Obama Praises Colombia’s Peace Efforts With Rebels and Seeks Big Aid Increase
WASHINGTON — President Obama welcomed President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia to the White House on Thursday for a buoyant celebration of the $10 billion, 15-year American effort to help Colombia vanquish its violent drug cartels and end its festering guerrilla war. It was also a chance for tw...
Uber Drivers and Others in the Gig Economy Take a Stand
Last September, Dallas-area drivers for UberBlack, the company’s high-end car service, rec...
Feds’ encryption fears overblown, report finds
Ever since Apple and Google made their operating systems encrypted by default in 2014, the f...
Charlie Whiting: F1 race director dies aged 66 on eve of season-opener...
Charlie Whiting, the head of Formula 1 for governing body the FIA and one of the most infl...
US jury awards $2bn damages in Roundup weedkiller cancer claim
A jury in California has awarded more than $2bn (£1.5bn) to a couple who said the weedkiller Roundup was responsible for thei...
Kim Jong-un arrives in Vladivostok by train for Putin summit
As Kim Jong-un arrived at the Vladivostok railway station on Wednesday, white-gloved attendants ran alongside his armoured train, ...
Birthright citizenship: Trump lashes out at Paul Ryan
BBC News The term refers to the automatic right to citizenship for children born in the US, even to non-citizens. Mr Trump said t...
All the president’s men and women: how disobedient aides saved Trump
The myth of Donald Trump presents him as a man of authority, a leader loved and feared, a boss who demands loyalty – and gets it....
US shutdown: Parties in fresh talks as next deadline looms
Democratic and Republican negotiators are holding talks on Monday to try to reach a deal on border security and avoid another gove...
France protests: PM Philippe suspends fuel tax rises
PM Edouard Philippe said that people's anger must be heard, and the measures would not be applied until there had been proper debate ...
Putin ignores Kerry plea, instead deploys Top Gun fighter jet to join Syria battle
Take a gander: Audubon Society’s Christmas bird count underway
Iran offers prisoner swap for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
