Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian extreme athlete who became the first person to break the sound barrier during a freefall jump in 2012, died Thursday in a paragliding crash along Italy's eastern coast, according to officials. He was 56.
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The Trump administration says it has launched an investigation into Brazil's "unfair" trading practices.
It will include the Brazilian government's policies "related to digital trade and electronic payment services; unfair, preferential tariffs; (...)
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is set to meet with US President Donald Trump this week after the US leader announced plans to sell advanced weaponry to NATO allies for eventual transfer to Ukraine.
Rutte will be in Washington on Monday and (...)
US President Donald Trump announced Saturday that a 30% tariff will be imposed on goods imported from the European Union and Mexico starting August 1, escalating trade tensions with two of Washington's major partners.
In a statement posted on Truth (...)
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would increase tariffs on neighbouring Canada to 35%.
The letter, addressed to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, marks a sharp increase from the 25% tariffs which Trump imposed in March. He said (...)
USPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened Brazil with a crippling tariff of 50% starting August 1, according to a letter he sent to the country's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
In the letter posted on Truth Social, Trump alleged Lula (...)
RIO DE JENEIRO — On behalf of Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan is leading Saudi Arabia's delegation in the 17th BRICS Summit 2025, which began in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (...)
RIO DE JANEIRO — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan expressed the Kingdom's aspiration to foster productive cooperation across multilateral platforms in pursuit of shared development and expanded opportunities.
On behalf of Crown Prince (...)
The BRICS group of nations condemned the increase in tariffs and the recent Iran conflict, but refrained from pointing a finger at US President Donald Trump at their summit in Brazil on Sunday
The group's declaration, which also took aim at Israeli (...)
Israel is set to be one of the first countries targeted by a reform of the mechanism to suspend short-stay visa-free travel into the EU and Schengen countries agreed on Tuesday by the European Parliament and the Council according to European (...)
NEW YORK — Saudi Arabia, alongside France and a broad coalition of international partners, announced the suspension of the UN conference on Palestine, scheduled to be held at the UN headquarters in New York on June 17-20.
In a joint statement issued (...)
Six activists who were detained by Israel after their boat was intercepted on its way to try to break the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza have been deported, the Israeli foreign ministry has confirmed.
Earlier, Israeli human rights group Adalah said (...)
Namrata Nangia and her husband have been toying with the idea of having another child since their five-year-old daughter was born. But it always comes back to one question: 'Can we afford it?' She lives in Mumbai and works in pharmaceuticals, her (...)
A group of activists – including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg – who were detained aboard a Gaza-bound aid boat, have been taken to a Tel Aviv airport for deportation, Israel said on Tuesday.
The yacht carrying 12 people trying to bring (...)
Activists say Israeli troops have boarded a yacht trying to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
"Connection has been lost" on the Madleen, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) campaign group said on the Telegram app.
It posted a photo showing (...)
US President Donald Trump has signed an order doubling tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from 25% to 50%.
The move hikes import taxes on the metals - key inputs in everything from cars to canned food - for the second time since March.
Trump has (...)
On the one hand, antibiotics are being overused until they no longer work, driving resistance and fuelling the rise of deadly superbugs. On the other hand, people are dying because they can't access these life-saving drugs.
A new study by the (...)
When over 400 content creators gathered in the capital for the first-ever L'Oréal Skin Summit, it marked more than a milestone in beauty—it was a glimpse into the future of skincare.
Among the expert voices contributing to this conversation was (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman held a meeting with Andrea Correia de Lago, President-designate of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30), scheduled to be held (...)
Daniel Noboa was officially sworn in as president of Ecuador on Saturday, launching his 2025–2029 term with a pledge to intensify the fight against drug trafficking, organized crime, and corruption.
The 37-year-old centrist leader took the oath of (...)
Chinese leader Xi Jinping says "bullying" and "hegemonism" will only backfire, in a veiled reference to the United States just a day after a temporary truce was agreed in the trade war between the world's two largest economies.
Xi chose to deliver (...)
Before Silvana Santos arrived in the little town of Serrinha dos Pintos more than 20 years ago, residents had no idea why so many local children had lost the ability to walk.
The remote town in north-eastern Brazil is home to fewer than 5,000 (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Export Development Authority organized a trade mission in cooperation with the Saudi-American Business Council, with the participation of the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, and the Saudi Export-Import Bank. The (...)
Five Venezuelan political figures holed up at the Argentinian Embassy in Caracas to avoid arrest have been brought to the US after a "successful rescue" mission, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
"The US welcomes the successful rescue of all (...)
Brazilian police said they thwarted a bomb attack planned for Lady Gaga's concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday.
The Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro state, in coordination with the justice ministry, said suspects had recruited (...)
