Carter lived longer after his term in office than any other U.S. president. Along the way, he earned a reputation as a better former president than he was a president — a status he readily acknowledged. Read more
There are sharks in the Red Sea but encounters with them are relatively rare. Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to Aliyev for Wednesday’s “tragic incident” in Russian airspace involving Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243 after Russian air defences engaged Ukrainian attack drones. Read more
Jeju Air flight 7C2216, arriving from the Thai capital Bangkok with 175 passengers and six crew on board, was trying to land shortly after 9 a.m. (0000 GMT) at the airport in the south of the country, South Korea’s transport ministry said. Read more
At least 10 tornadoes touched down in the southeastern U.S. states of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, leaving one person dead near Houston. Read more
Two people, both crew members, were rescued, and officials have suggested the rest are presumed dead. Read more
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The Israeli military said the hospital was being used as a command center for Hamas military operations and those arrested were suspected militants. Read more
Trump’s remarks followed a series of social media posts from Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, who vowed late Friday to go to “war” to defend the visa program for foreign tech workers. Read more
Scheffler is expected to miss several weeks due to the injury as the 2025 season opens at the Plantation Course in Kapalua, Maui. Read more
A flight in April that came within about 400 feet of the ocean off Hawaii after the first officer inadvertently pushed forward on the control column and the plane hit a maximum descent rate of about 4,400 feet a minute. Read more
Flight J2-8243 crashed on Wednesday in a ball of fire near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after diverting from an area of southern Russia where Moscow has repeatedly used air defense systems against Ukrainian attack drones. Read more
TikTok and its owner ByteDance are fighting to keep the popular app online in the United States after Congress voted in April to ban it unless the app’s Chinese parent company sells it by Jan. 19. Read more
The accused, Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was not present at the brief hearing in a Brooklyn court, according to multiple media accounts. Read more
The decline ended the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s five-session winning streak that had followed a 10-session decline, its worst losing stretch since 1974. Read more
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Starbucks lacked standing to challenge the constitutionality of NLRB administrative law judges, in a possible setback for companies such as Amazon.com, Trader Joe’s and Elon Musk’s SpaceX that have sought to limit the agency’s enforcement powers. Read more
The problem of homelessness has been getting worse in the U.S., with commonplace sightings in many cities of destitute people living in the open, with tents pitched on city sidewalks. Read more
The number far exceeds the figure U.S. officials have previously provided. Read more
The impeachment of prime minister Han, the acting president since Yoon was impeached on Dec. 14 for declaring martial law on Dec. 3, has pushed South Korea’s once-vibrant democratic success story into uncharted territory. Read more
Some Bank of Japan policymakers saw conditions falling into place for an imminent rate hike with one predicting a move “in the near future,” keeping alive the chance of a January hike. Read more
The CDC said the patient’s sample showed mutations in the hemagglutinin (HA) gene, the part of the virus that plays a key role in its attaching to host cells. Read more
Two fiber-optic cables owned by Finnish operator Elisa linking Finland and Estonia were broken, while a third link between the two countries owned by China’s Citic was damaged, Finnish transport and communications agency Traficom said. Read more
