Chris Benson
China suspends Japanese seafood imports in Taiwan comment fallout
Nov. 19 (UPI) -- China will suspend importing Japanese seafood products after a diplomatic spat brought on by…
Russian spy ship lasers disrupts RAF pilot in British waters, military tracking
Nov. 19 (UPI) -- An alleged Russian spyship near British waters deployed lasers in order to impede Royal…
Chinese hackers hijack Anthropic AI in 1st ‘large scale’ cyberattack
Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Tech giant Anthropic confirmed Chinese actors managed to seize control of its AI model…
Madeleine McCann imposter guilty of harassment of missing girl’s family
Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A 24-year-old Polish woman claiming to be missing British girl Madeleine McCann now faces…
Deliberations resume in Va. trial for teacher shot by 1st grader
Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Deliberations in the case examining poss possible gross negligence of a school assistant principal…
October’s 42,000 jobs quell labor fears for now
Nov. 5 (UPI) -- ADP reported Wednesday that jobs growth for October provided better insight after fears of…
Anti-immigrant group ‘Operation Dudula’ in South Africa ordered to stop actions
Nov. 5 (UPI) -- A South African court on Wednesday ordered an anti-immigrant group to cease attempts to…
Glass elevator construction halted in Bali, Indonesia
Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Indonesian officials stopped construction of a large glass elevator project at world-renowned Kelingking Beach…
Convicted mushroom killer Erin Patterson files appeal in Australian court
Convicted murderer Erin Patterson pictured in April in Melbourne, Australia. Patterson was accused of hosting a July 2023…
Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi proposes abductee summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un
Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expressed her desire Monday to meet with North…
3 British ‘Just Stop Oil’ activists acquitted over Stonehenge spraypaint
Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Three activists with "Just Stop Oil" were acquitted Friday by a British court for…
17 kids rescued in India school, suspected kidnapper shot dead
Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A hostage situation in India with scores of children ended safely after police shot…
Virginia’s Democratic legislature passes mid-cycle redistricting plan
Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Virginia's legislature took steps to join the widening state-by-state redistricting battle ahead of the…
Richard Branson’s Virgin Trains cleared for European travel
Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Virgin Trains has inched closer to the ability to run rail service through Europe's…
Minnesota man arrested for TikTok death plot on Pam Bondi
Oct. 27 (UPI) -- A man in Minnesota was arrested after an alleged "murder-for-hire" plot against U.S. Attorney…