Month: May 2026

Homework, social pressure and jobs still keep teens up but now screen time and social media rob their sleep A new study from the University of Minnesota School of Public … Read More

All victims of US strikes in eastern Pacific and the Caribbean identified so far came from extremely poor communities Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A five-month … Read More

Superpower leaders were expected to discuss the Iran war, trade, Taiwan and artificial intelligence during US president’s visit to Beijing Continue reading…

Representative Samantha Sencer-Mura leads action after Republican speaker rescinds promise to bring bill to vote Democratic state representatives in Minnesota began a sit-in in their house chamber on Thursday night … Read More

China’s leader raised the ancient Greek historian Thucydides when he met the US president in Beijing Trump-Xi China summit – follow live A messy war in the Middle East. Tensions … Read More

China keen to put Taiwan at the top of agenda that risks being overshadowed by US-Israel war on Iran and disagreements over trade – key US politics stories from Thursday, … Read More

The 32.3m surpasses those caused by disasters for the first time, as 82.2m people displaced in total around world The number of internal displacements triggered by conflict or violence around … Read More

Activists claim use of laws to curtail internet freedoms part of well-documented history of cracking down on dissent When Gabon’s media regulator indefinitely suspended major social media platforms in February, … Read More

Mariyah Symone Collington and Kendrick Lamont Key Jr, who also died, had fallen off a cliff during an off-duty hike The remains of the second US army soldier who went … Read More

Human rights experts make rare public appeal as US deportees describe being held in ‘prison-like’ conditions Human rights experts at the United Nations issued a rare public appeal to Equatorial … Read More