The Proud Boys are back. Four years after the failed effort to overturn Trump’s 2020 electoral defeat, the violent all-male extremist group that led the storming of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021, is rebuilding and regaining strength.
Mexico Election
Claudia Sheinbaum basked in the glow of a thumping presidential win late Sunday, thanking supporters who gathered at the capital's iconic Zocalo plaza shortly after 1 a.m. to applaud Mexico's first female president.
Presidential candidate of the ruling Morena party Claudia Sheinbaum, reacts while addressing her supporters after winning the presidential election, at Zocalo Square in Mexico City, Mexico June 3. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
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Hunter Biden Trial
The criminal trial of Hunter Biden kicked off on Monday in federal court in Delaware as President Joe Biden's son faces gun charges in a historic case that begins four days after Donald Trump became the first former U.S. president to be convicted.
Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, walks at the federal court during the opening day of his trial on criminal gun charges in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 3, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz - Legal
Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden, is scheduled to go on trial on June 3 in Delaware on charges he violated federal gun laws in 2018 when he purchased a firearm.
President Emmanuel Macron has undertaken a crackdown on what he calls Islamist separatism and radical Islam in France following deadly jihadist attacks in recent years by foreign and homegrown militants
A group of United Nations experts called on Monday for all countries to recognise a Palestinian state to ensure peace in the Middle East.
Palestinian sisters Samar and Sahar react as they search for their missing mother Amira Al-Breim at the rubble of a house hit in an Israeli strike, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, June 3, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem - World
In dozens of northern Israeli towns and villages, evacuated under fire from Lebanon's Hezbollah group in parallel with the Gaza war, officials hope daily rocket warning sirens will give way to school bells when the academic year starts on Sept 1.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans a raft of business-friendly measures if he wins a third term this week, including pushing through regulations making it easier to hire and fire workers, according to two government officials familiar with the matter.
Employees assemble an electric transformer inside a manufacturing unit of Inductotherm (India) Private Limited at Sanand GIDC on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, March 28, 2024. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo
Talking Points
As the local climate has heated up over decades, rivers and lakes have also shrunk.
The CST-200 Starliner's first crewed voyage to the ISS remains a milestone for Boeing as it scrambles to gain a greater share of lucrative NASA business now dominated by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
May 31, 2024. REUTERS/Joe Skipper