Chinese tech giants Tencent, CATL and others protest US listings as army-linked companies
The U.S. Defense Department has added dozens of Chinese companies, including games and technology company Tencent, artificial intelligence firm SenseTime and the world’s biggest battery maker CATL, to ...
Biden administration bans unpaid medical bills from appearing on credit reports
Unpaid medical bills will no longer appear on credit reports, where they can block people from mortgages, car loans or small business loans, according to a final rule announced Tuesday by the Biden ...
Downtown Raleigh bar destroyed in fire
A Raleigh bar was destroyed in a fire overnight. Around 3 a.m., the fire department was called to a fire at House of Art. Luckily, authorities said no one was hurt in the fire. The investigation into ...
McDonald’s biggest menu shakeup in years rolls out Tuesday
McDonald’s anticipated new value menu is rolling out to US restaurants Tuesday, marking the chain’s biggest change in several years.
This alien plant is lethal for the environment. Now it’s being turned into a plastic to regrow forests
Lake Naivasha, northwest of Nairobi, Kenya is becoming increasingly unnavigable. Water hyacinth, the world’s most widespread invasive species, is blanketing the lake, choking its fish and leaving ...
Imprisoned Egyptian-British activist’s mother marks 100 days of hunger strike, says family
Tuesday marks 100 days since 68-year-old Laila Soueif started a hunger strike in a plea to the UK government to free her son from imprisonment in Egypt, according to her family.
Pedestrian killed Monday night in Cumberland County hit-and-run
According to Highway Patrol, the accident happened along NC Highway 24 near I-95 in Cumberland County. A person is dead Monday night after a hit-and-run in Cumberland County. According to Highway ...
Azerbaijan’s leader accuses Russia of passenger jet crash ‘cover up’ in blistering new attack on neighbor
Azerbaijan’s leader has accused Moscow of carrying out a “cover up” over a passenger jet crash last month that claimed 38 lives, as relations sour between the two neighbors.
Spanish woman killed by elephant in Thailand while bathing animal, police say
A Spanish woman was gored to death by an elephant while bathing the animal at a sanctuary in southern Thailand on Friday, according to local police.
A look at recent deadly earthquakes in China
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 that killed more than 50 people in western China near Nepal on Tuesday was one of the country's deadliest in recent years.
The next round of bitter cold and snow will hit the southern US
The next round of bitter cold was set to envelop the southern U.S. on Tuesday, after the first significant winter storm of the year blasted a huge swath of the country with ice, snow and wind.