[ad_1] The U.S. is imposing new sanctions on Russia, targeting the country’s two largest oil companies. The move comes as Russian air attacks have killed at least seven people in the last two days and after the White House said President Trump would no longer be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest. [ad_2]…
[ad_1] Cuba has arrested a suspected Chinese fentanyl kingpin who escaped from custody in Mexico and is also wanted by the United States, the Mexican government said Wednesday. The trafficker Zhi Dong Zhang, known by the alias “Brother Wang,” is alleged to have worked closely with Mexico’s Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation drug cartels, designated…
[ad_1] Vatican City — King Charles III met Thursday with Pope Leo XIV during a state visit to the Vatican, and the British monarch made history as the first head of the Church of England to pray publicly with a pontiff. The 76-year-old king, who, by virtue of his role as the monarch also holds the…
[ad_1] Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has doubled its reward to $10 million to help solve the biggest art heist in history. Thieves made off with 13 masterpieces 27 years ago, and the stolen artwork is valued at around half-a-billion dollars. Seth Doane spoke to the art investigator who claims he knows where the art…
[ad_1] President Trump says it was he who called off his anticipated second summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They were to meet in Hungary to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine, but the president says it didn’t feel right to meet with Putin at this time, so he canceled. Margaret Brennan has…
[ad_1] The thieves who made off with priceless treasure from the Louvre may have a hard time cashing in. The French government valued the pieces — which include an exquisite tiara and a sapphire necklace worn by French royalty — at about $102 million. But Stephen Portier, master jeweler and Parisian gem appraiser, says that’s…
[ad_1] Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday voted to advance two proposed bills that call for the formal annexation of the already Israeli-occupied West Bank, an ambition openly promoted by far-right ministers in recent months but opposed by President Trump. The vote by Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, came with Vice President JD Vance visiting Israel to shore…
[ad_1] Johannesburg — Drone attacks apparently launched by war-torn Sudan‘s RSF paramilitary forces appeared to derail the reopening on Wednesday of the main airport in the capital Khartoum after more than a year and a half. The French news agency AFP said residents heard a wave of explosions in the early morning, and local media and…
[ad_1] Johannesburg — Multiple security sources in the West African nation of Niger told CBS News on Wednesday that an American national was kidnapped from his home in the capital Niamey on Tuesday night. They said the abduction by unknown assailants took place only about 100 yards from the presidential palace in Niamey, where ousted…
[ad_1] Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai is reintroducing herself to the world and sharing her personal journey in her new memoir, “Finding My Way.” In an interview on “CBS Mornings” on Wednesday, Yousafzai said she hopes readers will see her as more than an activist. “I have grown over the past decade, and there…
