Treasury posts unexpected surplus in June as tariff receipts surge
Last month saw a surplus of a little more than $27 billion, following a $316 billion deficit in May.
Why has the PKK ended its armed struggle?
Members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party lay down their arms after decades of war with Turkiye.
Lufthansa CEO’s wife involved in fatal car accident in Italy
Vivian Spohr, the wife of Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr, released a statement following the death of a 24-year-old woman who was struck by a vehicle in Sardinia.
Couple’s message in a bottle found 13 years later 2,000 miles away
Brad and Anita Squires cast a message in a bottle from Newfoundland in 2012. It was found more than a decade later.
EPA head promises to clear the air on conspiracies about government engineering of weather
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday appeared to nod to conspiracy theories that have swirled around recent extreme weather events, directing people to the agency’s website for science-based information on geoengineering and contrails
Beloved baby hippo Moo Deng celebrates first birthday at a Thailand zoo
Thousands of fans have flocked to a Thailand zoo to celebrate the first birthday of Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo that’s become a social media sensation.
‘I can’t drink the water’ – life next to a US data centre
Residents in rural Georgia say the data centre next door has disrupted their water supply.
Rick Springfield details effects of brain injury from 25 years ago
Rick Springfield, 75, is revealing new details about the brain injury he sustained more than two decades ago
Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum blasts US screwworm response as ‘exaggerated’
The US has closed its ports of entry to Mexican cattle for fear of the parasitic, flesh-eating worm spreading north.
Most Fed officials see rate cuts coming, but opinions vary widely on how many, minutes show
Federal Reserve officials diverged at their June meeting about how aggressively they would be willing to cut interest rates.