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2:30 PM on Thursday, August 21

Playing politics gets dangerous for Julie Delpy and Suranne Jones in ‘Hostage’

12:11 PM on Thursday, August 21

Julie Delpy and Suranne Jones found filming scenes as politicians terrifying for new Netflix thriller show “Hostage.”

FILE - A family of five claiming to be from Guatemala and a man stating he was from Peru, in pink shirt, walk through the desert after crossing the border wall in the Tucson Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border, Aug. 29, 2023, in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument near Lukeville, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Illegal immigration hit a record-high of 14 million in the US in 2023, Pew report finds

10:09 AM on Thursday, August 21

A closely watched report says the number of people in the United States illegally surged to an all-time high of 14 million in 2023

FILE - Tourists climb a Mayan temple at the archeological site of Coba, in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, Aug. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

How Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize plan to protect 14 million acres of Mayan forest

10:08 AM on Thursday, August 21

Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have announced plans to create a huge reserve of tropical forest spanning across the three countries

Powell to give his last Jackson Hole speech under watchful gaze of Wall Street and the White House

9:33 AM on Thursday, August 21

Both Wall Street and the White House will be paying close attention to Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s high-profile speech Friday at the Fed’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

In this photo, released by the Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ishaq Dar, right, shakes hand with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, prior to their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

China and Pakistan foreign ministers agree to launch new economic corridor projects

7:37 AM on Thursday, August 21

Pakistan and China have pledged to expand economic cooperation and investment under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a flagship program of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Maros Sefcovic, speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

The US and EU release a bare-bones account of their trade deal, but it's a work in progress

7:11 AM on Thursday, August 21

American and European Union officials have released a bare-bones account of their trade deal that imposes a 15% import tax on 70% of European goods exported to the United States

Ahn Hak-sop, center, a 95-year-old former North Korean soldier who spent decades imprisoned in the South, talks with a South Korean police officer near the Unification Bridge which leads to the Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Im Byung-shik/Yonhap via AP)

95-year-old former North Korean soldier in South campaigns to be sent to the North

4:49 AM on Thursday, August 21

A 95-year-old former North Korean soldier who spent decades imprisoned in the South will continue his campaign to return to the North, an activist said Thursday, after South Korean troops stopped his symbolic border march this week

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he arrives at Lhasa in western China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, to attend an event to mark the 60th anniversary of the consolidation of Beijing's long-contested rule over the Himalayan territory. (Yan Yan/Xinhua via AP)

Grand ceremony and parade mark 60 years of Chinese Communist Party rule in Tibet

3:30 AM on Thursday, August 21

China has marked 60 years of Communist Party rule in Tibet with a parade and speeches in front of the Potala Palace

Fire on US warship off Japan injures 2 sailors before being extinguished

6:59 PM on Wednesday, August 20

A fire has broke out on the USS New Orleans vessel off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, leaving two sailors with minor injuries

FILE - "South Park" creators Matt Stone, left, and Trey Parker speak at Ubisoft's E3 2015 Conference at the Orpheum Theatre on June 15, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

'South Park' targets federal takeover of DC police in latest episode

4:20 PM on Wednesday, August 20

The team at “South Park” is continuing its comic assault on the Trump administration

U.S. Congressman Joaquin Castro, right, speaks to protesters gather in the rotunda outside the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol as lawmakers debate a redrawn U.S. congressional map in Texas during a special session, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas House approves redrawn maps sought by Trump ahead of 2026 elections

6:09 AM on Wednesday, August 20

Texas’ House of Representatives is approving a new map that creates up to five new, winnable congressional seats for the GOP

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