Western US states were bracing for yet more torrid weather yesterday and into the weekend as so-called atmospheric rivers lined up to dump heavy rain and snow across the already soaked region.

The past eight years were the hottest since records began, the United Nations confirmed Thursday, despite the cooling influence of a drawn-out La Nina weather pattern.

A New York judge yesterday fined Donald Trump’s family business the maximum penalty available of $1.6 million for committing tax fraud.

Singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of rock and roll legend Elvis Presley, died Thursday hours after being hospitalized, her family said. She was 54. Presley,

Cuba on Thursday took over the rotating presidency of the Group of 77 and China, which advocates for developing countries’ interests at the United Nations.

Russia yesterday said its forces had taken control of the town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine, in what would be a rare success for Moscow after months of battlefield reverses, but Kyiv said its troops were still fighting in the town.

The sarcophagus of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II is to return to Paris in April for the first time in almost 50 years, on a rare loan of the relic outside Egypt.

The US attorney general named an independent prosecutor Thursday to investigate President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, after a furor over secret papers found at his former office exploded with the discovery of a second batch.

<B>A New York judge on Friday fined Donald Trump's family business the maximum penalty available of $1.6 million for committing tax fraud.

The son of the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar says a glorified Hollywood image of gangster life has wrongfully inspired young people to seek a life of crime.

Donald Trump on Friday will learn how the company that bears the former U.S. president's name will be punished after being found guilty of scheming to defraud tax authorities for 15 years..A New York state judge will impose the sentence after jurors in Manhattan found two Trump Organizatio

The sarcophagus of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II is to return to Paris in April for the first time in almost 50 years, in a rare loan of the relic outside Egypt.

Countries have yet to see the full impact of tightening financial conditions, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva has said, warning that central banks have some way to go in their inflation battle.

The US attorney general named an independent prosecutor Thursday to investigate President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents, after a furor over secret papers found at his former office exploded with the discovery of a second batch..The new find -- like the original, from Biden's

At least six people were killed on Thursday when a tornado and powerful storms ravaged the southern US state of Alabama, rescue officials confirmed.

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank yesterday, the Palestinian health ministry said, as the army claimed rocks were thrown at Israeli forces during a raid.

The head of the United Arab Emirates’ national oil company was named yesterday as president of this year’s COP28 climate talks, prompting fierce criticism from environmental activists.

Prince Harry’s autobiography “Spare” sold 1.4 million English-language copies on its first day in the UK, United States and Canada, smashing Penguin Random House’s sales record, the publisher said yesterday.

Human Rights Watch yesterday hailed the international response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, urging governments to show the same concern for civilians caught up in other conflicts.

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged Republican and Democratic lawmakers to break years of political gridlock and pass laws that would rein in the power of Big Tech.