US Supreme Court to weigh whether abusers have right to own guns
The conservative US Supreme Court has an opportunity on Tuesday to clarify its latest case law on the right to bear arms, which has caused confusion in American courts -- though it remains to be seen whether it will seize it.
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'Blue-eyed Korean' tasked with shaking up Seoul politics
South Korea-born American doctor John Linton is on a mission no other foreigner has ever undertaken in ethnically homogenous South Korea: trying to shake up the country's highly confrontational politics.
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Israel vows to take 'security responsibility' of Gaza after war
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Monday that Israel will take control of "overall security" of besieged Gaza after the war, as the Hamas-run health ministry said the death toll has surged past 10,000.
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Ohio to vote in latest post-Roe US abortion referendum
Ohio voters will choose Tuesday whether to enshrine abortion rights into the midwestern state's constitution in a vote that may well be a bellwether on an issue likely to dominate next year's US presidential race.
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Asian markets take a breather after Fed rate pause rally
Asian markets turned negative Tuesday after their latest rally as high hopes the US Federal Reserve has finished hiking rates gave way to profit-taking.
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UK's Sunak makes pre-election pitch in first King's Speech since 1951
Charles III gives the first King's Speech in more than 70 years Tuesday, formally opening the UK parliament with a run-down of his government's legislative plans as an election looms.
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Broad push, narrow achievements from US on Gaza war
One month into the Israel-Hamas war, the achievements of US-led diplomacy have been small or subtle, but both supporters and critics say that is partly by design.
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K-pop seduces youth in communist Cuba, birthplace of salsa
In Cuba, the home of salsa, young people are being seduced by a music phenomenon from a place that could hardly be more geographically -- or ideologically -- remote.
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Polish truckers block Ukraine border points in protest
Several dozen owners of transport companies on Monday blocked three major Polish border crossings with Ukraine to protest what they say is unfair competition from the neighbouring country's businesses.
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Four charged with theft of gold toilet from English stately home
Four men are facing charges in relation to the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet that was stolen from an English country house, prosecutors said on Monday.
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