The U.S. Postal Service has agreed to resume accepting shipments from China, less than 24 hours after announcing it would stop doing so. “Effective February 5, 2025, the Postal Service will continue accepting all international inbound mail and packages from China and Hong Kong Posts,” it said in an updated statement Wednesday morning. “The USPS...
SPARROWS POINT, Md. — Almost a year after the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, Maryland officials on Tuesday unveiled their designs for its replacement, which will be taller and better protected against ship strikes. Construction of the state’s first cable-stayed bridge could be completed in 2028 and cost upwards of $1.7 billion. With...
Trump said in a post on his Truth Social account this morning that he wants to reach a nuclear deal with Iran, nearly seven years after he withdrew from the landmark agreement reached by the Obama administration that sought to curb Iran’s nuclear program. “I want Iran to be a great and successful Country, but...
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle criticize Trump’s proposal to take ownership of Gaza. USAID shipments of critical humanitarian aid aren’t reaching communities in dire need. And dads find solace in baseball after the L.A. fires destroyed their neighborhood. Here’s what to know today. Trump’s vision for Gaza: ‘We’ll own it’ President Donald Trump...
Outraged Palestinians condemned President Donald Trump’s claim the U.S. would seek ownership of the Gaza Strip and they would have no choice but to leave their home in the war torn enclave. In Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis, Narmin Nour El Din, 29, told an NBC News crew that all Palestinians would vehemently reject...
Police searched for two suspected gunmen, who they said had fled into the subway system of the Belgian capital of Brussels on Wednesday, prosecutors said. The police shut down several subway stations and had interrupted service on six line, according to a post on X by STIB, the Belgium public transportation service. The Belgian prosecutor’s...
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s government seems to be welcoming some recent decisions by the United States — even though they happen to come from a man Iranian operatives have allegedly been plotting to assassinate. President Donald Trump’s moves to freeze spending on foreign aid and overhaul, maybe even end, the U.S. Agency for International Development...
NUUK, Greenland — Greenland’s parliament passed a bill Tuesday that bans political parties from receiving contributions “from foreign or anonymous contributors” after President Donald Trump expressed his wish that the United States take over the vast and mineral-rich Arctic island that belongs to Denmark. The bill is aimed at protecting “Greenland’s political integrity” and will...
MADRID — Spanish ministers agreed on Tuesday to cut the legal working week to 37.5 hours with no change in salary, forging ahead with one of the coalition government’s flagship measures despite opposition from employers’ associations. During its weekly meeting, the cabinet approved the reduction, from 40 hours currently, in an executive decree penned by Labor Minister Yolanda Diaz, who leads the...
OREBRO, Sweden — Sweden’s worst mass shooting left at least 11 people dead, including the gunman, and at least five seriously wounded at an adult education center west of Stockholm. The gunman’s motive hadn’t been determined by early Wednesday as the Scandinavian nation — where gun violence at schools is very rare — reeled from an attack with...