Some Democrats began calling for President Joe Biden to step aside so the party can nominate another candidate after he stumbled badly in Thursday’s debate against his Republican rival, former President Donald Trump. “This was like a champion boxer who gets in the ring past his prime and needs his corner to throw in the … Read more

For more than two decades, a law has prohibited Medicare from paying for weight loss drugs, cutting off access to millions of potential patients who could stand to benefit.  The ban has come into even sharper relief in recent years, with the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of powerful but pricey drugs including Wegovy and … Read more

Led by a top general vowing to “restore democracy,” armored vehicles rammed the doors of Bolivia’s government palace Wednesday in what the president called a coup attempt, then quickly retreated — the latest crisis in the South American country facing a political battle and an economic crisis. Within hours, the nation of 12 million people saw a … Read more

Chishti, who traveled alone, said he felt the effects of heat-related illness himself on June 11. “I was so dizzy I didn’t know what was going on with me,” he said, adding that he still feels some lingering symptoms, including weakness and dizziness. More than 1.8 million Muslims performed the pilgrimage this year, according to … Read more

Conille said the Kenyans would be deployed in the next couple of days, but he did not provide details. He was accompanied by Monica Juma, Kenya’s former minister of foreign affairs who now serves as national security advisor to President William Ruto. She said the Kenyans will “serve as agents of peace, of stability, of … Read more

At least 40 million Americans may be regularly targeted and fed disinformation within Black online spaces by a host of sources across social media, fueling false information around the election, according to a new report published Tuesday.  Touted as the first deep dive into understanding disinformation targeting Black America, the report, published by Onyx Impact, … Read more

French President Emmanuel Macron told a podcast episode shown Monday that both the far right National Rally (RN) party and the left-wing New Popular Front coalition — front runners in the parliamentary election — risked bringing “civil war” to France. Macron told the podcast “Generation Do It Yourself” that the manifesto of the RN party — … Read more

The world’s biggest record labels are teaming up to take two prominent AI music-making companies to court, a move that comes as generative artificial intelligence continues to infiltrate the music industry. Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group, among others, filed lawsuits Monday against Suno and Udio-maker Uncharted Labs, both of which … Read more

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Democracy is not a crime and autocracy is the real “evil,” Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said Monday after China threatened to impose the death penalty in extreme cases for “diehard” Taiwan independence separatists. China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, has made no secret of its dislike of Lai, who took … Read more

MOSCOW — Gunmen opened fire at a synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday, killing six policemen and injuring 12, the region’s interior ministry was quoted as saying. The ministry, quoted by Russian news agencies, said two gunmen had been shot dead as the incidents … Read more