Prosecutors' star witness in the hush money case against Donald Trump was back in the hot seat on Thursday as defence lawyers tried to chip away at Michael Cohen’s crucial testimony implicating the former president.The trial resumed in Manhattan with potentially explosive defence cross-examination of Cohen, whose credibility could determine the presumptive...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to deepen their strategic partnership in Beijing on Thursday, in a stark show of their growing alignment as Moscow's troops advance in Ukraine.Putin — whose delegation includes top defence and security officials — was welcomed by Xi to Beijing's Great Hall of the People earlier with...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e - a hot, rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth.

An American teen who participated in a spicy tortilla chip challenge on social media died from ingesting a substance containing a high amount of the chilli pepper extract capsaicin, according to an autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press.Harris Wolobah, a 10th grader from Massachusetts, died on September 1, 2023, after eating the chip.He was...

South Africa has told the United Nations' top court the situation in Gaza has reached "a new and horrific stage" as it seeks emergency measures to halt Israel's military operation in the enclave's southern city of Rafah.It was the third time the International Court of Justice held hearings on the conflict in Gaza since South Africa filed proceedings...

The Slovak interior minister said a “lone wolf” has been charged in the shooting that seriously wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico and prompted soul-searching among leaders in the deeply divided society.Fico was in serious but stable condition on Thursday, a hospital official said, after the populist leader was hit multiple times in an attempt on his...