International

50 migrants die after trailer abandoned in San Antonio heat
Fifty people have died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer on a remote back road in the sweltering Texas heat. It's the latest tragedy to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico.
Biden announced a $600 billion global infrastructure program to counter China's clout
A decade after China's global infrastructure program started, the U.S., G7 countries and private capital will invest in clean energy, technology and other projects in developing countries.
Biden says G-7 countries will ban Russian gold in response to the war in Ukraine
Senior Biden administration officials said gold is Moscow's second largest export after energy. Banning imports would make it more difficult for Russia to participate in global markets, they said.
More than 900 people have reportedly been killed in an earthquake in Afghanistan
The hardest hit areas were remote farming villages in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika. "All the village completely is destroyed," said one man, showing collapsed homes on a cell phone video.
A Russian editor auctioned his Nobel Prize to help Ukraine. It fetched $103.5 million
Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, was one of two journalists to win last year's Nobel Peace Prize. He sold his to raise money for Ukrainian refugees.