a future in which AI is your boss.more
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani signed a bill into law on Tuesday declaring all U.S. forces in the Middle East terrorists and calling the U.S. government a sponsor of terrorism.more
When the news leaked last week that the U.K. would ignore U.S. warnings and deploy Huawei equipment within its 5G network, the immediate response from Washington was relatively muted and understated. Not any longer it seems.more
A 19-year-old man was in custody after a shooting at a California synagogue on the last day of Passover left at least one person dead and several others wounded, the city's mayor said Saturday.more
New York governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags. It is estimated that New York uses 23 billion plastic bags every year with 50 percent of those plastic bags ending up in landfills and around the city and waterways.more
Increasing the number of visa applications from candidates meeting the requirements is crucial to qualifying Poland for the visa-free travel program. We encourage Poles who are considering applying for a visa or renewing it, to submit an application before the end of September - the US embassy in Warsaw appeals.more
Twitter has reported better-than-expected financial results, sending its shares surging, as Donald Trump accused the social media platform of "playing political games".more
