In Mexican border town, thousands of jobs lost due to Trump tariffs
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -For 11 years, Fabiola Galicia worked her way up the ranks at a factory that produced decorative ribbons in Ciudad Juarez, just across the border from El Paso, Texas. Starting as a production line worker, she was…
In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian taps run dry
KFAR MALIK, West Bank/JERUSALEM -Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank are facing severe water shortages that they say are being driven by increasing attacks on scarce water sources by extremist Jewish settlers. Across the West Bank in Palestinian communities, residents…
Trump calls on pharmaceutical companies to justify success of COVID drugs
WASHINGTON -U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday called on pharmaceutical companies to justify the success of their drugs intended to treat COVID. He said there is disagreement on whether the drugs saved lives. “With CDC being ripped apart over this…
EU to work on using frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine after war
COPENHAGEN – The European Union will examine how to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s defence and reconstruction after the war, but confiscating them now is not politically realistic, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Saturday. Some…
Most Trump tariffs are not legal, US appeals court rules
NEW YORK -A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Donald Trump’s tariffs are illegal, undercutting the Republican president’s use of the levies as a key international economic policy tool. Trump has made tariffs a pillar of U.S….
US EPA fires some employees who signed letter criticizing Trump administration
WASHINGTON -President Donald Trump’s administration has fired some Environmental Protection Agency employees after they signed a letter critical of the Trump administration’s policies in late June, the EPA said on Friday. The EPA did not mention how many people were…
North Korea leader Kim promises ‘beautiful life’ for families of ‘martyrs’ killed in Russia
SEOUL -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised “a beautiful life” for the families of “martyrs” who perished fighting for Russia in the war against Ukraine, state media said on Saturday, praising the bereaved for the heroism of their sons…
Three dead in Minneapolis shooting, including shooter
WASHINGTON -A shooting at a Minneapolis school on Wednesday left three people including the shooter dead and about 20 injured, a Justice Department official said. (Editing by Jana Winter; editing Scott Malone) Story provided to Big Town Bulletin by…
Brazil might challenge tariffs in US courts
BRASILIA -Brazil Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Wednesday that the South American country might challenge in U.S. courts the steep tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on U.S. imports of Brazilian goods. “We will go to court if needed,”…
Elon Musk’s xAI sues Apple and OpenAI over AI competition, App Store rankings
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI sued Apple and ChatGPT maker OpenAI in a U.S. federal court in Texas on Monday, accusing them of illegally conspiring to thwart competition for artificial intelligence. Apple and OpenAI have “locked up…
S&P puts Keurig Dr Pepper on negative credit watch
Ratings agency S&P Global put a negative credit outlook on U.S. soft drinks giant Keurig Dr Pepper after the company announced Monday it will buy Dutch coffee group JDE Peet’s. In a Monday note accompanying their credit outlook downturn on…
US envoy meets Netanyahu on Lebanon and Syria
Top U.S. envoy Thomas Barrack arrived in Israel on Sunday and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss Syria and Lebanon, three Israeli officials said. The meeting was first reported by Axios, citing three Israeli and U.S. sources, and…
Israel strikes Yemeni capital Sanaa
Israeli strikes hit the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday in retaliation for Houthi missiles fired towards Israel, with Houthi media saying the attack killed at least two people and injured five. The strikes are the latest in over a year…
US VP Vance says Russia has made significant concessions toward Ukraine peace deal
U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Russia has made “significant concessions” towards a negotiated settlement in its war with Ukraine and was confident progress was being made despite the lack of clear advances towards ending the conflict. Speaking on NBC’s…
Ghislaine Maxwell told DOJ she is unaware of any Epstein ‘client list’
NEW YORK -Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls, told a top Justice Department official in July that she was not aware of any “client list” belonging to the late…
South Korea’s Lee in Japan to shore up ties before meeting Trump
TOKYO -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung arrived in Japan on Saturday for a summit expected to reaffirm security cooperation between the two East Asian neighbours before Lee meets U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday. On his first…
Turkish first lady urges Melania Trump to speak out on Gaza
ISTANBUL -Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan has written to U.S. President Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, and urged her to contact Israel’s prime minister and raise the plight of children in Gaza, authorities in Ankara said on Saturday. Emine Erdogan…
Russian air defences down drone flying towards Moscow, regional airports closed
Russian air defences on Saturday downed a drone headed for Moscow and specialists were examining fragments on the ground, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram. Several airports in central Russia suspended operations because of concerns over safe airspace, Russia’s…
Microsoft scales back Chinese access to cyber early warning system
WASHINGTON -Microsoft said on Wednesday it has scaled back some Chinese companies’ access to its early warning system for cybersecurity vulnerabilities following speculation that Beijing was involved in a hacking campaign against the company’s widely used SharePoint servers. The new…
Elon Musk must face lawsuit claiming he ran illegal $1 million election lottery
Elon Musk was ordered on Wednesday by a federal judge to face a lawsuit by voters accusing the world’s richest person of defrauding them into signing a petition to support the U.S. Constitution for a chance to win his $1…