Messi and Miami face Florida MLS derby test
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami face an early season derby test when they host Florida rivals Orlando City in Major League Soccer on Saturday.
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G20 hears a $250-billion-a-year idea: tax the super-rich
French economist Gabriel Zucman brought a $250-billion-a-year idea to top policy makers from the world's biggest economies Thursday: slap an international wealth tax on the super-rich.
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Media outlets call for protection of Gaza journalists
More than 30 news organizations signed an open letter Thursday expressing solidarity with journalists working in Gaza and calling for their protection and freedom to report.
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Oprah's WeightWatchers exit sends stock tumbling
Oprah Winfrey's announcement that she is leaving the board of WeightWatchers sent the company's shares tumbling Thursday -- the latest sign of trouble for the brand as it struggles to compete with new weight-loss drugs.
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Award-winning Italian filmmaker Paolo Taviani dead at 92
Italian filmmaker Paolo Taviani, whose gritty biopic "Padre Padrone" won the top Cannes Film Festival prize, has died aged 92, Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri said Thursday.
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Trump, Biden make dueling US-Mexico border visits
President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump paid rival visits to the US-Mexico border Thursday in a high-stakes battle for voters on one of the hottest issues in November's election.
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Injured NBA MVP Embiid plans to return this season
Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid said Thursday that he intends to return from a left knee injury to play for the Philadelphia 76ers once again this season.
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Texas battling largest wildfire in its history
Texas emergency crews were struggling Thursday to contain the largest wildfire in the US state's history, with the blaze leaving at least one person dead and scorching a million acres as it raged out of control.
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To the Moon and back: NASA's Artemis II crew rehearses splashdown
Their mission around the Moon is not expected until September 2025 at the earliest, but the four astronauts on NASA's Artemis II mission are already preparing for their splashdown return.
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Aussie rugby league opens season in Vegas with big US hopes
Australia's National Rugby League kicks off its 2024 campaign in Las Vegas on Saturday, an unprecedented US launch that could boost the sport on American soil.
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