In 2000, California packed 662,700 shredded waste tires beneath an I-880 on-ramp; they cut...

Poland's Tusk warns Putin G20 invite could embolden Russia

Poland’s Tusk warns Putin G20 invite could embolden Russia Poland prime minister Donald Tusk has raised concerns over the Trump administration's invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin to join the G20 summit in Miami. According to Tusk, inviting Putin to the G20 summit, scheduled...

China trade deal extended through January, Bessent says, as Xi arrives for Trump meeting

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to extend their trade truce by two months, after Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the U.S. for a summit with President Trump. “We have agreed today that we will extend … the détente, economic détente between the two countries that was scheduled...

Here's what's on the White House's state dinner menu for Xi Jinping

President Trump is hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping and First Lady Peng Liyuan at the White House for a formal state dinner Thursday night The Office of the First Lady announced the menu ahead of the gathering at the White House, which will bookend a day filled with meetings between Trump and Xi. First Lady...

Poland says fire at Starlink station is sabotage as Denmark warns of rising Russian threat

The satellite station is used in part to provide internet coverage to neighbouring Ukraine, the government says.

Xi Jinping is hit with fresh online health rumours as video shows him 'forcibly grabbing' wife's hand while exiting plane - days after skipping banquet in India

As Xi descended his plane, viewers online were quick to point out that he appeared to tightly clutch his wife's hand, as if needing extra support on the stairs.

Remains of missing 21 year-old student Jason Landry found six years after he vanished in Texas

The Texas State University Student was driving home in 2020 when his car crashed, but his body had not been found until now

Joshua vs Fury date and venue confirmed as super-fight heads to Wales

The clash of former world heavyweight champions is finally official, after years of waiting

Priest is stabbed to death and four others injured in monastery knife rampage in Poland

Polish police have arrested a Ukrainian man following a stabbing incident at a monastery that left five people, including three priests, injured.

Usha Vance was ‘50 billion times better’ than JD - and joins cohort of first and second ladies to outshine future husbands in college

Usha Vance, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Marilyn Quayle were all remembered by classmates and professors as more talented than their future husbands, Brendan Rascius writes

'Needs a miracle': Son of Israeli ambassador to US injured in West Bank ramming attack

How Ireland v Israel become the world’s most controversial fixture

The tension and anger ahead of the Nations League double header is seen as ‘unprecedented’ for a match between two countries not in conflict, reports Miguel Delaney in Dublin

Coronation Street star Tracy Shaw fights back tears over missed cancer appointment

Coronation Street star Tracy Shaw fought back tears as she explained that she missed a cancer appointment because she could not find a space in a hospital car park.