The Independent

The reported letter may be a sign of Donald Trump’s eagerness — or, perhaps, desperation — to secure trade deals before his 90-day tariff pause expires on July 9

Kyiv and Moscow are still far apart on how to end the war and the fighting is stepping up

Shares are higher in Asia after U.S. stock indexes drifted closer to records

June 2, 2025

Trump administration wants to shutter emergency agency and shift disaster response to the states

Xu Qiliang, a former air force general who was reportedly close to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, has died at age 75, according to the Defense MInistry

A Guatemalan court has ordered the arrests of Colombia’s attorney general and a former Colombian defense minister who led a U.N. anti-corruption mission in Guatemala

A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert is blanketing most of the Caribbean in the biggest event of its kind this year as it heads toward the United States

‘I just feel terrible putting all these ridiculously high prices up,’ said one worker on Reddit

Authorities in the Italian city of Venice say that foreign tourists are among a dozen people injured when a 50-year-old tree fell next to a bus stop

A northwestern New Mexico police officer has died, several days after being critically injured when a man opened fire during a traffic stop

The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly elected Germany’s former foreign minister Annalena Baerbock to be the next head of the 193-member world body

MrBeast plans to turn the success of his Amazon Prime Video reality competition series into millions of dollars for charity

A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction to stop Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from killing a collective bargaining agreement for Transportation Safety Administration workers

It is being described as a ‘truly thrilling moment’

The UK struck a deal with Washington for import taxes on its steel to be removed weeks ago, but its implementation has not been finalised

Known as ‘plugging’, the practice sees people made to swallow or hide items inside their bodies

Distracted driving mistakes can have enormous consequences

In 2024, 91 young people were found to have a knife by Scottish police

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it will hire for “mission-critical field positions” amid expert warnings that the weather service is too short-staffed to warn people of the dangers of the upcoming extreme weather season

The actor, also known for playing Chief Ken Hotate on ‘Parks and Recreation’, died aged 59 after being shot near his old home

Two South Florida shark divers convicted of theft for freeing 19 sharks and a giant grouper from a fisherman’s longline have been pardoned by President Donald Trump

The findings add to research suggesting that diet may also influence cancer outcomes after treatment

A waxwork of Emmanuel Macron was removed from a French museum on Monday, 2 June, by activists who said they were "borrowing" the piece.

Between fiscal hawks, defenders of Medicaid and a potential stumbling block that may surprise you, this will be the first major test for Majority Leader John Thune, Eric Garcia writes