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US Congress slams Boeing in searing 737 MAX report

Reuters has previously reported that a certification flight is not expected until April and officials said that is still the case. However, they are insignific...

Taliban Refutes US Intelligence Information Claiming Movement Will Not Fulfill Peace Deal

This comes as an NBC News report on Saturday claimed the United States government had collected "persuasive intelligence" that the Taliban "do not intend to...

Italy Puts Large Parts of North on Coronavirus Lockdown

Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte signed a decree just after midnight, which affects about 16 million peopl...

Venice, Milan on lockdown as Italy announces sweeping quarantine

There were chaos and confusion in the northern Italian city of Padua in the Veneto region as word spread late Saturday evening that the government was planning ...

Sanders can't match Biden's Super Tuesday delegate haul

To win the nomination on the first ballot at the Democratic National Convention in July, a candidate must secure a majority of delegates in primaries and ...

One of Easter Island’s ancient sacred statues destroyed in accident

The archeological sites serve as the main industry of the island, which is located about 2,200 miles from the mainland of Chile in the Pacific Ocean and has abo...

What we know so far about the coronavirus outbreak

While sweeping measures are typical of China's Communist Party-led government, large-scale quarantines are rare around the world, even in deadly epidemics, be...

Trump campaign sues CNN over 'false reporting' in op-ed

The piece states that Trump's campaign "assessed the potential risks and benefits of again seeking Russia's help in 2020 and has made a decision to leave that o...

Italy moves toward China-style lockdown to stop coronavirus spread

The number of coronavirus cases in Italy leaped by more than 1,200 Saturday, prompting the government to move to lock down the entire northern region of Lombard...

Australian newspaper prints blank papers to deal with toilet paper crisis

A particularly violent argument about toilet paper erupted in a Woolworths in western Sydney . "Violence of this nature will not be tolerated and anyone invo...

CPAC attendee tests positive for coronavirus

The American Conservative Union said in a statement that the unidentified CPAC attendee was exposed to coronavirus prior to the conference and tested positive...

Fresh clashes between migrants & police at Turkey-Greece border

The EU accuses him of using migrants for political purposes. The other route from Turkey heads Northwest, bypassing all the countries of the former Yugoslav...

Italy to adopt new draconian steps to fight coronavirus - draft decree

There are now growing calls for the entire Lombardy region to be put in lockdown, as that is where the vast majority of Italian cases either are or originated f...

Italy's co-ruling Democratic Party leader Zingaretti tests positive for COVID-19

Zingaretti, who is also the president of the Lazio region in Italy, called on citizens to not panic and said he will "set a good example by following the inst...

At least 32 killed in attack in Afghan capital

The ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of ethnic Hazara leader Abdul Ali Mazari's death at the hands of the Taliban was being broadcast live, and people we...

Be Ready to ‘Spring Forward’ to Daylight Saving Time This Weekend

But those who rely on an alarm clock's wake-up call should set the time forward one hour before going to bed. Daylight Saving Time will officially begin, whic...

Red wine flows through faucets in northern Italy town after malfunction

The problem began when a silo holding the wine started leaking into the water pipes. The damaged valve caused the red wine to back up into the water main, ...

Enbridge pushes ahead with plans to begin Line 5 construction work

The tunnel would house a replacement section of Enbridge's 67-year-old Line 5 twin pipelines, which now sit on the lake bottom. The Michigan attorney general'...

Cuomo: Two COVID-19 Cases In Saratoga County

All 23 can be traced back to a New Rochelle lawyer , Cuomo said. It will also allow health professionals other than doctors and nurses to administer testing fo...

Centre slaps 48-hour ban on two Malayalam news channels

The two channels had been critical of the Delhi Police in their coverage of the riots. For Asianet News , it is a report by journalist PR Sunil on the viol...

Biden's comeback leaves Sanders little time to expand appeal

Mr Biden won 10 states in victories that transcended geography, race and class. Buoyed by her "I have a plan for that" message, she'd been attracting enormous, ...

Bernie Sanders shrugs off Whitmer endorsement as MI 'establishment’ unites around Biden

Mr Sanders won a surprise victory in the MI primary in 2016, and the state will be critical to his ability to catch up to Mr Biden, who overtook him in delegate...

SE Brazil posts 16 deaths, 33 missing due to heavy rains

The deaths occurred in the cities of Guaruja, Santos and Sao Vicente of Sao Paulo state, with the former hardest hit, according to a statement from its civil ...

Alleged Golden State Killer Offers Guilty Plea For Life Sentence

He points to the $ 20 million the lengthy trial is expected to cost taxpayers as one of the reasons to take a plea deal. In a letter sent to victims, the Pub...

9 in 10 people prejudiced against women

It said 91 per cent of men and 86 per cent of women held at least one clear bias, such as thinking men make better political leaders or better business execut...

Up to 70 trapped after COVID-19 observation centre collapses in China

Almost 150 firefighters are reported to be engaged in the rescue operation. Footage circulating on microblogging platform Weibo showed rescue workers combing ...

Two apartment buildings in South Korea quarantined over coronavirus

There are 7,041 cases in total including a new small cluster of cases reported on Saturday at an apartment complex in Daegu, where some members of the church li...

Islamic State attacks Kabul gathering, killing at least 32

Two gunmen were eventually killed by special forces units. The Taliban immediately denied responsibility for the assault, which occurred at the commemoratio...

99 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection reported on Chinese mainland

China says that almost all of its new confirmed coronavirus cases outside of the epicenter city of Wuhan have originated overseas, including many who arrived ...

Coronavirus: Vatican City confirms 1st case of virus, all clinics shut down

People wear protective face masks on St Peter's Square after the Vatican reports its first case of coronavirus , at the Vatican, March 6, 2020. The Vatic...