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The Coast Guard has seized more than 150,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean since August as part of Operation Pacific Viper, the agency said Tuesday. The illicit drugs were nabbed in multiple...

Canada has launched a $1.2 billion initiative aimed at drawing leading researchers to the country, as the U.S. intensifies restrictions on highly skilled workers by charging $100,000 for H-1B visas.The Canadian government announced on Tuesday...

Nicolas NégoceBBC AfricaBTVTalon, who is regarded as a close ally of the West, is due to step down next year after completing his second term in office, with elections scheduled for April.A businessman known as the "king of cotton",...

With the world's first social media ban for teenagers under 16 now in effect in Australia, its initial political architect is celebrating a new less-digital era for millions of children — and sharing that the...

Iceland has joined Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands in saying it will boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest.All five countries have withdrawn after Israel's participation in the competition was officially confirmed last week."Participation of Israeli national broadcaster, KAN,...

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles and ordered the troops be returned to the state governor's control.In June, Trump sent thousands of National Guard troops to the California...

BBCA federal judge in New York has ruled the US Department of Justice can publicly release grand jury records from Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case. US District Judge Richard Berman's ruling reverses his previous decision to keep the...

The US has imposed sanctions on a network it says is recruiting former Colombian soldiers and training individuals to fight in Sudan's civil war.Eight entities and individuals - primarily of Colombian nationality - have been aiding the Sudanese paramilitary...

Sophie Kinsella, the author of "Confessions of a Shopaholic" and a series of millions-selling sequels, has died, her family said on social media. Kinsella, whose real name was Madeleine Wickham, had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, an...

Four Afghan men were ordered to report to the Taliban government's department of vice and virtue for dressing in costumes inspired by the TV series Peaky Blinders.The friends were told that their clothing was "in conflict with Afghan and...