OMAHA, Neb. -- OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Pilots aboard a commercial jet mistakenly thought someone was trying to breach the cockpit Monday, leading the flight to return to the Omaha airport less than 40 minutes after departing for Los Angeles. T...
Consumer sentiment ticked higher in July, marking two consecutive months of improved shopper attitudes as businesses navigated President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats targeting dozens of countries. The fresh reading matche...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka --Sri Lanka closed schools in the capital Colombo and suburbs on Monday as heavy rains triggered floods in many parts of the island nation. Heavy downpours over the weekend have wreaked havoc in many parts of the country, fl...
Emma Stone wins the Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy award for \\\\"Poor Things\\\\" at the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards....
Could the answer to Delhi's pollution problem lie in the clouds? Last week, as the Indian capital battled days of toxic air, the city's environment minister said that his government was considering cloud seeding - a rain-making technique...
Residents of India's capital, Delhi, woke up to smoky skies as air quality dropped after the festival of Diwali. People in the city burst crackers late into Sunday night despite a ban on fireworks due to high pollution levels. De...
More than 60 children have been taken to hospital in Jamaica after eating sweets containing cannabis, the country's education minister said. Fayval Williams wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that the primary school pupils were from the St Ann...
Pop star Raye used the Ivor Novello Awards to challenge a room full of record label executives to pay songwriters more fairly. Her comments came as she accepted the prize for best contemporary song. "It would be an insult to...
The US central bank has raised interest rates again, despite fears that the move could add to financial turmoil after a string of bank failures. The Federal Reserve increased its key rate by 0.25 percentage points, calling the banking sys...
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Looking back at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Prof Paul Elkington says it was soon apparent that he and his colleagues would run out of PPE (personal protective equipment). "I'm a lung doctor, and by mid-March 2020 we realis...
Michelle Yeoh accepts the award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Motion Picture for Everything Everywhere All At Once. Watch the 2023 Golden Globe Awards hosted by Jerrod Carmichael on NBC and streaming on Peacock....
US influenza hospital admissions have hit the highest rate in a decade as vaccinations sag, US officials say. They said adults have received five million fewer influenza jabs this year compared with the same time last year. Healt...
Multiple explosions have been heard in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, in the first strikes in the city for many months. At least two explosions were heard in central Kyiv shortly after 08:00 local time (06:00 BST). The apparent strikes on the city come tw...
Royalties from live performances of music fell almost 30% in 2021, despite concerts resuming in the summer. Concert revenues were just £8m, down from £11.3m in 2020 and £54m in 2019, said PRS for Music, the body...
Ian Pannell reports with the latest news on the state of the war in Ukraine....
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said "horrific rocket strikes" have hit the country's capital Kyiv overnight....
President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the citizens of Russia “are not our enemy.” The Kremlin claimed some Russian troops are leaving their forward positions....
As at least 1,000 hospitals face critical staffing shortages, President Joe Biden deployed the military medical teams to New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Rhode Island, New Mexico and Ohio....
People catching Omicron are 50% to 70% less likely to need hospital care compared with previous variants, a major analysis says. The UK Health Security Agency says its early findings are "encouraging" but the variant co...