Video game enthusiasts are getting an extended look at Grand Theft Auto 6 before its eagerly awaited commercial launch this fall. Netflix on Thursday hosted an exclusive preview of the game, which is set to arrive on Nov. 19, for its streaming subscribers. The 25-minute video features a compilation of clips of GTA 6’s two…
Iran has finalized a preferential trade agreement with Oman, according to the Islamic Republic’s official Trade Promotion Organization. The agreement, which Oman has not yet confirmed, still requires approval by Iran’s parliament and other authorities. The announcement, relayed by Iranian state media, came two days after President Trump heralded a shift in U.S. tactics in…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning companies that use customers’ personal information to set different prices based on what they believe is a shopper’s propensity to pay that they could be breaking the law. In a proposed enforcement policy statement released Wednesday, the FTC said consumers expect prices for products and services to apply…
Washington — The U.S. on Thursday imposed fresh sanctions on 15 individuals and entities based in Ecuador, along with 10 vessels, for their roles in an alleged maritime cocaine trafficking operation. According to the Treasury Department, the network — tied to Ecuadorian groups Los Choneros and Los Lobos, both designated by the U.S. as foreign…
Kyiv – Ukraine launched more than 600 drones at Moscow overnight, the Russian capital’s mayor said Tuesday, calling it one of the largest long-range Ukrainian assaults on the Moscow region since the war began more than four and a half years ago. In an attack beginning Tuesday evening and continuing into Wednesday morning, 637 Ukrainian…
Washington — The United States and Canada have wrangled for decades over trade, poking each other interminably over sore spots like Canadian softwood lumber imports and U.S. access to Canada’s protected dairy market. Somehow, the two neighbors still managed to remain friends, allies and trading partners. Canadian soldiers fought alongside Americans in Afghanistan after 9/11….
Niamey, Niger — An American missionary who was kidnapped in the west African nation of Niger in October has been released, his organization said Friday. Kevin Rideout “is in good health in the care of U.S. officials,” SIM International said in a statement. He “will soon be reunited with Krista, his children, and his extended…
Tons of aid from regional partners began to roll into Colombia on Wednesday, as the search for survivors in the rubble of a powerful earthquake grew more desperate after the temblor razed buildings, buckled roads and crushed cars. The devastation has tested Colombia’s new president, Abelardo de la Espriella, and his government as it scrambles to respond to the disaster…
Many Americans may have encountered a predatory scam — and may not even know it. The U.S. Secret Service says the use of skimming devices, which capture account details and personal identification numbers from bank and government benefits cards, is on the rise. The devices can be set up in seconds on debit and credit…
Dozens of excavators operate day and night to extract gold from the mountains where villagers and their livestock once roamed. In Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province, dozens of excavators operate day and night to extract gold from the mountains where villagers and their livestock once roamed. Thousands of miners are deployed across the Shiwa area, about…
