Hundreds of people displaced by violence from armed gangs in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, try to return to their homes on August 26 after gang leader Jimmy Cherisier, alias Barbecue, announced that residents could come back after his order for his “soldiers” to withdraw from certain areas. Photo by David Lorens/EPA Oct. 2 (UPI) —…
Sept. 9 (UPI) — The Federal Communications Commission has launched proceedings against seven laboratories that review and approve electronics for use in the United States for being owned or controlled by China. The FCC announced the launch of the proceedings Monday with the intent to revoke their recognition as accredited test laboratories for testing electronics…
1 of 4 | Two children were killed and 17 more people were injured in a shooting at a Catholic school in Minnesota. Photo by Craig Lassig/EPA Aug. 27 (UPI) — Two children were killed and 17 people, including 14 children, were injured in a shooting during Mass at a Catholic school in south Minneapolis…
Media mogul Jimmy Lai was escorted out of a Correctional Services Department vehicle in Hong Kong, China in 2021. His trial finished closing arguments on Wednesday. File Photo by Jerome Favre/EPA Aug. 27 (UPI) — Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai’s lawyer said the judges should not consider the testimony of a prosecution witness because…
Monday’s lawsuit filed in Texas by X and Elon Musk’s (pictured in March at the White House in Washington, D.C.) xAI, an artificial intelligence startup he launched in 2023, accused Apple and OpenAI of an “anticompetitive scheme” and alleged the two “colluded” in order to keep a monopoly in the generative AI business markets. Photo…
July 21 (UPI) — Notorious Ecuadorian gang leader Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar has been extradited to the United States, where he is expected to make his first court appearance on Monday. President Daniel Noboa of Ecuador confirmed late Sunday that Macias, leader of the Los Choneros gang and who is also known as Fito, has…
The Chinese government is preventing a Wells Fargo employee, as well as an employee of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, from leaving the country. File Photo by Larry W. Smith/EPA-EFE July 20 (UPI) — The Chinese government is preventing a Chinese American banker for Wells Fargo and, separately, an employee of the U.S. Patent…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) walks with Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu during their meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 17 to discuss a “special military operation” in Russia’s Kursk region. File Photo by North Korean Central News Agency/EPA July 17 (UPI) — Russian and North Korean officials violated U.N. resolutions…