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Just 12 days after Nancy Pelosi’s controversial trip to the island, four members of US Congress are set to meet with the Taiwanese president. Meanwhile, reports indicate Beijing has resumed live drills

According to New York state police, the esteemed author – who received death threats after publishing ‘The Satanic Verses’ in 1989 – suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck

Death Valley in California received 75% of a year’s worth of rainfall in just three hours, a deluge described as an ‘extremely rare, 1,000-year event’

The former president has said he is in favor of unsealing the search warrant, which could shed more light on Monday’s raid at his Florida home

The 40-year-old winner of 23 Grand Slams will retire after the US Open – with a fortune of €255 million – to focus on managing her companies

The EC wants the United States to eliminate measures that allegedly favor sales of domestically manufactured cars

Mark Zuckerberg’s company turned over personal chats between a mother and daughter, sparking widespread debate about online privacy in the post-Roe era

Two major investigations, one political and the other financial, are tightening the screws on the Republican

The billionaire said there would be no further sales, but with the Twitter trial looming, he said such a move was necessary

The raid of the former president’s estate has heightened tensions in the US and is shaping up to be a major issue in the November midterm elections

The US Department of Home Security will no longer enroll migrants in the Migrant Protection Protocols program, which pushed non-Mexican migrants back to Mexico to await resolution of their cases

The raid appears to be tied to the former president’s removal of classified records from the White House

Arizona has sentenced a stalker from Mexico who blackmailed more than 100 girls and women around the world to 34 years in prison

Some 80% of Americans own a drier, but across the Atlantic, people argue that living in countries with gun control and public healthcare is more important than the appliance

The Upper House has approved the Inflation Reduction Act by a 51-50 party line vote in what is considered a win for the president ahead of the midterm elections

The wild cat’s natural habitat has been affected by mining activity in the area and the construction of the border wall, which could hamper his return

Kyrsten Sinema, a Democratic senator from Arizona, has backed the bill in exchange for eliminating a tax hike on hedge fund and private equity execs

The CEO of LIV Golf, Greg Norman, revealed that organizers of the competition unsuccessfully tried to add the American player

State voters rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have given lawmakers freedom to ban or severely restrict pregnancy terminations

The US House speaker met President Tsai Ing-wen and was presented with the island’s highest award

Beijing announces live-fire military maneuvers near the island while Taipei raises the alert level following the arrival of the US House Speaker

Osama Bin Laden’s lieutenant, who has just been killed by a US drone strike, lacked the charisma of his predecessor but was endowed with great ideological powers of persuasion

Although she is one of the world’s most revered artists, her day-to-day life remains one of pop’s best-kept secrets

The state is about to complete two months of restrictions on water use that have led to a nearly 10% drop in consumption in Los Angeles

The charismatic politician is closing in on Governor Gregg Abbott, who is seeking a third term in a state that has been Republican for almost 30 years

Among TED-style talks, alcohol and drug binges, an expat community represented the worst of the ideology; ‘The Anarchists,’ on HBO Max, offers a closer look